Here's my offering... this is my old place that never got to the state I wanted it to be in, the plan was to have 40 odd games set up, but it was mainly a store with the odd game set up here and there... and I don't live there any-more

I'd stripped a load of playfields to decorate the ceiling with lights behind, but that never got finished before I moved either!

Due to space problems I had to lay the floor in the main room in 2 halves... when the first half was done and dry, the pins had to go there so I could do the 2nd half...

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Another pic of the 'workshop' room... don't know why this didn't come through in the previous lot...

And a shot of the room from outside... the van on the right was a mobile pinball storage unit... I was a big hit with the neighbours!

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And now the shot of the outside view didn't come through...

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Like stain glass, but with pinball class!!!

Have you ever thought of becoming a poet?

It's a real shame I never finished it... but all the playfields are still with me to put up in the new as-yet unbuilt games-room! I blocked out all the large holes with black card to stop large blocks of white light coming through, just left the small holes (rollover wire slots, post holes and some GI bulb holes where the light shields stayed on). The ceiling and the back of each playfield was covered in tin-foil to help the light bounce around and eventually find it's way out through a lens/hole... here's some pics of playfields in preperation.

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Nice pad Steve... just out of interest, what's that playfield on the left of that middle pic? It looks like a Gottlieb System 80 from the bottom arch, but I don't recognise it...

That explains why I didn't recognise it... never seen one of those before... nice idea with the lights, was toying with doing something similar with the cailing I made, but I realised it would be way too much work... maybe next time

Thanks! Creative or obsessive? Good score on the BBB, would love that game!

I bet you've lost count of how many people have spilt their drink walking past that thing... That would freak me out! For some reason I've got a few mannequins, that gives me an idea

Nice pad Nasco... buy buy buy

I stumbled across the plan I made for the gamesroom that actually got built in my garden in London... Unfortunately it never got to the state I wanted it (i.e. with pins lined up like that)... and I've left it all behind to persue a life of happiness in Czech...

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This is the current status of my gamesroom: Finally it's taking shape!!!

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Actually, that pic was about 2 weeks ago... it's changed now to this... these guys are quick once they get going

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Damn, you're right... I miss-calculated, well spotted! PM sent!

Looks good! You can squeeze a few more pins in there though

I've gone for the junk shop look...

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Tossed... that was very gently placed!

Amazing place! Love the wall decorating playfields. Why don't you turn the Champion Pub and STtnG round 90deg so you can get to them better?

This is another room... the plan with this is to make it a cinema/music room... maybe with one or 2 pins... time will tell.

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Nope, this is the result of 25 years of collecting. About 10 years ago I moved house, moved countries in fact, and have not yet got the new place in a condition ready to set these things up... was reconstructing an old house, plus extending it... took 8 years with all the planning to get it in a state where we could live in it, and the last 2 spent on the 'man cave' side of it, the main pinball room being the next on the agenda. 'Till that's ready, the pins are mainly folded away, waiting! This is the current state of the main pinball room, working on the skirting at the moment. Progress is slow due to having young kids.

Assuming king Tut was a pin-head

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Not sure what you mean there... you mean you assume the cabs in the previous photo will be made into a bar? In which case, no... they all have heads and will hopefully be complete working games... one day!

As for the ceiling lighting, good question! I've got a load of stripped playfields that I'm planning to use as a kind of suspended ceiling, with any large holes blocked off, and with lighting behind them... thinking of using RGB lighting for this. Another circuit will turn on a load of wall lights that will shine on back glasses... a 3rd and 4th circuit will light up some normal ceiling lights, one circuit for each 'corridor' of pins... that's the plan at the moment...

Ahh, that's just a work bench, the top was taken off to use as an actual work bench surface somewhere else. It started life as a bespoke but ugly kitchen unit on the upper floor of the house when I bought it. It made a good work bench as I progressed through the floors, finally ending up in the pin room... it's swan-song will be to support the skirtings while I paint them, then it will be skipped.

