Less of a game room than a game corner in my multi-use condo basement (office / pinball / laundry / storage). It's been pretty cold down here of late and so I've taken to turning on the games to throw a few more BTUs into the room and play an occasional game throughout the day. So grabbed a quick photo.

When I bought my first game I chose a traditional EM (over a wide-body Genie) because I thought I would not have the room for the wide body. Obviously I worked through that issue.

I've got wire racks behind the games (to store all the junk I needed to move to make room for pinball), took down a folding table (which had become a bit of a horizontal surface catch-all, and shoved my desk back quite a bit, to make room. It's a little like playing Tetris when I need to work on the games.

And yeah, definitely pinball on a budget here as compared to many. Fortunately, I like the older games (both playing and tinkering), and find that some of the less popular games can be had in decent condition at a reasonable price point.

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Closer than you know. The back property line of my condo is the New Britain / Berlin town line....and I'm in Berlin pretty much every day for banking, coffee, lunch, etc. Duotron came out of the United Coin Op warehouse in Berlin (formerly Newman Brothers Amusement & Vending)

I've heard a rumor that they will be closing up / clearing out soon - wonder what treasures will be uncovered in that place. There were a handful of pins in there when I visited about 18 months back, some video games, but mostly old jukeboxes, pool tables, etc.