Our Basement Arcade

Silverunicorn

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Took a short video of our basement today.



Some bulbs needs to be replaced on the Pins, and The Lost Word was being finicky, so I apologise in advance, and also for the sometimes shaky video. I don't want anyone to get seasick, LOL.

The Neo Candy has a power supply issue that will hopefully be resolved shortly. The Smash TV has some intermittent monitor issue I have not looked into yet, but it was cooperating for the video at least. Other than that, the credit dots on the pins are because they are normally played (not particularly well) by kids that visit. I need to give them a good run sometime.

The Star Wars is also able to be a Revenge From Mars. All the parts are under the pinball machines.

Enjoy, and feel free to share opinions, good or bad.

Chris
 
Thanks for sharing, very cool basement. You have one thing most of us would like, lots of space . . . fill that place up :D
 
Nice large area. But you have way to much empty wall space. Need to buy more.lol

Wanna buy me some? :p

Thanks for sharing, very cool basement. You have one thing most of us would like, lots of space . . . fill that place up :D

LOL, thanks. I agree there's plenty of room for more, but there's 2 issues:

1) I actually like being married
2) When I have room, I have no $$. When I had $$, I had no room, LOL.

I will get mroe as funds permit, then there will be more updates!!!

Thanks for the comments,

Chris
 
What a fantastic basement. I love it, lots of room. Nice collection, love the pins! Thanks for sharing.
 
Really nice! Glad to see the Black Knight working. That was dead when I was there.
I picked up a game from Chris and he took the time to show me the guts of the Phantom Menace machine. I'm not really knowledgeable about pinball, but seeing how the monitor setup worked on it was really cool. Wish I had more time to spend and check them all out.

One of the nicest guys you could ever deal with.

Chris, I have a partially gutted Neo two slot. Not sure if it has a power supply in it or not (or even if its the same as the Candy version). I'd have to dig the machine out to take a look, drop me a PM if you're interested. You can have it if its in there.
 
Really nice! Glad to see the Black Knight working. That was dead when I was there.
I picked up a game from Chris and he took the time to show me the guts of the Phantom Menace machine. I'm not really knowledgeable about pinball, but seeing how the monitor setup worked on it was really cool. Wish I had more time to spend and check them all out.

One of the nicest guys you could ever deal with.

Chris, I have a partially gutted Neo two slot. Not sure if it has a power supply in it or not (or even if its the same as the Candy version). I'd have to dig the machine out to take a look, drop me a PM if you're interested. You can have it if its in there.

Thanks for the kind words. It's always nice when a game can be brought back to life by a collector. It was great to meet you as well, wish we had more time. Come on back sometime! Not sure if the PS would be the same or not. It's not the switching PS I expected. It's a proprietary PS. The machine is not mine and the owner is working on the PS as we speak.


More Video Games!!!!
Dimm the light!!!


Now it's just a large basemnet with a few games that look outa place

Well thanks (I think). We are getting dimmers for the lights, I agree with that. I am more of a pinball guy, but have some videos that I am still planning on getting :)

Chris
 
I envy all that space you have, and its finished too! Thanks for the video.
I am a big fan of TOTAN, yours looks awesome!
 
Well thanks (I think). We are getting dimmers for the lights, I agree with that. I am more of a pinball guy, but have some videos that I am still planning on getting :)
Chris

You are welcome :) remeber you said:
Enjoy, and feel free to share opinions, good or bad.

Chris

Anyway you have an awesome space there that you can get far more out of, nicest thing is that it's a space that has like different rooms and it has a really realistic feel to it, you quickly forget it's a basement as it's not one space and that's a big plus.
Get some more cabs and pins, Relocate the pool table maybe and fill that space with cabs, wow how many could fit in there, I'm allready seeing it :D, a nice carpet maybe?

My arcade is the worst on this board but I have no space where I live and moving is not an option :(
If I had your space( And your space is F*ng AWESOME!!) I knew I'd make the most of it.
 
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You are welcome :) remeber you said:


Anyway you have an awesome space there that you can get far more out of, nicest thing is that it's a space that has like different rooms and it has a really realistic feel to it, you quickly forget it's a basement as it's not one space and that's a big plus.
Get some more cabs and pins, Relocate the pool table maybe and fill that space with cabs, wow how many could fit in there, I'm allready seeing it :D, a nice carpet maybe?

My arcade is the worst on this board but I have no space where I live and moving is not an option :(
If I had your space( And your space is F*ng AWESOME!!) I knew I'd make the most of it.

Oh, I know. I appreciate all comments. That's what makes the forums so great is the diversity. My wife actually asked if I could spread them out a little bit, maybe that will look better. It is a little cramped the way they are now. She puts up with the hobby, so I will do whatever it takes so that she is happy with them :)

I doubt that your gameroom is the worst on the board. You make the beat of what you have. I am lucky to have what I do, and I remember that every day.

:)

Chris
 
Dang....that basement has come along way since I saw it! I helped you move some pins after the Allentown show years ago, and you had just started the project of finishing the basement. Turned out really nice!
-Mark
 
Dang....that basement has come along way since I saw it! I helped you move some pins after the Allentown show years ago, and you had just started the project of finishing the basement. Turned out really nice!
-Mark

Thanks Mark!

Yeah, it took a LONG time, and one trip to the hospital, but was worth it :) We had a contractor do the drop ceiling, because we wanted that to be spot on, and I knew I could not get it that good. It really tied everything together.

We need to get together sometime. It's been a long time. Good to hear from you.

Chris
 
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