Yes, the ceiling is drywalled, which holds the rockwoll insulation in place. That room is part of the extension to the house, so just one storey... it can get down to -25c here, so reducing heat loss is important

Certainly looking forwards to seeing that ceiling finished off! It's been a long wait!!

Nice line up, but go steady on the Novus, you don't want to get dependant on that stuff!

Do I detect a theme?

Cool place, awesome graffiti!! Paragon was the pin of my youth. I give in, what are the 2 pins on the back wall?

Actually, the left one just clicked: Hankin, Orbit 1... pretty rare! Just noticed, you're from down under

The right one looks semi-familiar, Stern...? No... Shark... (cheated... just checked your collection )

Ahhhh yeah, sorry, got confused... my excuse for mixing it up with Paragon is that I've not played Paragon for about 30 years... that and I'm clearly going senile!

That Deadpool art is excellent, blending in to an actual dance floor! Great work!!

You mean you don't have a horse in your gamesroom?!

Awesome place! Kids clearly love it!! You got me on the pin left of Taxi...

Got it... SoF... cheated... looked at your collection

Neat idea! Would like to see it with the light turned on! I have a load of backglasses I'm planning to display also, this method is a distinct consideration!

Sorry, just realised that there are pics with them lit already... they look great!!

Floor laid and skirtings down... The pinball room is looking much less empty now the first pin is in there

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Thanks for your encouragement... but I suspect there will be a significant time gap between it looking awesome and it being full of pins... Next step is to move all pins from storage, so I can stop paying storage fees... this will put this room into gridlock... the up-ended pins will then be used as a kind of scaffolding platform for doing the ceiling... then I can start thinning the herd to make space for setting the keepers up...

Games room is developing a distinct chaotic feel...

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2nd from the left head or cabinet?

Target Alpha and Bowling Queen.

I have the complete TA, but only the head of BQ...

A bigger concern seems to be the displays on The Simpsons...?

Games room is filling up.

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I'm not, I'm going to walk on them... to sort the ceiling out... which is quite high at that point, but not as high as some thought! That would be impressive stacking them like that!!

Time will tell, but stacking them like this will certainly maximise the pin holding potential... maybe I could go for a slot in the Guiness book of World Records... most pinballs stored in an 8m x 8m room

I see air gaps between them

Jolly Park wasn't able to sustain the weight of the Masquerade head on it and when I got home from work yesterday this was waiting for me! Strange how the head rotated 90deg as it fell, and just sat there upright!!

Clearly should not rely on packing tape to hold heads against the cab, especially when putting a 4 player EM head on top of it!!

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Indeed! I've had games in storage for around 9 years, waiting for this space to be finished... now it is, I'm moving them across... I guess I'm about 15% there... it's a slow process... each game needs to be checked for mice, things sticking out of the bottom that might scratch the new floor (already missed a nail sticking out where a plastic foot/lug had come off!), and bad odors, especially if associated with mold!!... my wife has a VERY sensitive nose... any slight incling that there could be a sign of mold and she'll have me burning the lot!! Mold killer and aftershave have been used on a couple of occasions Now I need to add 'security of head to body' to that check list... I also need a stable platform to put some boards on as a working surface to do the ceiling... I have plans using suspended back-lit playfields up there.

True, decals are waiting, as is a new playfield... that's a project pin!

That's gonna be epic!! Ballshack, is that a play on words?

13 to 19?

Excellent place! Very impressed with your video game remakes, and I'm not even into video games. ton of work gone into those!!!

Was thinking the same... these things deserve tremendous respect and praise, they're awesome!! There's a gap in the market there!!

Porky's for sure.

What's the game at the far end?

I know where you're coming from, I'd love to invite people off the street to come and play the pins, give them a break from their daily routine and something fun to do to bring a smile to their faces... the only snag is my wife doesn't like visitors, especially ones she doesn't personally know and like (which excludes most of my friends), so pretty much no-one gets to play them except me!!

