nutballchamp
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A pm from Endofline asking questions about my arcade got me thinking about decor that I use to see in 80's arcade that I haven't seen anyone do in their home arcade. Here's what I can think of.
Mirrors on the ceiling. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I've seen some cool 80's arcade pics with stripes going into the ceiling and continuing in the mirror. Mirrors also double up the lights in your arcade. I'm seriously considering doing this soon.
Mirrors on walls. Much easier to do than on the ceiling but not as cool. Only saw a few arcades with this.
Carpet halfway up walls. Super 80's would would be carpet halfway up the walls from the floor and the rest of the wall wood paneling.
Stripes on carpet. The arcade in Nightmares had a stripe coming down the wall and continuing on the carpet. Super badass! That's probably my dream arcade size and layout. Love the balcony with the pins.
Big space theme sets like lighted tunnels, a big rocket ect. Phet has one of the coolest space theme arcade's I've seen. I had a space ship hanging in my loft arcade but it was pretty weak compared to stuff I've seen in the 80's. Some of those arcades were like they built a movie set.
Games not so close to each other. I remember being in big arcades seeing sideart and standing inbetween games while watching friends play games. Some arcades had games at 45 degree angles. Tom Cloud did this which was really cool and nostalgic.
Add to this list or post any new or old pics of anything mentioned or unique. Hope this inspires someone to do some of these things as I'd love to see them recreated.
Mirrors on the ceiling. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I've seen some cool 80's arcade pics with stripes going into the ceiling and continuing in the mirror. Mirrors also double up the lights in your arcade. I'm seriously considering doing this soon.
Mirrors on walls. Much easier to do than on the ceiling but not as cool. Only saw a few arcades with this.
Carpet halfway up walls. Super 80's would would be carpet halfway up the walls from the floor and the rest of the wall wood paneling.
Stripes on carpet. The arcade in Nightmares had a stripe coming down the wall and continuing on the carpet. Super badass! That's probably my dream arcade size and layout. Love the balcony with the pins.
Big space theme sets like lighted tunnels, a big rocket ect. Phet has one of the coolest space theme arcade's I've seen. I had a space ship hanging in my loft arcade but it was pretty weak compared to stuff I've seen in the 80's. Some of those arcades were like they built a movie set.
Games not so close to each other. I remember being in big arcades seeing sideart and standing inbetween games while watching friends play games. Some arcades had games at 45 degree angles. Tom Cloud did this which was really cool and nostalgic.
Add to this list or post any new or old pics of anything mentioned or unique. Hope this inspires someone to do some of these things as I'd love to see them recreated.
