First is from the workshop, where my main lineup is. Where the “work” gets done

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Then the basement gameroom, which has sadly become yet another storage room. I have to move a ton of shit if I wanna play my beloved Baby Pac-Man. With the new house it will be different!
No furniture, I will sleep under my machines, with the GI to keep me warm.
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The storage unit with the shuffle bowler used to be empty, now holds all the winter projects and a ton of racking that will be used in the next workshop.
I’m staying prepped for the future, 90% sure I’ll have to close the arcade and clean it out, then reopen down the line at a new location.
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Not sure what that means, but his “heavy” reference was from Back to the Future, and so was mine. Sincerely, Doc Brown.

Thanks for the explanation, I think we all got it, Doc. - Calvin Klein

Seawitch is such a great looking game, but brutal in my case! Beats me up everytime I play it!

Dear Calvin, you thought he got it? Did I misunderstand his reply? Or didn’t you read it? Thanks. -Crispin Glover

Lets ask Biff.

Little session with mates last night over here in Brisvegas! Had to turn them all on again this morning just to enjoy my coffee..
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Love the B & W Dracula! Looks awesome.

I followed your BSD build. I must say it's the nicest BSD I've ever seen. Beautiful!

Thank you! Diner idea was all my wife's, not mine for the record lol

#GreatWife !

Me: *doesn't recognize game on far right, enlarges picture*
Me: "Mad Max?.... I don't remember ever seeing that one..."
Me: *Googles it, finds link: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mad-max-original-1979-retheme-project

"Oh.... my......... GOD!........ AWESOME!!!!!"

Wow, agree 100%. I missed that one, but it is awesome. The review of the 4 Mad Max movies in the first post is spot on too. I’m glad to see someone else has good taste in movies.

More decor/room rearrangement incoming, but just finished up the game room. 2month project with a friend and my gf.

House remodel is happening next year and plan to add a candy cabinet multicade to replace the washer dryer, once the utility room is moved to the main house proper.

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I made my own dart board wall protector as well. Step son wanted a dart board so I contacted the local electric company and picked up a free giant cable spindle. Pulled off one side, then used a blow torch to color it.
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Looks good, but for the sake of my OCD, could you please move the dart board a smidge higher to center it?

Oh I know! I miscalculated! That was the initial picture, I corrected it since then. Haha.

Great pics. Love that Testament flag!

Whew!

Not finished yet but I feel I've made decent progress to post.....

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Great idea. They make good tables as well. We had a few around the fire pit area at one of our houses.

Man, those are some nice ceilings! Another great idea to borrow someday

Needs more paneling

Really nice work!!!

I have that same board.

Android has an app called Sketch Camera. Works pretty well with my gameroom pics.

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Cool pics love that look need to give this a try. Oddly can't wait to see some PS FS adds using this effect to illustrate Mint condition games for sale. lol

What color changing strip lights are you using? I cant find a reliable one for a long run? Thanks

I used these neon rolls for just over 150’ run and no color/brightness loss like LED lights. Look awesome!

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latest update to the lineup. my machines now go right up to the pool table so I cant play pool. need to figure that out. Also not pictured is my mame arcade.

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The pool table has to go. Then you’ll have room for more pins. Problem solved.

Already been discussed with the wifey(she hates my pinball obsession and doesnt like pool either). My space is long. So im thinking about getting rid of pool and adding a 18 foot shuffleboard table. Since those are vary narrow it opens up a ton of space for more pins and my wife would actually play shuffleboard. I have a 9 foot pool table so this would add room for another 5-6 pins. The other option is to take over my kids playroom on the other side of the basement when they are done with it(probably a few years away). I could fit about 10-12 pins in that room and keep the pool table. Dunno if I can wait that long....

Just an opinion but aside from pool tables and tread mills shuffleboard tables gather dust faster then any game in my opinion. Fun yes but short lived.

If you have a partner that likes to shoot pool there's nothing like it. We go down and shoot for at least 2 hours day. Even before we had the table set-up, we'd shoot pool at the bar daily.

Agreed. It does help quite a bit if the wife likes pool too. I would kind of like to get one for our place eventually. My wife grew up with a pool table and I know she’d love it. Hopefully that would offset the sting of the P3 that arrives tomorrow!!

It's true that many pool tables sit idle all the time, but, for the people who "get it" and are students of the game, there's nothing like having a pool table at home to shoot while you're watching TV and relaxing. If I had more time I would be playing in league still. I miss it all the time.

i really enjoy playing pool, but my wife hates it and no one else really likes it around here. My neighbor will come over a few times a year and play a bit while we drink, but thats about it. And this year of course no one has been over!

Very nice room. I really liked the Augusta 12th hole picture. My Amen Corner pictures are in my "clubhouse". pasted_image (resized).png
But my version of Amen Corner is in the back yard.
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In lieu of shuffleboard, skee ball is an option! That one, my gf really likes (so do the kids)

Or a puck bowler. Had one and it was certainly fun.

Gotta wonder how much home renovation happens in the name of pinball

At least one house. My wife and I had an agreement that if I got the basement finished I could put a pinball machine down there guilt free. That was summer 2018. I now waiver between 3 and 5 pins. It's a fun hobby!

Do you have any links on how you did that amazing recessed perimeter lighting?
I love that paneling too!!! Killer.

I’ve got some other ones too, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Mötley Crüe to name a few! Just no more space. That’s why I’m looking at houses

You guys inspired me to take better pics of the basement gameroom. It’s still packed full of stuff. 20 lbs of mancave collectibles in an 5 lb room!

It can’t be properly displayed till I’ve got at LEAST an entire floor that can be a gameroom!

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This is what I used.... the recessed lights were kinda a pain to link to the wifi but that might have just been me

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We're actually looking for a single floor house, just so we can have a game room with full access. Luckily, my gf totally likes having pins and arcades around! I thought it was only arcades (she'll never let Pac-Man go!), But turns out pins as well.. so, we're trying to bypass the whole 'home renovations' thing, lol, and just move into a gaming house instead!

Thanks. I picked it up from the lady at the end of my block for $5 at a yard sale years ago. I love major golf and especially The Masters. Was strange watching it in November but happy it happened at all this year. Your Clubhouse is awesome!

Right? After the wife went up after happy hour last night I put the Monday Night Football game on and shot by myself till after 10pm in between tearing down SF2. We talk about joining a league whenever this pandemic subsides. We did dart league for a few years in the early 2000s and it was fun.

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Both of those are great compliments to pinball. Playing pinball doesn't really allow you to check out a game, your full attention is on that silver ball. Sure you can take a break between turns... but your timing has to be pretty good, and then you get that looping music and maybe even some callouts telling you to hurry the f up.

Oh, and a bristle board is dirt cheap and takes up practically 0 space. Everyone should have one in their game room.