Xenon is stunning for sure! I remember when I fist saw that game in an arcade... I remember being totally blown away and mesmerised by it's beauty more than any other game I ever saw! And the voice!! Shame the gameplay is somewhat limited though.

Well, you're luckier than me... my wife hates pinball too!!

That sucks man, I feel for you!! If that happened to me I'd be devastated!! Hope it all gets cleared up with minimal damage to your room!! My laminate floor would be totally destroyed by that!!

Finally starting to see some order in the main room!

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So sorry for you guys, that's awful to deal with... hopefully it doesn't damage to flooring or building structure and it dries out properly in the end!

Things got worse since we were chatting about that... what's even more crazy is that I've never even set one up to play yet!! Too many games arrived at once and had to go straight to storage! It was nuts to end up with so many of these, they weigh a ton too, so they're a pain to lug around, as I'm sure you can testify! I can't imagine how you got yours up on those chairs!!!

My wife would have the opposite suggestion: to get rid of them totally so the need to deal with them again would vanish! You're very lucky to have such a helpful and appreciative wife!!

The reason for that is explained at about the 9 min mark in the video...

I was also confused, I thought they were about 6ft tall at first and the top of the door was visible, but then I realised that what I thought was the top of the door was actually the underneath of a shelf that they are under next to the floor, and that their actual flyer size... so to see them up close, best is to lie on the floor...

When they go, that would make more space for more frames, no... so you can stick them there?

Excellent hang-out! Love those 80's games!!

I felt the same way about the rules, and I was planning to sell it because of that, but I guess the look of the game and the sounds, and the amazing graphics kept me attached to it... it's certainly a different player from other pins, but in a way, it adds a uniqueness to it that I find actually ends up adding appeal, strangly enough... certainly a cool looking place you have there!! Love the Mr. Black... that mirror woman hidden in the backglass art is awesome on that game!!

By the way, since you clearly like European games, and have a pirate theme, can I suggest Corsario... I have a spare one

You got some serious competition in the organised chaos front!

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Another shot...

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I touched that one up, just need to get it clearcoated, rebuilt, and put back in the game... one of many on-going projects that's stopped at the 'need to find a place that can clearcoat the playfield' stage. Mantra to self: I will not strip another playfield 'till the ones I've already stripped are rebuilt!

This room is a bit less on the chaos and a bit more on the organised... similar principle of tombestoned games though...

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Gottlieb Pleasure Isle, 1965:

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Oops, wrong thread

I love the small of EMs!! Especially when you open the coin door... I think it's all that brass they used... they should make a perfume like it!!

I think it's a shame how some wives dampen the enthusiasm for seeing through cool ideas like this... but as they say, happy wife, happy life... something like that...

Now that's a wife who understands a man's needs...!

I thought you meant the cold weather had brought a lizard in and he'd crawled on your game, so I was trying to spot it... then I realised you're probably talking about the heater

I should have realised, having an older model Salamander myself!!

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Sadly that's all it is... the vent is a pig to get modern ducting to connect to, so even though it's positioned next to a chimney, all it does is sit there and look pretty.

Good you found something to engage her in there... mine is a no-hoper... the only time she goees down there is when we have guests that are friends of hers, and they go down there to check out the games... she'll then come down to watch them play.

Don't let her go!!

Mikespinball , what's this game?

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Flintstones perhaps...?

Anyone know what that long table thing is in front of the pins?

Excellent selection of games... what's the one in the middle if this pic?

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Zooming in to the zoomed in pic it seems to be GoT...

Cool collection of System 80Bs! Highly underrated games IMO! Really looking forwards to getting my TX Sector set up one day!!

Very underrated game IMO.

Looks like Ted's been a naughty boy and Red's not having any of it!

To me it looks like Red is crushing Ted's balls under the playfield to teach him a lesson for whatever he'd done!

