Corona, CA
Room is full and can't think of anything else to do to it.
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Quoted from ShootForSlrValue:This is amazing! What kind of lights are behind the photos??
I used the $29 Costco led lights (can't remember the name). Same under the pins. However, you can't just stick the led strips to the back or the lights will press up against the wall and it won't give much light.
So here's what I did:
The led's need to be strung so they face out. I cut 1/2 inch sections of hot glue gun sticks. I heated up one end and just stuck it to the back. I did this all around the back so I ended up with a rectangular pattern of glue stick nubs. I then melted the outside edge of the glue stick nub and pressed the led strip into it. I ran the led strip all the way around and presto!
Quoted from ShootForSlrValue:You sir, are a genius.
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You can change to colors via the remote so the Hulk poster is backlit green, Tron blue, and Batman purple. Yeah, Batman really shouldn't be purple but it looks cool.
Very nice. My game room only has a 7 ft ceiling. You did a great job. Perhaps on my next one it will look as good as yours.
Very nice! Where are the power wires for the led strips behind the posters? I like how I can't see any!
Quoted from RonB:Very nice! Where are the power wires for the led strips behind the posters? I like how I can't see any!
The toppers help hide the wires, plus I painted them blue to match the wall. Tough to see unless you look for them. My original plan was to wire in outlets by the windows but the adapters are so bulky for the LEDs it would have looked terrible.
Quoted from amiga500:Room is full and can't think of anything else to do to it.
How do you like that standup cabinet with the x-arcade? Any good?
I was just going to built my own from the ipac/Happ parts but the lazy part of me just wants to buy one.
Quoted from Pinchroma:How do you like that standup cabinet with the x-arcade? Any good?
I was just going to built my own from the ipac/Happ parts but the lazy part of me just wants to buy one.
I had built my own but didn't like it so I bought this prefab. It's OK. It doesn't come with a painted bezel, just clear so the whole LCD is visible. I need to fix that. There are areas where light comes through so it doesn't look as good as a real arcade cabinet.
I changed the x-arcade controls by replacing one of the buttons with a spinner. I also changed it from a two player to a single. I did that for Tron. I bought a $20 PC flight stick and mounted it where the second joystick goes. I wired it to the player one controls and wired the trigger to one of the fire buttons. So now I use the flight stick and spinner for Tron and I use the regular player one joystick for the other games.
I also cut in a hole near the bottom and installed a trackball.
Nice job. Great room.
Yeah, it does kinda stink when you actually finish a room/project because it's time to hit the "honey-do's" in the rest of the house. 
That Vader thing is cool, did you make that yourself, or where can you find it?
Nice room, but I agree with the other comment, the amount of daylight is going to completely fade out your cads.
I think that there is some kind of sunlight protection film that you can buy to place over the windows that will not hurt your view of the outside. Some other folks here who do not have their gamerooms in their basement can probably direct you to a specific product.
Quoted from hlaj78:I think that there is some kind of sunlight protection film that you can buy to place over the windows that will not hurt your view of the outside. Some other folks here who do not have their gamerooms in their basement can probably direct you to a specific product.
There were some posts on people testing this stuff, and it how it didn't do much of anything. I was surprised.
Quoted from jbp8653:How many strips of LED's under each pin? One strip down the middle?
I only put LEDs under the first, third and fifth pin. Putting them on all five would have been too much light. For the individual pins, I put in three strips. One along each side and one curved at the front. The curved one isn't flush but no one can see that. I tried to put the strips close to the edge so I wouldn't crush them with the harbor freight lift.
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