Home Game Room

[zudmsc]

Hello All,

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes.  What are your thoughts on the size of a home game room?  I am not talking about converting the whole basement here, although that is a great idea.  I am looking at a small to moderate size.  right now I have 1 upright, 1 pin, and a Galaxy Dart board.  I am looking at building a MAME this summer amd getting 1-2 more each of an upright and pin.  So what is that 4 uprights and 3 pins plus the dartboard?  any thoughts?  My space to work with is about 25' by 45', remeber I cannot use all this square footage.  :-(

And on another note, where can I find or what is the best way to sound proof the room?


Michael




Wow almost 100 views with no ideas!!

[allroy1975]

umm.  make it as big as possible.  you can never have enough pins.  But leave enough unfinished basement to work on them, or make signs that say "OUT OF ORDER" mine never all work at the same time. 

[zudmsc]

Good point, I never thought about a work area.  I figured I would use the garage, but hauling a game up and down the stairs is a bad idea.  Ohh maybe I could get that elevator installed.  :-)

Michael

[Havok]

12' x 12' is a good size - with walls and a drop ceiling will give a nice cozy gameroom effect.

[eccs19]

This is actually a good question that you asked.  Made me start to think.  We are in the process of selling out house, and we are going to custom build a house.  I am planning on having one room in the basement that is going to be a game room or sorts.  We will have a pool table, small air hockey table, one slot machine, 1 cocktail cabinet, a bartop cabinet, and probably 2-3 normal stand up cabs.  If it wasn't for the pool table, I wouldn't need that much space, but that table adds another thing into the equation.

[MYX]

Hey what is a game room without a couple of games with cue stick scuffs on it. 
I have a 7.5 foot air hockey table in my game room. I put it agains the back wall. I did have it in the middle of the room and it seemed like we lost the room when it was there. A pool table requires quite a bit more room. It better be a big room.

[eccs19]

Hey what is a game room without a couple of games with cue stick scuffs on it. 
I have a 7.5 foot air hockey table in my game room. I put it agains the back wall. I did have it in the middle of the room and it seemed like we lost the room when it was there. A pool table requires quite a bit more room. It better be a big room.

That's the plan, to have a big room.  Anyone have a pool table with a couple games in it?  Is your room big enough? What size do you have, or think would work well?

[Witchboard]

We're about to purchase the plans for our new home we'll be building soon.  The dimensions of the game room are 16'x 15'8".  I'm giddy as a school girl. 

[saint]

Mine is 13' by 15' -- enough room for 7 arcade cabinets, 2 pinball cabinets, and an air hockey table (you can see some pictures in the arcade miscellaneous forum)...

[ArcaMan]

I am in the process of converting part of our basement into a home theater / bar / gameroom area ... is an L shape ... about 35x10 (gameroom/bar) and 8 x 25 (theater) (non-overlapping)

Going to be a very small theater area, but at least I'll have space for a few uprights, a cocktail table and hopefully a pin or two.  Wish I could have a pool table but I don't think there is space in there except maybe for a bar-sized table because of how narrow it is

[eccs19]

Mine is 13' by 15' -- enough room for 7 arcade cabinets, 2 pinball cabinets, and an air hockey table (you can see some pictures in the arcade miscellaneous forum)...

Saint, I'm almost disappointed.  I would have figured about 100 cabinets, not 7.  Mind you it's about 6 more than I have right now.   

[eccs19]

We're about to purchase the plans for our new home we'll be building soon.  The dimensions of the game room are 16'x 15'8".  I'm giddy as a school girl. 

Are you planning on a pool table in there?  Sounds like it will be a good sized room for games, etc.

[Witchboard]

Yes, we plan on having a pool table as well.

[ChadTower]

Pool tables need a BIG room with lots of clearance and no poles to be reasonably playable.

[eccs19]

Pool tables need a BIG room with lots of clearance and no poles to be reasonably playable.

Would you have a recommended minimum clearance from table to wall?

[saint]

You can kind of walk it out. Put something down roughly the size of the table - cut up trash bags work -- then bend over the table (Easy Chad, easy!) with a cue-stick or a similar sized stick, pull the arm back to hit the ball, and .... if you hit the wall, you don't have enough clearance yet

Knew someone who had a pool table in a room too small - very frustrating to try to play, wasn't really worth it.

Pool tables need a BIG room with lots of clearance and no poles to be reasonably playable.

Would you have a recommended minimum clearance from table to wall?

[ChadTower]

I knew a guy who got a table and put it in a small room... thought he'd get by with 2' pool sticks.  It was really annoying to play.

[eccs19]

I knew a guy who got a table and put it in a small room... thought he'd get by with 2' pool sticks.  It was really annoying to play.

My parents have a pool table in a smaller room.  Most shots you can do with a regular stick, but occationally you need the short one.  Man does that ever screw up your game.   

[whammoed]

You could use a conductors baton like on Seinfeld

[vizzinni]

Pool tables need a BIG room with lots of clearance and no poles to be reasonably playable.

Would you have a recommended minimum clearance from table to wall?

I've always planned for 5 feet clearance from the edge of the table to the wall; that's plenty.  I don't think 4 feet is really enough.  That means for a 4.5 x 9 table you really need about 15x20 feet.  You can probably cheat by a foot in either dimension but not much more.

That's always been my plan....buying a pool table...   just couldn't ever find that 15x20 room...