Very impressive age range of games spanning, if my calculation is correct, 66years!!

I didn't spot that 'till you mentioned it!!

All games are finally out of paid storage and 'under one roof'... the main room (which is currently just used as a store for games that are acting as a working platform for working on the ceiling) has just had the backlighting finished that will provide rear lighting for a stack of playfields... I've got space for 98 playfields up there (14 rows of 7). That's the next job!

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I just thought I'd share my 'solution' for stopping drywall dust going all over the place (in my case on the pinballs!) when drilling into a drywall ceiling... a lid off a spray can with a hole in it to give a tight fit to the drill bit.

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Yep... progress would be a lot quicker if I wasn't playing 'spot the pinball' on Pinside so much!

Personally I like the carpet... the neutral colour is a nice contrast to the pins...

It's faired well if it's been there 38 years!! It must be a trick of the mind because when I first saw the pics I could have swarn it was beige, but now you've said it's blue it's clearly blue!!

I'd be curious to see that... you ideally need a cylindrical outer wall or the dust could get centrifuged out...

I was looking through some photo's to remind myself how the ceiling is constructed behind the drywall in preparation for hanging the playfields and came across this early 'before' photo of the pinball room...

It reminded me how much earth had to be moved to make space for the pins!!

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In the fight between pinball and mountain, pinball won!

The things we do for pinball!!

I isn't... just very compact earth that probably hasn't been disturbed for millions of years... possibly even compacted by dinosaurs!

Watch out... once you've got 2 they start to breed!!

That'll be Mr Doom or Mr Evil... I think the playfields are the same... I have the complete game too (Evil version), not for sale I'll add

Love the artwork on this game, very giallo!

If you want the playfield for decoration I'll swap it for an equally nice Ana Bond playfield (plastics not needed)

Nice line-up! What do you find you play the most?

That's funny... I've never even played that game, never mind owned one... the artwork always put me off.

That MB playfield tucked up in the rafters would make a cool back-lit wall decoration!

I noticed it looked a bit lit-up behind there... would look even better hanging next to that neon IMO...

I'm starting to appreciate the pre-war games more and more! What's the game on the left? Would appreciate a good pic of the playfield

Ah, I see it now... Prospector... Will check it in the IPDB... I see lots if pics there... I see it's a payout machine... so the player gets 1 to 5 bucks for landing in the Big Strike hole, which has to be done by bouncing off one of the lower leaf springs!

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Well, it looks pretty good as it is, so I'd opt for the leaving it route! The patina on those old games is worth keeping if it's not too excessive!

You put some pretty good pics up on the IPDB, so my curiosity about the game is very much satisfied with those thanks

Amazing playfield art! Lots of the pre-war games have either no or pretty boring artwork, but this is an exception!

Finally my pinball playfield ceiling is starting to come together... 3 playfields up there so far (you can just see them on the first pic on the right)... only 95 to go

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Me neither, of course. Very curious to see if I manage to get the light bouncing around enough up there so that the playfields with no direct light behind them will be almost as well lit as those with lights directly behind... I was going to put baking foil on the back of each playfield (that's on the 3 already up there) with appropriate holes for the lenses and other small openings, like slots for switch wires, but I think I'll abandon that idea as being too much work and instead paint the backs gloss white...

That's the main source of light on the left side of the first pic actually... as I was installing the lighting I had this idea after I'd already put some 'tube lights' in a certain area... I'll see how it turns out and may add some additional lights if I get dark areas... I've applied reflective silver foil over the entire ceiling in the hope it will help distribute the light. Around the edges I'm planning to install small spot lights fixed to the playfields (screwing them into places that will still allow them to be used in games) that will illuminate backglasse I plan to have on the walls.

The ceiling is angled by the way, and the playfields are also angled, but at a shallower angle than the ceiling, so the gap between the playfields and the ceiling gets wider as the ceiling gets higher.