Freebie Score of the Week

[FrizzleFried]

Take a look at what I managed to score for free yesterday...

Game Room Before...



Game Room After...



Game Room Before...



Game Room After...



While it is not a pattern I would have SELECTED had I actually PAID for the carpet,  at FREE,  it is certainly one dandy pattern.  The carpet is 2'x2' industrial grade carpet tiles with rubber backing...if something happens and a tile gets screwed up (beer...cigarette burns...beer...etc),  it's just a matter of pulling up the old tile and dropping a new one in.  I have about 20 extra tiles as well.

My neighbor is a flooring guy and had a ton of this stuff in his garage.  He even came over and installed it...and wouldn't take a RED CENT for the entire thing.

[Malenko]

looks good, I guess you can let him play a couple games for free in exchange

[bfauska]

My neighbor is a flooring guy and had a ton of this stuff in his garage.  He even came over and installed it...and wouldn't take a RED CENT for the entire thing.

That's probably because he knows your machines take QUARTERS not red cents.  If you had offered quarters he probably would have taken some and played.

Those carpet squares are a good choice for rooms that can take abuse.  Every public space I've worked in with the exhibit company I am working for right now uses those for the exact reason you mentioned...  if it gets ruined you can replace just a section and nobody will be the wiser.  Seems like a perfectly good pattern for the price, nice score.

[vintagegamer]

If you turn off the lights out there, I'm sure it will look JUST like the carpet you used to see in the arcades of days gone by..  you know, the ones you WOULDN'T want to see with the lights on 

Great work!  Glad to see I'm not the only one whose game room was routed to the garage...


VINTAGEGAMER

[mpm32]

I bet you can still fit the car in there, just have to turn it on it's side.

[TOK]

Looks great! That room must be a blast on a summer weekend night with the garage door open.

While I was working on one of my MAME cabs in the garage, I also had working Twin Eagle that came from a bar and smelled like a deep fried, hickory smoked alcoholic. I didn't want to bring it in because of the smell, but left it on out there to play. I had a pizza delivered, and left the garage door open while waiting. People in cars drove by gawking and the pizza dude went nuts when he came up. Kind of forget the reaction the machines get after pretty much everyone you know has seen them.

Just a cool sight to see working games in a garage from down at the street! 

[leapinlew]

It's cool that the carpet comes up in pieces because the wife will probably want half of it in the divorce...

(I count 5 machines)

[shorthair]

I actually like the carpet.   

Have you checked to see if it's blacklight responsive?

Yeah, me too. I like that pattern. And I was thinking the same....

[FrizzleFried]

I've not checked to see if it is blacklight responsive yet...the lighter color is more a tan though...it will likel come out black and gray under blacklight.

[Crowquill]

I also had working Twin Eagle that came from a bar and smelled like a deep fried, hickory smoked alcoholic.

Sounds like a guy I used to work with.

Congrats on the carpet. It looks nice. It's a busy enough pattern that it looks like it should be in an arcade. I like the garage arcades. The biggest downfall might be in the winter when it might get a bit chilly.

[FrizzleFried]

The biggest downfall might be in the winter when it might get a bit chilly.

Ahh...but that is why I have had insulation blown in the walls and about 3 foot of it up in the attic.   Not to mention the additional 1.5" foam insulation for the garage door.