I am having track lighting installed in my new game room....that way I can point the lights away from the glass on the pins. No pics yet as they are putting up the ceiling sheetrock as I type (its loud in there)

Yep I'm going track lighting for the same reason - as I move games around I can aim the lights so they're not reflecting off the glass too obnoxiously.

I was in another pinhead's gameroom a few months back, and noticed that the gameroom was lit entirely by neon signs and the games. I initially thought they had the overhead lights on, but they didn't. It was brighter than I thought it was going to be, so that's where I'm headed with my lighting.

I have a couple neon signs in the gameroom. But everything is lit with blacklight bulbs for the blacklight carpet.

I also have overhead flourescents for shop lighting when im working on the games or cleaning or during league nights if guys want to see better

I've used a few of these recently to good effect:

ebay.com link: DC 12V 5M 3528 UV color 300Leds SMD Flexible Lamp Lights Energy Saving Led Strip

Run them around the floor or ceiling edges and it lights up the whole room

is it really UV effect? Or just purple light?

I have tried traditional 'black lights' and these strips,

The LEDs give off a much brighter light and certainly give a great 'glow' to the room, they also light up UV reactive material very well (like white t-shirts or plastic parts on your pins).

The colour is not the same as choosing a 'purple' on a standard RGB strip either, more 'UV' if that makes sense

The 3528 sized LEDs on the strips are also not too hard on the eye, which often 5050 ones are - plus they draw less power.

Perhaps grab one for $10, light it up and see what you think

sound advice here.

Lighting, much as decorating, is very subjective based on your desired outcome, whether it be formal or whimsical. I have a very small room with exceptionally low ceilings so I was unable to use track lighting. I have two recessed ceiling lights for when working on games and two wall sconces for mood and indirect lighting. The picture below has them both on but they are both separately controlled. Most of the time I just let the pins light the room.

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Anybody ever use the Philips HUE lighting? Wireless LED that can span the entire color spectrum, 16,000,000 million + colors. Kind of pricy, but check out this website, I'm going to get the base kit, plus the "bloom" when I get home from overseas.

http://www2.meethue.com/en-US/

Do-it-yourself indirect lighting - This was in my last gameroom. I took a couple of pieces of molding, one rectangular, one with a curved edge. I laid the curved edge piece on top of the rectangular piece, such that the curved top of the curved edge was about an inch higher than the top of the flat edge of the rectangular piece. I attached the two with liquid nails and painted them black. Now hang this on the wall about a foot from the ceiling. You now have a notch to drop a rope light or LED strip into, providing you with inexpensive uplighting, and indirect light on the pins.

here's my lighting....You can change colors, patters, etc...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUERSD8yHIc?autoplay=1&rel=0

Indirect lighting - such as behind a cove or crown molding - is great for reducing glare on the playfield. There are some ideas in this thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/options-for-crown-molding-that-allow-for-led-strips

What kind of lighting is this?? Looks great!

I have horrible flourescent fixtures in the ceiling for working on stuff. Play time is all neons and pin-light IMG_20141030_183656_796.jpg2012-08-02_20-31-52_609.jpgIMG_20140516_182958_816.jpg

http://ledlightshack.com/12V-LED-Crazy-Rope-Lights-Complete-System-P2711640.aspx

here is another video of another dudes house, not a game room but gives you a better idea of what it can do....its pretty cool.

Sweet thanks bud. I was looking at the Philips HUE lighting, but its a bit expensive.

Yeah...these crazy lights aren't cheap either, and in order to do my room, (around 20x12) I needed a total of 4 strands with one dual controller. The effect was perfect for what I wanted. I have a florescent shop light that I can hang from the rafters when I work on a game.

Oh yea, thanks for that! Those are what Ill be doing, along with a dropped crown moulding..

heres a cool cheepo effect,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BLVOQB6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

they spin color spots everywhere, looks like they added a few with more power now.

I use the color changing LED strips myself. Pretty cheap, and you can change to whatever colors you want.

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Those color changing strips 120 V? Where did you get them?

The only actual lights in my pinball room are one 50-watt downward facing flood in the center of the ceiling and two 30-watt spots in the ceiling angled down at two movie posters on one wall. The room ambiance depends on the light coming off four neons (two at each end of the room), four single-color undercab lights, one framed backlit translite, one 22" wall-mounted TV screen, one 20" wall-mounted digital picture frame and the 13 pins in the room. (There is one 2ft x 4ft fluorescent fixture in the ceiling, but that only gets turned on when I need to work on a game.) You can see the results of this by searching for my recent thread: Tour of my pinball room. But here is a sample pic:

my first three games.jpg

It depends on what the room is like too..

Do you have low ceilings? If yes then you don't want anything generating heat. I have low ceilings so I try to use as much LED lighting as possible to keep the heat down.

I have a few floor lamps in corners so I can actually see things.

Make sure you have any ceiling lights behind the player to minimize glare.

If you have wall sconces make sure the ceiling isn't painted glossy as you can get some nice glare action.

-c

ebay.com link: KIT 150 300 LED 5M 3528 5050 RGB LED Light Strip Striplight Remote Control

You certainly want the 5050SMD.

I have three sets of lights in my arcade, on dimmers:

1) Can lights in ceiling (for general lighting and working on games)

2) track lighting, with individual halogen lights that can be directed at pins or to bounce off wall

3) Color changing LED strip light on a ceiling soffit. Can be used as stand alone light source when playing games or with the track lights dimmed to about 1/3. Mine is also programmable, so lights can blink, chase, fade, etc.

Ok, finally the track lighting is installed......no games in there yet but it gives you an idea on how bright it looks. I will adjust where the heads point once everything is set up (after carpet). Also they are on dimmers in four different zones so if too bright, can be toned down.

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wow, that is going to be a nice space!