Is your Simpsons a multicade? Curious if Killer instant hets played more or Simpsons. For variety I like the idea of a multicade, but my gut tells me a dedicated game would get more play. Dunno why I think that. I guess I just think people would get confused/can't bother with selecting a game and learning controls or they would just scroll like they do netflix, just spending time looking rather than playing. What's your experience? Are you limiting the space saving of the 1up arcades or do you secretly yearn for a full size arcade?

Yes, Simpsons is a multicade. I made what I consider to be a fairly good favorites list on it of 40ish games to keep it manageable when someone approaches it. Multicades like mine definitely have their downsides through. If I want to play a fighter game I’m playing Killer Instinct before pulling up a fighting game on the multicade.

If my space was unlimited I’d probably replace my multicade with 5-6 arcades and they’d get an equal amount of my time, but considering everything it serves it’s role decently.

The 1ups serve a role for my too. If my young kids get a little rough with them I don’t care much as I’m only in $200 each on them.

My space is tight and I tried to get as much as I reasonably could into it. 6-8 people can have a good time

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They are Love Sac.

They are Love Sac.

Probably more in the pins at this point. Just added a Foo LE machine to the group.

LOL, just happened to get back from visiting a LEGO store tonight with my grandson. Man, do they have some really impressive sets now, but also expensive. He of course loved the Millenium Falcon and AT-AT models they had on display, only $850 a piece!

I e got both of them. You should be a good dad and buy them and let him watch you build them!

less than the price of a topper,what a steal.

We got the Bugatti Chiron kit for Christmas two years ago as a father-son project. I was quickly relegated to getting the pieces for the next step and QC. I wasn’t “allowed” to build.

I'll see your picture game rooms and raise you a video tour!

Welcome to my happy place!

Loving the hobby and the collection. Arcade Marquees are backlit with a cheap amazon LED strip light that goes all the way around the room (well, 3 strips but still).

P3 has Heist, Cosmic Cart, and Weird AL. Actually just switched the art out on it today. EM project Vulcan relegated to the garage. Had alot of fun with those one ups too. The Robotron is a converted Mortal Kombat with a Robotron 12 in 1 multigame board, the Ms Pacman is a 60 in 1 and I'm going to convert that Killer Instict into either a knockoff Playchoice 10 or a Pandora's box. Out of that lineup, favorite game is STTNG but I'm loving them all.

This upcoming year I plan on dropping an arcade carpet under the machines now that I've already severely damaged the floors. Best upgrade to machines? External powered subwoofer you can keep when you rotate machines.

Going to be another fun year of pinball. Plan on more temporary trades and making it to the end of Elvira. She just wants to sell her house!

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And. Summer garage project.
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Very nice!

Yes the big collector sets are expensive. I have some out of production collector edition kits worth well over $2500 each. Lego world gets as silly as the pinball world for sure.

I need to win the lottery!

Well....it's my dream game room....

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Is there a game in there?

I wish she would move she blocking that beautiful pin.

i want one of these for my game room, and my girlfriend is ok with it.

Nobody seems to be bothered by the incorrect legs

LOVE this project. very creative for the retro carnival look!! thanks for sharing.

Looks like 5'2" of trouble to me.

Decades in the making, I finally hung some shelves that can accommodate my extensive, mostly VFD handheld/tabletop electronic game collection. Now I can honestly say my gameroom features well over 100 individual games!

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That…is amazing.

And there they are... I had the Donkey Kong and the Pac-Man with the black housing.

I'll second the amazing collection!!

Seriously, that is mind blowing, you should be proud. If I ever end up in prison I hope my jail cell looks like that. I wouldn't mind it a bit killing time.

Very Cool, i have about 6 of those..amazing collection

That is absolutely EPIC.

I have 15-20 of these but it blows my collection away. Well done sir!

That's friggin awesome! I remember that Fogger game was the first one of these my parents got me my bro and sister for Xmas. Donkey Kong was next for my Bday! Good memories.

Wow! That’s pretty impressive!

Thanks guys, I wish I had taken them out of hiding years ago! They had been languishing in boxes since 2003.

Oh wow what a shame.

Those games were all my childhood Christmas dreams.

Do you have one of these? (I can't tell from the picture)

It was designed by a friend of mine.

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Oh, yes, one of those has been in my other game display for several years now.
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Er, I could have sworn it was. Anyway, I know I surely have more than one, actually.
And that's an old pic. Some of those games are on the new shelves...

such a good collection! I normally wouldn't own any redemption machines but if I had the room I'd probably get an Addams Family Values like you have.
Nice variety.

