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Oh man break the rack on the other end of the table, I've done breaks where the Q has gone flying and it would have taken out a game glass a few times.

Quoted from 72Devilz:

My parents have that exact same pool table with the exception of the lower legs! If our pool table could talk about some of the parties it has seen through the 70's and 80's......

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Quoted from moat-pin:

I desperately need more space. This thread makes me think 50% of people have 100-200% more pins than I.

Quoted from Lawnboy:

It's been a while since I added some new pics after some changes. Here you go. They are not all in the gameroom and the wife is ok with a couple in the bar and family room
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Quoted from mmuglia:

I sold a few games this year and picked up a GnR LE yesterday. I also added the RFM and SWE1 last month. The GnR topper and under cabinet lighting should be here this week.
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Quoted from Bos98:

A little Game Room update. Sold some and picked up a couple of new games and then felt compelled to rearrange most of the lineup. Then we had a good 2 hours of 4 player family fun tonight!
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Quoted from CypherPinball:

Lurk in this thread enough, figured I'd post finally. First pin was TMNT NIB last August.
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Quoted from CypherPinball:

We got the Kiss I think just before things started getting crazy out of hand. And yeah 13 ball on Apollo is crazy. And like everyone says, really is like a 5 ball once things settle down. And I'm a huge superman fan so I had to track one down. It was always a dream to have 1 pinball machine. Crazy to think we have a "lineup" now. We are stopping at 5 now though.

Quoted from pinnyheadhead:

Now that I have been around a while I have learned that many “dream” about having 1 pinball machine, but in “reality” they will have more than 1.

Quoted from wisefwumyogwave:

Garage room!
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Quoted from MoSeS_1592:

Been lurking for a while now and decided it’s time to reveal my obsession/addiction/insanity. Here’s my man cave. It has been evolving into what you see since mid 2008. It was a childhood dream to own a pinball machine and when I finally had my own house with a big basement I had to have *one* pin. I was warned that pinball is an addiction… you will almost certainly never have just one. Fast forward 13 years and I’m up to 8 pins (10 if you include the heavily modded Zizzle’s, plus a Black Knight and Blackout being baby sat at a friend’s house since I’m out of space).
I always loved model trains almost as much as pinball and always envisioned a train running through my game room. My 2020 covid lockdown project was to finally build my model train setup. Around my bar area I have a 30-foot rectangular N-scale model running along the ceiling. Along the rest of the majority of the basement/gameroom I have a 110-foot loop HO-scale model running along the ceiling. Plus a sh*t ton of micro arcades and vintage/handhelds. A wet bar, pachislo (with slot mod), and popcorn machine to finish the deal. And yes, RC is a hobby too haha.
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Quoted from ZooDude:

Very cool, the pegboard is an interesting idea, I'd have to resist the urge to draw lines around everything like an old man's tool shed
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Quoted from Aladdin:Question for the group:
Do I need to do anything special to transport a neon sign in my car for a short trip?
I was thinking about setting it on top of styrofoam in the car?
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Quoted from Pinkitten:

It’s rare for collectors to sell, trade or add pins to their collections. Once you are satisfied, that’s usually how it stays.

Quoted from Mikespinball:

A pinball buddy came over last night and helped assemble the machines. Got all of them set up, now just got to tweet them a bit for positions.
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Quoted from Pinkitten:

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.

Quoted from CaptainNeo:

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.

Quoted from fooflighter:

Moved some pins to son's old room, awaiting Godzilla so will have to adjust soon and can fit 2 more in there, JP and GnR running solo. After GZ comes, I have room for 3 more and then at max capacity. Threw the theater in for XBOX etc gaming...Have to be selective going forward as all of these are keepers for me right now, unless I pull the theater back row and make room for 3 in there lol...I think the wife would strangle me at that point[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Quoted from Gornkleschnitzer:Soon to be my game room space. Pinbot head under the window for scale.
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This was my grandparents' house, grandpa moved into a home recently and agreed to sell off the house at the insistence of at least one of his children. This broke my mom's heart, because not only was she tasked with contacting a realtor, he built the house himself in the 1950s for not just his family but his decades-long photography studio business. It's also far nicer, in many different ways, than the house I've been living in for the past year and a half. Also, the amount of money he wanted for it just happens to be about the same as the current market value of mine, somehow.
The same day my mother sent the preliminary email to our local realtor, I made a huge decision, and I called her up and derailed the plan. The realtor is now working on selling MY current house - deal is basically closed at this point - and my girlfriend and I have been spending evenings packing things up. She was hesitant about the idea of moving at first, but between seeing everything in person and being told the personal history of the house, had a pretty quick change of mind.
Now that the back story is out of the way, here's the more relevant info. The room pictured here was the actual photography stage, full of individually controllable lights and a whole row of switched outlets. For the last 25-30 years, though, it has been a computer room, with a wraparound countertop on the two opposite walls. Some of the computer space will stay as it is, but I will leave a large spread-out section of desktop free to do assembly and board work.
The windows can be covered up for UV safety, the bookshelves are headed for the other half of the basement where Matti gets her library room, and the file cabinets (personal documents plus game manuals) will go where the green cabinet is currently placed on the left. That empty space will comfortably fit five games, with our Night Moves cocktail table fitting between the desktop and the door. Once the glass-top desk is relocated, there will be enough floor space not only to play the games, but to set out a playfield rotisserie if needed. Technically, I could leave out the file cabinets and fit six standard games on that main wall, but one of those games is the homebrew-in-progress Volcano Blast, and I need plenty of space to fit around it and work on it.
I will definitely post another photo once everything is in place!

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My wife’s favorite game
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Quoted from JStoltz:Anybody have examples on how you've displayed the promo fliers for your pinball machines?
I've been making sure to grab two copies (to be able to display front and back) for each machine I buy, but haven't come up with a clever way to display them yet. I've got 4 machines, so I thought about having them framed/matted in a 2x4 grid and hung up somewhere near the machines... But then I thought nah, maybe just individual 8.5x11 frames so I have more options on where to put them.
Just curious to see what others have done with their fliers. Thanks!

Quoted from Mahoyvan:It's been a long time coming, but I finally feel like room is in an acceptable state!
Bought the house in 2018 and had this to work with:
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After a little Photoshopping, I had a rough idea of what direction I wanted to go:
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So hard to see everyone's killer game rooms day after day for months - YEARS on end when the reality of mine was always under construction:
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Finally got my ass in gear and did the flooring, finished the walls, swapped out the lights, put up corrugated steel for the wainscoting, and a rough cut cedar drink ledge. Dropped in a new 40A circuit for the games and picked up a couple new titles along the way.
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Room for 1 more game comfortably on the long wall or 2 with a little wiggle room.
Opposite side, short wall can fit another 3-4 down the road!
Feels good to officially join the game room club!

Quoted from ExSquid:Where did you get your scrolling ticker from above the Tv's? Love the setup.

Quoted from jorge5240:Finally got my snowboard game inside and built.
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Quoted from EJS:The smoking section (garage) has a new lineup.
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Quoted from jrockne:Finally got around to hiding the ceiling joist in my gameroom entrance project… (project hide the utilitie room ). Also added a couple props. Still more tinkering. But I like the way the ceiling turned out!
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Quoted from JustLikeMe:

It's been a long time coming, but I can finally contribute to this thread. Moved earlier this year to a house which had an outbuilding that had previously been used as a workshop - wasn't much to look at, but it had three phase electric and running water at least:
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I immediately saw the potential for a pin room - I'm just lucky my wife liked the house attached - and got to work on it a couple of months ago. Building work finished last week, and I moved the machines in this week. Incredibly happy with the outcome.
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Quoted from Rscontrino:

Here is my Humble game room =)
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Quoted from Rscontrino:Disney made about 20 of them for promotion and the parks, they also gave a few away for a contest. They show up on eBay every once in a while but for ridiculous amounts of money. They made them out of Donkey Kong cabinets.
This is a replica that I put together, but I bought the artwork off someone who scanned the original so it’s very accurate. It also has the original Fix it Felix application that Disney used.
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Quoted from Malenko:

sitting in an unfinished basement for now, I have to finish up the master bathroom/closet reno before I can start doing anything down there
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I need to work where ever you guys work so I can afford game rooms like those
(My daughter also plays down there hence the panda mat and stuff)

Quoted from Malenko:

