It's normally just me and the husband near my pins. He suffers from severe migraines, so when he occasionally plays the whole room is lit so there's less bright flashing lights. If other people come over, I've got the room lit up so they can see everything and be comfortable. (And then they'll play maybe one game and quit, sigh.) But when it's just me, I've got the room pitch dark and love it. The darker the room and the flashier the pin, the better.