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Ok I have been busy with moving for the last few weeks so I have been no help on transfering files, sorry. I thought I would show you what a job I have moving into a new home basement casino. It is a blank slate so it will take time. Quite a change from a 10x12 room before.This room is 28x24.

Ron

Ron, looks like you're gonna have plenty of room there. Guess its time to call DansGames for some additional inventory. You know the next show is in November!!!  :96- :96- :96-

 Dan (tacman)

BTW your first Karma here.

Great potential there. Very smart move to put a bathroom downstairs. Is it too late to add additional 20 amp circuits for when the collection grows and multiplies ? I put in 4 circuits initially five years ago and now I wish I had put in more. I need at least 6 more. I also put in fluorescent lighting in the ceiling and now I cannot dim the lights. I took out lamps to try and make it a little darker, but I wish I had put in recessed high hats with dimable bulbs. Harbor Freight has a hydraulic lift that I modified to move pinball games and slot machines. It goes on sale for about $ 175.00 occasionally.  It is much easier to elevate the lift to your table or stand height and slide the machine on and off when you want to rearrange the room as your collection grows.This saves your back from having to lift the machines.  I probably have redone our  gameroom at least a dozen times. Good luck, be flexible in your layout and hope that your wife understands the compulsion to keep adding.

Frank A

Yeah Dan, I plan to add some more but the wife says I have enough. I only have five but I have room for just  one more :72- I may have to come to the meet by myself. :72- :72-

Frank A, I do have a Harbor Freight hydraulic lift table which was a life saver as I just moved the machines in. My Electrician friend is going to run a amp test on the circuits when I get all them hooked up along with all the lighted signs turned on. In my old house I run all five with about 9 lighted signs on one circuit and it was not overloaded on a 20 amp circuit according to the meter. Those machine don't draw as much as you might think.

Ron

Ron,

 I only have five but I have room for just  one more :72-  :103- :103- :97- :97- :97- Yeah Right!!

Looks good so far!  :3- :3- :3- I am jealous of the open space just waiting to be molded!

Maybe have your electrician friend see if there is HOT power available in the ceiling that is not switched... It is always good to have a couple ceiling plugs in the middle of the room that you can pull power down from. Just a thought.

Looking forward to the progress pictures!

CH
 :95-

There's lots of nice Game Rooms out there...sure would be nice to see some of them here.  :79-

R273... I love the idea of a walkin basement for a game room, post the pics when you get it going?
Captain...This gameroom..now GameFLOOR is out of control...(More Pics)
I got 2 out of 3 of the VLC 8825's working well, had to yank the monitor out of one to get it working better (Wells Gardner) The 3rd machine has a corrupt data error i have to deal with.

Pictures enclosed...

Kirk in Las Vegas

Jake777
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   My Small House Gameroom
« on: March 21, 2008, 09:14:22 PM »     

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Hi All
I haven't been a member very long but this site has been very helpful. As I was looking around I came across the game rooms that others have. What a relief my wife thought that I was crazy collecting and working on them. After showing her that others have the same (hobby)obsessions she still thinks I'm crazy but somewhat understands. I've attached a photo of my game room, sorry for the photo quality, I work for the major film and camera maker in the world and do you think I own a decent camera, the slot take priority. Again Thanks for all the help I'm learning very much.
 

PWR STROKE
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   Re: My Small House Gameroom
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2008, 02:49:10 PM »     

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Here is a few pics of my game-room in getting ready for Gustov prep.  My game room is now OOC -Out of Commission  .  We just have to worry about rain from above here-Not flodding but when your roof gets ripped off it is nearly as bad.  Learned alot from katrina as we rode it out here 125 mph sustained for a LONG time!!.  Talk to everone again as soon as this storm blows by.  Just wanted to drop a line before we loose pwr./etc. .  Took us 2-1/2 weeks after katrina to get pwr. back.  Thanks to everyone here and God-bless.   

scratchee35
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   Home Game Rooms
« on: September 08, 2006, 09:44:48 PM »     

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This is the way my "casiono's" look today, but guaranteed not to look this way next week!!!! 

hope the pics show up right...if not..sorry!!! 

PICS Resized for easier display and for those not on High Speed internet. Captainhappy

rickhunter
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2006, 10:02:49 PM »     

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Wow!!! 4 S+'s, A vision, a Barcrest, an Anchor, and a Gamemaker.  I'm jealous.  Are the progressives linked or are they stand alone?

scratchee35
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2006, 11:37:12 PM »     

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Thanks....the 16inch machine that has the Double Stars will be going up for auction hopefully this week or possibly next...it will include 2 other 16 inch kits also....no..not my 9 line triple diamond!!!!  Neptune's Treasure and Big Easy Slots from the Argosy Casino....

as far as the progressives, right now they are standalone...am working on getting a super controller and all the other "stuff" to hook them up as 1 but that's probably gonna be a ways down the road...

all of the glass on the wall's are complete kits, except for 3 that are next to the 9 inch.

the 60 inch monitor is great for watching po  :58-o movies too!!! lol...JUST KIDDING!!!!

S

777
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2006, 02:46:03 PM »     

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Verrrrrry cool gameroom.

I use rope lights to backlight the slot glass and bring it to life.

Just starting, but here's what I have SO far...
 

tollguy316
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2006, 05:24:31 AM »     

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Sorry about the earlier pics.  Here's my gameroom with my newest addition.... HULA HULA.   