The one on the shelf is a Ms.Pacman , I also have scramble , a sears driving , and a few others. They are still neat to this day, but I'm apprehensive about letting my 2yr old play with them. I have more vids behind the shelf and furnace and she loves smashing the buttons on them

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Quoted from Rdoyle1978:LOL no doubt about that. I built my kid a 15x15 space in our basement so he can practice hockey and occasionally soccer. It’s double-netted and has walls for goals. Anyway, he is supposed to drop the nets when he’s down there - the space is right next to the game room.
I’m down in the game room yesterday and a soccer ball comes flying through the “goal” and I hear something hit the floor. He’s kicked the ball RIGHT through the space - nets not dropped, and cleaves off the key to my EHOH. The head is on the floor, the rest of the key STILL in the lock. Ay ay ay

Quoted from jubjub:

How do you like the polished concrete as floors in CO? Just thinking about options for when we finish our basement.

Quoted from ramegoom:

Actually it's polyaspartic. Starts with a base "binder" coat, then the 2-part Polyaspartic material goes over it. Also, there's about 200 lbs. of aluminum flakes added to that mix to give it the silver appearance.
They trowel it on, exposing some of the black base coat, then spritz it with acetone in places to cause the "cloud" swirl appearance.
Very cool floor, heavy duty, can withstand heavy machines dragged across it. Better choice than epoxy since it cures fast and I didn't have to abandon the house for days - very low odor when it's curing.
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Quoted from John_C:Hope you don't mind me jumping in. I'm in Colorado Springs and in the process of finishing my basement. One of the biggest questions I had was how I was going to finish the floor. I researched carpeting options, LVP, epoxy, etc. In the end I felt all those options were too expensive for a basement (I'm a cheapskate) so I decided on doing it myself using a blend of two acid stain colors followed by a couple of coats of acrylic sealer. It took an incredible amount of back-breaking labor but the results were worth it to me. I think it looks bitchin'. Total cost was about $600 in materials.
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Quoted from kool1:If I got divorced my entire basement would be pins. Definitely wouldn't be horrible

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Quoted from kool1:YES!
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Quoted from kool1:

What is this Treehouse Club game? wow.

Quoted from AlexRogan84:

How does everyone do their "order" of games? Age? Manufacturer? Theme?
My main four are in the order I remembered / loved them as a kid... Getaway, Funhouse, Diner, Party Zone.

Quoted from PinPickle:Has anyone done a cool painters tape wall design, graffiti work, or blacklight paint in their arcade?
There's 207 pages of images and I got through 30 and decided to ask year.
Looking for some inspiration.

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Quoted from dirkdiggler:Also this breakout inspired paint job was awesome as well
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Quoted from Roostking:This quote needs added to the "You know your getting old" thread lol.

Quoted from rollinover:I always thought it wise to fold or cut down the box and save it in case a future owner would want it. Plus it backs up the home use only claim

Quoted from punkin:Ahh, so that's what classrooms look like inside.
I always had to stand in the hall or outside the principals office.

Quoted from ImNotNorm:

Just missing a Shadow and I'll be done

Quoted from Gumby510:

Side shot of the pins I have the other side of the room is all arcades.
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Quoted from Gumby510:Ok here is my channel where I do crappy videos haha

Quoted from bigguybbr:

I saw Jeff Miller PinballPimp had the same thing in his garage. They are cool.

Quoted from I-Closed-Wolskis:

Skate board overhead lights are pretty easy to make. I got porcelain double lamp sockets for 13 bucks on Amazon, just drill a hole in the deck at each end and drop the sockets in and wire up
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Quoted from ExSquid:

Put some LEDs behind my Galaga. Kinda cool I guess?
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Put some LEDs behind my Galaga. Kinda cool I guess?
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Quoted from drwicket:I love the mini figs! Did something similar in my basement.
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Quoted from wisefwumyogwave:I've said this before, us Florida guys are super jealous of your basements!

Quoted from punkin:

There aren't any basements at all in Australia.

Quoted from punkin:

Tropical climate?
Really?
United States of America is a tropical climate too then.
Have a bit of a look at an atlas or a globe or something.
The answer to the storm question is that we build our houses strong enough to withstand them, since xmas 74 anyway.

Quoted from radium:Wow.
What are those ceramic mugs? Those are killer.

