Alphabeticaly

In the main room I have 11 classic Bally / Williams games on one wall. But that is not all of them I do swap games around. But on that wall they all have ColorDMDs.

Facing they break down by CPU type. System-11 together, DE, Sega.

Upstairs I have a small bedroom with 5 pins. One wall is 4 Stern games from 2001 to Present. The Odd pin is Capcom (PM)

Living room is whatever I am working on at the moment.

The other half of them are all over most not setup and some on loan to The Sanctum.

I'm doing them by manufacturer right now

All the early solid state games are in the basement one wall is my faves one wall is hubby's faves...and one wall is EMs and other manufacturers (Stern Bally Zac) and one wall is system 9s. Then the dinning room is system 11s (most have toppers and don't fit in basement) living room is DMDs and newer Sterns (all ColorDMD) family room is ACDC and Varkon (because that's where they ended up when they came home from last show and ACDC because the jukebox is in the entry hall. oh and Joust is in the living room...cause that's where it ended up after last show. But it is going to have to move soon cause CSI goes there but we had it out for our tourney and if needs its spot back so I can set it back up!

Phoebe

Chronologically

Mine are haphazardly all over the house. No rhyme or reason needed for me. I am just happy to have many grouped together that are working!! haha

Whatever looks good. Don't mind mixing EM and SS kind of together either like some kind of messed up Pinfest row, but they're getting split up soon due to room.

Surprised people are so anal about it, figured majority would also be "whatever looks good".

I dont have enough to make a difference. I only have 3 and they are where they are based on they are heavy as hell and i dont like moving them.

Normally by manufacturer so the cabinets all look nice and cemetrical. I did have them by flipper quantity once TSPP (5), TAF (4), WH20 (3), LOTR (2) why?...because I was bored.

Wherever and however they fit!

Same.

In a hobby where meticulous restorationists and obsessive compulsives abound (I'm guilty as charged on both fronts) I would think anality would come with the territory.

Hats off to the more laissez-faire "whatever entered my basement first" group amoung us. Ha-ha!

P.S. Good luck finishing-up that basement!

Yeah, I figured that, should have rethought my statement but I'm still surprised most aren't organized by what looks great.

Most valuable as far as I can from Windows (due to fading concerns). Any pin that has an object, like a gun (LW3, Shadow, etc) gets placed at the end...hopefully along a wall. This is so you do not get tummy plunged whike changing pins to play. Other than that they just get added to the row

I have 1 room that is all 60's and 70's Gottlieb. My other room is only new Sterns. I try to organize each room by year manufactured.

OK, here's a twist. Everyone seems to place them side by side against a wall. Not the best arrangement if you want to admire backbox and cabinet art. I was thinking of placing similar pins in a hexagonal layout in the center of my mancave. I have 20+ pins, so this will take some space. I'll put the EM pins and some of my jukeboxes along walls.

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disregard, this erroneous post, anyone know how to delete a post?

That would work too!

Sounds pretty badass to stand in the middle of, mostly for view but I suppose for sound too.

Really cool but you sure need a hell of a lot of space for that especially if you want to put more up against walls.

Our fave rows in the basement are angled due to the 1 wall being angled (cause the laundry room is behind it for now) so you can see the artwork somewhat better. When they are angled like that it kinda cuts down on space, that's why we only have it in select areas (because the way the wall is in that area) and the ones in the living room there is 1 (MET & SM & CSI when it is up is angled) on either side of the fireplace angled into the corner.
Ours are also kinda in chronological order by room...they used to be more so, but with juggling them in and out for shows they got jumbled around. We used to have all the double level together in order that they cam out, and the other early SS depending on the year of release (when more than 1 we went down to month of release) system 9s, system 11s all by year...they are now together in the same room just jumbled up a bit in order. The back box sizes and heights were all a factor also as it looked kinda strange to have for instance a newer Stern... next to an EM or early SS. Now with them being separated by room that alleviates that issue most of the time.

Phoebe

My 2 wide bodies are together in one spot because they fit best there, otherwise it's random

Old pin list, but due to tight space I must organize first by head size. Wide body WOZ is now against short wall. All narrower heads are against long wall and I have now fit SEVEN against long wall.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anyone-put-10lbs-in-a-5lb-gameroom

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By smell.

Sooo...EM's outside?

I did mine in the order I acquired them but Sir Scott pointed out one day that they actually end up shortest to tallest as well.

Get those games grouped correctly before the next party.....that includes all the projects as well.....HaHaHa

This is what I do.

I tried the pin rosette with three... Cause I only had theee at that point- and indeed you see a lot more of the games. However, I decided I really did not enjoy playing them when they were in that arrangement. What I really discovered is that I must be a nosy son of a bitch- I had not realized how much time I spent watching the person next to me play. And when you playing with a buddy and the pins are laid out around a circle like that, you cannot see anything they are doing and its also less loud- I guess I like pinball to be a party, loud and close. Mine are all in a row again- as god intended.

Height or Designers or Themes

I go by 1st game designer & then 2nd year produced left to right.

I arrange my pins side-by-side and try to get them close to a power outlet - smartass answer
Sterns in one row, B/W in another, newest pin in gets the prime spot all by itself and is closest to the bar. Priorities my good man.

How they came through the door is my strategy. I only have five right now but the next one in will end up in the next spot. No rhyme or reason is the way I roll!

Not hard with only 2 pins in my collection.

Side by side.

I try to separate machines that have similar shots / layouts. For example, fan layouts, upper right flipper, etc...

I also make sure 2 widebody machines aren't next to each other since I have pingulps.

And if there is a high traffic area or tight space, I'll put a machine with a launch button vs. a launch or plunger that sticks out.

I also keep kid friendly games near each other and away from adult themed or more challenging games.

Short ball times are relegated to Hades (garage arcade - who said hell wasn't a good place to be)? There is no rationale how they ordered. The balance reside in the PinballPalace. These games are grouped by Designer and can be played while enjoying the comforts of ac.

Broken and not broken

By weight

Haphazard, but I have some semblance of why. No one here would be interested in the details though.

I go left to right

Generally, I try to keep similar cabinets styles together. But there are some considerations which will affect that, such as the pretty ones go on the end and beaters in the middle, space issues, topper height issues, etc...

I have mostly similar era games, but some are more popular than others. So now I've tried to pepper the best titles throughout the lineup, putting "anchor" titles like MMR and TWD at the far end of the row, to pull players down the line rather than having everyone group up around the strongest titles if they were all placed together.

In the order they we purchased ....Helps me remember when others are asking.....

No particular order. I do have a few light cans in my ceiling that I have to take into account. Because of the different playfield glass slopes, the light will reflect off of DMD games and be visible to the players. For that reason I put EMs or SS games under the lights and let the rest fall where they may.

Envious of those with enough room. I started with them at one end and just add them to the end where I can fit them. Eventually they got closer and closer and grew off on the one side. Now have them shoved in places they fit. Can't convince the wife to move and its probably best given my situation with my health problems. The issue with the space is wide bodies: I have all the machines tight together so try and keep the wide bodies apart. So that's the only reason I shift them around.

I do it by theme.

By theme, Good, Bad and.. ....Funny