My arcade - pictures and videos

gwarble

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more party pics
 

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more........
 

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and a sketchup map... some games are swapped around but the layout is there

edit: fixed sketchup and added 3d snapshots
 

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Dude, your setup looks really cool. I like it. Nice job! I get anxious every time I see a Robotron in someone's collection. I wish I still had mine. I like the Bubbles as well....
 
Well thank you, means a lot coming from an owner of one of the best and most creative setups i've seen on here

you need to get a new robotron! its tops... and bubbles is great too, a sleeper hit for me (my gf is kicking my score's butt!)

- gwarble
 
i don't know about that but thanks... i've had about half of them for 10 years ish and at the beginning of this year dedicated more space for them and added what i could... from millipede on were acquired this year (before that the list isn't in order, i haven't looked it up yet but all of them before 2004 i'd guess)

Robotron: 2084
Galaga
Tron
Joust
Ms. Pac-man
Smash TV also plays Total Carnage and MAME (MultiJamma)
Dig Dug cocktail
Galaxian cocktail plays Tetris or 60-in-1 (more like 30-in-1, only 4-ways and 2-way games)
Joust dead, moved inside when working games were moved to garage (not in video)
Hook pinball
Millipede also plays Centipede (Multipede)
Defender
Missile Command
Bubbles Clay's MW kit on Robotron boards, only Bubbles though
Pole Position empty cab (mame future?)
Galaxian empty cab (unknown future)
Video Pinball
Phoenix dead
Sinistar
Donkey Kong Jr dead, moved inside when working games were moved to garage (not in video)
720°
 
Nice setup, looks like everyone had fun!

I can't help but notice your Video Pinball is way bright! Do you have a BLW bulb in there to get it that bright?

Thx
Tom
 
thanks guys...

when i first got the video pinball i thought it was too dark at the front

still has a BLB bulb in it, but i added a curved plastic mirror from another blacklight assembly and used it to reflect a little more towards the lower playfield

i never really finished fine tuning it, but i'm glad to hear it appears bright

details: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=195737&page=3
 
hell yeah they did, kalan... this thing was a painted over jamma mess when i got it... the artwork and joystick i got from you and other klovers (and some stuff i had) let me pull this thing together easily and cheaply, so thanks a ton

free cabinet - klov
i think $100 for the marquee, bezel, joystick - klov
$45 for the NOS cpo (not yet installed) - klov
extra robotron boards and clay MW kit - i already had since clay released it
some elbow grease - priceless

a pretty easy restore, and easily the most played lately! (even now that i'm hooked on 720, my gf dominates at bubbles and plays it almost daily)

- gwarble
 
well thanks

ideally a BurgerTime if i can find one... its my gf's favorite game from before my influence, and its a great cabinet

otherwise i need some vectors back in the mix... i have a lead on a Lunar Lander and Star Wars i'm hoping to pick up, maybe a tempest or asteroids

also been wanting a Paperboy, maybe medium res envy after playing 720?

zoo keeper, food fight, Tapper, Rampage, and some mini's would be welcome additions as well...

any suggestions?
- gwarble

EDIT: i can squeeze more in the way it is, although i have to admit i love having some room between them! looks and plays so nice... this still appears to be my favorite layout moving games and playing with sketchup

EDIT: drew in doors... 2 normal doors swing in and 2 garage doors roll up
 

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here's an updated layout of my arcade... some reorg is in order for an upcoming party, its pretty cramped right now (but there's a handful that are dead so they'll get shoved in a corner)
 

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Nice collection of games you have there & that Bubbles is sweet, a game you don't see often anymore.
 
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