Quoted from ExSquid:

Now to convince my wife I NEED one of these to compliment the room.
https://machineagelamps.com/collections/nautical-1/products/copy-of-steampunk-industrial-steel-i-beam-coffee-table-48-square-glass-top-table-3052

Quoted from ExSquid:Nah looks cool to me! That PONG table would be awesome too! If you guys have that by a couch where do you hide the wire? Under a throw rug or something ? Or you don’t care about the wire at all?

Quoted from zebpin61:Don't be too jealous, old houses (pre 1900) have lovely low ceilings: we were so much shorter back then apparently. An added bonus is the occasional flooding ...

Quoted from DanQverymuch: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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Quoted from John-Floyd:Yep they still make it! My favorite is still the original Coca Cola though…

Quoted from Scotty_K:Pics of my updated little gameroom; TZ out, GZPre, AlienLV and TBL in:
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Quoted from Waldo:How was working with that Lowes Brick product? Considering the same stuff or Home Depot’s version.

Quoted from ExSquid:Nice man! Looks sharp! That's exactly what the wife and I did on 2 opposite sides of the basement to accent everything.
We are still debating putting molding up on the top or not. Like a thin white.

Quoted from polishedball:The current lineup. Pulled out the Vpin and put in a Silverball Mania I just completed a playfield swap and restore on. Will upgrade to the 2.0 code once it comes back online. [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Quoted from I-Closed-Wolskis:Finished the bar display in my basement
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Quoted from Bundy:With that logic you can tell her to sell the dishwasher since she doesn´t use it every day anyway

Quoted from SilverUnicorn:

Another random question.............
Whenever we have people over we usually end up in the gameroom at some point. There are 17 games to choose from including pinball and arcade, plus a pool table. INEVITABLY someone will always say "Why don't you get (insert game name here)?
Does anyone else get this? Just curious.
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Quoted from stompeN:Gameroom started out with a ton of arcade1ups and a modded out legends virtual pinball machine. I noticed I was enjoying the pinball way more than all my arcade machines. The replay on it was so much better. I fell in love with the VPX Iron Maiden table and searched out the real thing. I realized quickly the digital was no longer going to be enough for me and started clearing out my 1ups and my VPIN table. About 9 months later I have 4 real pins. The addiction is real !
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Quoted from Pinkitten:Adjacent to mine…wouldn’t this movie make a viable horror pinball title??? I can see lots of content possibilities…interview with Mr. Ullman; Danny Explores The Overlook/The Twins; The Maze; Room 237; The Gold Room/Lloyd the Bartender; Delbert Grady; Here’s Johnny!
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Quoted from ClarkGriswold:It's been a couple of years since I posted my garage game room setup. Lots of changes - I put up foam board insulation on the walls/ceiling so my air conditioner would actually work when it's 100 degrees outside in the summer. Added in a couple of TVs so I can play vintage video games (I currently have a Colecovision, Intellivision, Atari 2600, NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, N64 and some older 64 bit computers hooked up). My pinball line up works for me, but not nearly as nice as some other collections in this envy inducing thread. [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Quoted from Pinkitten:My father-in-law helped me finish the garage gameroom ceiling, and gave me an autographed Friday the 13th license plate for the wall! (Ari Lehman, the first Jason)
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Quoted from mbaumle:

Still very much a work in progress, but I’m really happy with the progress I’ve made! (I still have 2 more games to set up and decorate) I bought a new-to-me house with a big unfinished basement. I can’t thank my father enough for his invaluable help!
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Changed quite a bit recently, but good enough...
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Quoted from BorgDog:

Game room #1: Lower level in the split level house, featuring the all Star lineup.
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Game room #2: Basement level.
The hero lineup.
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The Bally and pool theme row.
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Game room #3: basement level also, behind the wall with Fathom et al.
Sinbad in parts, waiting for playfield to cure.
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Quoted from Pinkitten:I bought one of these from a Pinsider for our basement game room half bath. Works great! I should post it in the Junkyard, Austin Powers or South Park threads.
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Quoted from allsportdvd:It’s insulated and has 4 ceiling fans because it’s over 90 degrees here a few times a week. The insulation does help as the cost of air conditioning would be really high
I’ve been able to upload a short video walkthrough, not as good as some I’ve seen here as I’m no video expert lol