Exactly. I purchased his entire basement finishing university package before I started working on mine. It was the best $100 I probably ever spent. He goes through framing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, lighting, cabinetry, etc. I went from never even using a table saw to finishing my basement.

I probably spent 3 weeks watching the videos over and over again. I had tons and tons of notes and a shopping list for when I went to the store. That $100 saved me tens of thousands of dollars. This is my build thread if anyone is bored.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-room-build-thread

Thanks! I try to get games that have different layouts, flipper arrangements etc to keep things fun and different. I also try to focus on games that aren’t on location around me.
Unfortunately the stairs go right down the middle so the game room wraps around. I have a small workout and repair area on the backside where the furnace, water heater and sump is.
Thanks for checking out the game room!

Awesome art. Dude has serious talent.

Yeah i usually leave it up to him to draw what he wants. I did ask for the deadpool disco mode for my dance floor to stand in front off, and the front door was my tribute to the hobbit, but the other stuff he has done off his own inspiration.

All done with spray cans and one index finger.

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Finished the basement last year and putting it all together. This is the gaming and bar area. Looking to add shuffle board and skee ball, and maybe a few more pins….

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Here’s a link to my framing issues.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gameroom-build-framing-issues

Well special thanks to pinsider DOn who put some fire under my ASS and said rearrange the room. BOOM room rearranged and it looks so much better. Many thanks to DOn and all pinsiders you guys and girls are the greatest people in the world. Halloween CE on order and still have room for two more machines.

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Great job on the bar area!

Sold Deadpool pro and added Luci.
Beautiful game and really rocks!!
(Changed out chrome for black molding)

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I love the Luci AC/DC. My buddy has one and it's my favorite to play there.

I miss my premium still. One of my all time favorites.

Trading for DP is a hard sell though....

Maybe?......

The ONE thing I would almost part with my DP is Monster Bash or Godzilla.

Pulled some old pics of framing my theater for a double tiered coffered floating illusion ceiling, maybe lends some ideas for the venting areas etc
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Took a long boring video of the current basement status. LOL

Damn I hate the way I sound on video, and sorry for the orientation.

Chris

It keeps growing and it's hard to stop! One more and we are maxed! Had to sell couches pretty soon wife will sell me!

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Next time she looks at you funny, walk along the line with her....10, 20, 35, 40, 48k, etc just stop talking when you get too a 100k.

That should work.

"You found someone to pay 100k for me? Fair play, then. Lemme pack a bag."

Not if you sell her first! Would likely fund a pin or two. Get you a 90s game or two! TZ, Addams, WH20, WW, RS, FH, FT, HS2, AFM, MB all good candidates

I'm currently building a custom home. Hopefully the drop ceiling here was done right! This will all be the pinball area.

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I told my friend "I just got a set of golf clubs for my wife."
He said, "Wow, great trade!"

Beautiful job!

Fantastic job thanks for the pictures. Did you do all that yourself or did you hire someone?

I'm no builder but I think that looks nice and done right. That's pretty much how ours was done when we have the ceiling done in our basement. Since we now have to replace the HVAC system, we'll see if they have to tear apart the soffit

That looks nice to me but I’m no builder. They did ours pretty much the same way. We’ll see in a week how it fairs when we have to replace the entire HVAC system.

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that last pic looks really low. Might have to put EM's and early SS games in that section.

I wish I had a basement.

My advice to you is to install MANY more outlets - even some in the ceiling. Also, if you ever plan to add neons (you will) put outlets up high everywhere. Take it from someone who now has 104 outlets in my 2900 sq. ft. gameroom, and can always use more. Not that you'll use them all, but it's much better to have them and not use them, than to need them and not have them.

You can't change your mind once the drywall is in place. No limit to how many outlets you can have as long as they're all breaker-protected. Use 20 amp circuits against the pinball walls and move the outlets up high to 48 in. so the cords don't show. \

You'll never regret spending the extra $$.

Wow I see a lot of cool game rooms /man caves .Here is my setup still work in progress on the decorating.

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Nice, but if I had that much room, I'd have a lot more pinball machines and a lot fewer chairs...

I have a WW Le coming Monday that will help

Nice, elegant space. Certainly more room for pinball. Thought I saw Pickle Rick near the wet bar - didn't see RnM game: Did I miss that!? Great game!

Is there anywhere there you can't see a television from?

Well presented space.

Thx ! Good Eye I don’t have the game but liked the show. I got bored last winter and 3d printed him .

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What tower speakers are those, they look really tall!

LOVE seeing that ball bowler, excellent lineup, and I'm sure I'm not the only one eyeing your space to see how many other machines we could fit in there if we didn't care about all that lovely seating area.

biggest chair collection i've seen so far.

You know how it is with chairs. “I’m only getting one, I’m satisfied with that.” One becomes two. If you have two, you might as well get three. Before you know it you’re into theatre seating, bar stools, ottomans, recliners, mods, powder coated chairs and $2k chair toppers.

We do a lot of entertaining seems like you never have enough chairs

I agree, even though my gameroom is fairly small, around 400 square feet, I actually recently added seating as most people want comfortable seating if they are going to enjoy hanging out in a space. My family is more likely to be in our game room if they can play a few games and also be comfortable and watch TV or talk between games. Not everyone is a full on pin head like us who will play for hours on end standing.
I like that your gameroom looks like a great comfortable place to do other things as well like play cards, bowl, darts etc.

Haha he said 2k chair toppers.

Lmao!

Agree that’s been my experience

Chair toppers can be very expensive, especially the really pretty ones.
Post a picture of her here. And is the $2K her weekly rate or just for one weekend?

Agree. Had seating for 20 in my old game room. I miss that space.

Hasn’t been a weekly rate since Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. She played a prostitute with a heart of gold.

Hush, don't give Stern any ideas now.

Well you know most on pinside barely play their games at all. Hence why we have so many games that are years old with only 300 games on them.

Not being rude just questioning but why have them? If you aren’t going to play like crazy? Wouldn’t it be cheaper and easier to just go to an arcade? I play mine every weekend after cleaning the house or finishing my “honey-do-list”! I think I played 100 games last night with the kids!

I think most on here, buy for a status thing. People who seem to own only JJP games, and Stern LE's , seem to buy for bragging rights, but don't actually play them. If they did, they wouldn't own most JJP games.