Goodbye Basement Arcade, It's Time I Move On

KillerKades

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To a new place that is.

I sure will miss the old place that I have built over the past several years. You will never be forgotten. I just wish I could rip out the carpet and take it with me. I decided to hire a moving company to move the games and believe me, it was the best money spent. Within 4+ hours, they had them all out and into the new place and had to make 2 trips.

Before the Move

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After the Move

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That's a cool looking home arcade space (LOVE that carpet). Hope your new one is just as nice or nicer. Please take pics of the new one when you get it up and running!
 
Your looking at carpet when he has a Nintendo row, q Bert, dragons lair, burgertime, warlords and a cockpit Starwars?
 
The carpet was epic...

I'd love to stop by sometime and see the new arcade once you get it put together, you have an incredible list of games on your VAPS. :D (Shameless self-invitation to see a dope collection)

I'll bring the beers. (Shameless bribe to sweeten the self-invitation)
 
Whoa, what's the new space gonna look like? Dedicated building?

I can sum up my decision in just two words -- "EXPOSED BASEMENT". Pretty much sealed the deal right there.

Time for some crappy cell phone pics of the new space. During the home inspection I measured all the dimensions of the basement and created a Sketchup 3D model of where everything would go. I fired up the computer on the day of the move so the movers knew where to put each game. I since have made a few changes, but not many.

Looking from the bar area (to be built)

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The Pins

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Birds Eye View 1

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Birds Eye View 2

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Birds Eye View 3

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Holy crap that is SICK! Kudos on the awesome exposed basement find, so much easier than doing stairs with these machines... and it looks like you still have room for MORE!
 
Wow , you couldn't ask for a better gameroom ! i like how the rows are setup and all the open space . Much better than the old gameroom .
 
I'd love to stop by sometime and see the new arcade once you get it put together, you have an incredible list of games on your VAPS. :D (Shameless self-invitation to see a dope collection)

I'll bring the beers. (Shameless bribe to sweeten the self-invitation)

Feel free, however I am still "under contstruction".

Damn that's awesome....time to call the electrician!

Doing the electrical myself. Need to get to it soon. Haven't tested tested them all yet after the move. Kinda afraid to give the vectors a shot. So far the pins are all working, the Ninty row, the Golden Tee, Warlords, and the Star Wars cockpits. Everything else needs to yet be tested, but first I need to do the electrical work.

Any bets on how many will work after the move?
 
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