Created an account 6 years ago and finally need to post now that I'm getting into arcades. I'm Mike out of Maryland. If you are on pinside I'm santaeatscheese on there (formerly sataneatscheese). I've got a basement arcade that I recently bumped up in size from 6 to 8 pins, and have discovered I can't maintain them all and enjoy them the way they deserve and am pairing down to 6. I've got a couple of pandora's boxes, a vertical and horizontal one and have gotten alot of enjoyment out of them. I'll have space for 3 real arcades, and have decided on a playchoice 10 (which I just got), a standing driver (seeking... preferably 1986 Outrun) and a rail shooter (Area 51/Max Force at top of list... maybe lethal enforcers). I've probably spent an hour a day over the past few years screwing around in my basement messing around with this stuff. Fixing is almost as much fun as playing.
I was also lucky as a kid to have parents literally run an amusement park so I got to play way more than most kids in the 90s in arcades.
A few pics of the basement arcade as of last month and don't worry... those multicades were (outsourced) scratch builds.
I was also lucky as a kid to have parents literally run an amusement park so I got to play way more than most kids in the 90s in arcades.
A few pics of the basement arcade as of last month and don't worry... those multicades were (outsourced) scratch builds.
Shooters never stay long for me but I like the mirror cabinets the best (ala Lethal Enforcers) as they are a bit smaller and the mirror gives them extra depth. However, the Maximum Force style is probably easier to swap out games with. Lastly, Big Buck Hunter (pro, world, etc) always gets more play from visitors and would go well in your lineup, MHO.