Now my question to you is... do you play any of them?

No, but I'm trying to talk myself into starting a YouTube channel or whatever checking them out one by one. My fear is that the interest would be limited.

as if you have those 2 UNCUT Dungeons & Dragons marquees! hmu if you ever want to sell

Why fear that? If you're bad then barely anyone will see

Almost all of those marquees came from the York and Allentown show flea markets. Was thrilled to pick those up last weekend. My remaining white whale wall hanger is the low quality data east Simpsons backglass and I'm good.

A few of those came from an anonymous gracious pinsider who sent a stack when he saw my setup. (Thanks!)

Gotta be moving some stuff around to get Godzilla out of my office and next to these guys in our main living room / game room.

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Work in progress as we want to get some retro signage, neon, and so on up too.

Legends Ultimate

What's the consensus here ? Yay or Nay? Still on the fence with it.

Evil Dead needs to come out so it can go right next to those.

100% yay.

I own a HA8802 model from last fall. This is the code name 1.2 model. It has some upgrades to it from the previous 1.0 and 1.1 (HA8801) models. Real t-molding and an upgraded internal storage so its easier to mod and install AppX etc.. I modded mine with lot of games but I would NOT buy a ALU right now.

Why?

Because AtGames announced a 4K model coming this holiday season. A 4k Legends Ultimate and a 4K Legends Pinball. Both of these will come with an upgraded CPU/SOC (finally!). This is what everyone is begging for. For CoinOps etc .. the entire interface runs like garbage on the ALU, but the games run great. But the overall experience sucks navigating the UI. This will 100% be fixed with the new CPU/SOC this fall. AtGames is allowing customers to buy "upgrade" kits for people with 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 ALUs for like $300.

Almost everyone who owns one will pay to upgrade, so my advice is DO NOT buy one right now. Wait for the 4K units to come out and get that much needed CPU/SOC and 4K screen upgrade. You will regret buying one now if you do.

Wow thanks a ton for the INFO!! I didn't know a 4K was coming out!

If you don't want to wait, just pick one up for cheap on Facebook Marketplace, and download CoinOpsX. I picked up a nice used ALU for $250. The CoinOpsX free server is super slow, took nearly 2 days to download, but makes the machine much more versatile and fun. 4k would be way overkill for what my ALU is used for, same as the 16x9 aspect ratio.

PanzerKraken I detect a theme with your pinball collection! Horror/Halloween pins are fun!

This idea seems like it was made for TikTok....
In fact, here's a guy who has a bunch of video's of him playing with 80's toys.

This one he's showing off a Mattel Electronics Football 2:
https://www.tiktok.com/@wickedgenxer/video/7212392538777636142?_r=1&_t=8cQ9VaARPkR

Glad to help, I forgot to mention that as soon as they are available I will be buying the SOC/CPU upgrade kit, which I think comes with the 4K screen. I'll also buy the bitLCD at that time too.

One thing I didn't mention by the way is cost, or really just to set expectations. The ALU has been +/- $500 for a few years and Sam's Club runs sales throughout the year for ~$350. The new 4K ALU has a lot of newer tech included in it that older models did not and it will affect the price almost certainly. What is new?

4K Screen
Upgraded SOC/CPU
BitLCD included

If you're not aware of the bitLCD, go check it out on youtube. Its a dynamic LCD screen that changes the marquee dynamically to the game you've selected in either the ALU or CoinOpsX interface. This is a $350 upgrade that many ALU owners have installed. This comes included on the new 4K units in addition to a 4K screen and new SOC/CPU. So the three of these massive upgrades will probably spike the cost of the 4K ALU.

If I had to guess, I bet MSRP launch retail price for the new model will be like $899 or something. Just note that when/if you see this price don't lose your mind right away haha. You're getting the value of all these amazing additions now baked into the solution from factory. Ya it spikes the cost of entry 2x but quite honestly, everyone buying an ALU will want all of these anyways and its easier than piecing it all together after the fact.

FF Arrived, so updated pinball lineup:
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MAME is still at the far end:

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Also did some updates on the wall art with some new prints from Flyland:

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Not very exciting but my summer game room is good to go. It’s for games that will never be worthy of making the real line up and that go in storage over the winter.

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Summer game room.... I like it! In my entire life I've injured my back twice: the day I bought a 12ft shuffle bowling game and the day I sold it. You're a better man than me or at least stronger, if you're moving that beast twice a year. Enjoy!