777
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2006, 05:15:31 PM »     

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Quote from: scratchee35 on December 03, 2006, 07:39:32 PM
Quote from: 777 on December 02, 2006, 02:46:03 PM
Verrrrrry cool gameroom.

I use rope lights to backlight the slot glass and bring it to life.

Just starting, but here's what I have SO far...

Nice glass display....can u explain what is holding them up and what they are attatched to?  thanks!!!

S

Thanks!!!  I kept looking for an inexpensive stand-off mount, but could never find them.  So I made them instead!   

I started off with 3/4" square oak dowels.  Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I made you a diagram.  Once I was done cutting, drilling and sanding, I inserted the screws and painted them a metallic black.  The glass is heavy, but those things aren't going anywhere, trust me.  I got lucky on some and happen to find a stud. 

r273
Sr. Resident Rookie
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #25 on: December 06, 2006, 06:08:27 AM »     

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Jay has given me this idea from his game room. It is made from three pieces of wood you can cut yourself or buy from Lowe's or Home Depot. It is spaced so you can lift out the glass without sliding the whole row out.  You can set them up for all belly glass size or as I have done using the award and belly glass separate There is enough room to put the award glass behind the belly glass if you want, but you need to remember it's there when you take out the belly glass, the award glass will fall out. I just store my favorite ones as I do not have enough wall space. I know its not lighted but it is just another way to store them on display.

idesign
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #28 on: December 10, 2006, 04:21:21 PM »     

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I thought I would share my work in progress.  I'm still programming the Supreme.  Right now I have the lower overhead display synced with the in machine displays.  No graphics at the moment.  The upper display is currently programmed to display the current jackpot for 15 seconds, then it rotates though several different animated graphics images with the current jackpot displayed in between them for 15 seconds.  Both upper and lower display function as meters as well when the slots are played.

All the machines are connected to a CON2 which drives all the displays including the in machine displays.  Even though the machine on the left doesn't have a meter in it, it contributes to the jackpot as well.  Still waiting to hit the big one to see the fireworks.

idesign
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2006, 04:23:23 AM »     

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Quote from: rickhunter on December 10, 2006, 07:18:59 PM
I want a Supreme!!!! 

The interesting thing about a Supreme is that it doesn't need a controller to function as a graphic display driver.  So a CON2 isn't needed if you just want to use it that way.  April has a few of them.  She also has 6 1X panels up on ebay to make a 2 X 3.  If you get a Supreme make sure you get a 2 x 3.  It has the most memory and can be used as a 1 X 3.

slotparts
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #47 on: March 29, 2007, 08:59:26 AM »     

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ok i ilike it 

Eddie
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #55 on: March 29, 2007, 07:00:14 PM »     

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Great rooms guys ! Thought I would share mine!

CommTech
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #59 on: March 29, 2007, 08:37:13 PM »     

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Very Impressive Eddie!
I see you even have the illusive Spin Luck Machine!!! Very Nice! 
 
Slotness_Monster
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   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #58 on: March 29, 2007, 08:06:45 PM »     

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Great collection Eddie, I especially like the Earthview.
But I'm a little disappointed . . . . . . . I don't see one in the bathroom . . . . . . .   

+Karma,
'da Monster
 
 bronconut7
Contributing Gold NLG Member.
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Freedom Is Not Free! Long May It Wave!

 
   Re: Home Game Rooms
« Reply #57 on: March 29, 2007, 07:47:22 PM »     

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Wow!  They are everywhere!!   


 

Thor....
THANK YOU ,THANK YOU, THANK YOU! for posting those pictures  :88-
I just showed them to my wife, she says I'm not as bad as she first thought, after seeing your collection. :72-
The pachislo's in the bedroom was the "seller" hahaha.
What i do need to do is construct some custom stands that will hold a bunch of them in a line, instead of the individual ones.

She wants to know if the machines sitting in the kitchen REALLY are there..or is that "Photo-shopped" in ?

Kirk

Understand...These machines are from the old forum and i just transferred them over...THESE ARE NOT MY MACHINES  :60-  :37-  but collections of our users...  :89- 
They showed up as my posting because I transferred them over but if you read the attached wording with each one you will see who belongs to what posts....  :25-

I wish i had that many great machines!   :31-

BTW...Rumor is that they multiply in the dark so leave a night lite on if you want to keep it under controll   :72-  :97-  :97-  :97-

Any better?   :31-

 :3- :3- :3- :3- :3-

Hoping to see more NEW ones though but I think you very well may have gotten some folks thinking!
Funny I don't remember all those pics. Even got me jealous on several (all) of them. That's how it goes in
this hobby though, there's always MORE to be had.

   You probally don't remember all of them because I found them scattered under 3 different topics, they were all under home game rooms but in different forums   :122-

NICE...you go man. :131-
Keep up the good work! :3-

Great compilation... Keep up the good work! It is appreciated by all!!! We still have a long way to go to get everything transferred, so  :3- :3- :3-

CH
 :95-

P.S. seeing all of those game rooms is cool, but you do start to get jealous!!  :97-

Here is my start on furnishing my new home casino. As usual it is a work in progress.

Nice collection, Looks great :3- :3-

Ron,

That's a pretty darn good start for your "work in progress!"

 :88- Thanks for showing us!  :88-

CH
 :95-

Ron, I see you've dressed the lady of the evening in new sexy attire!  :72-  The room is looking great!  :3- :3-

You should make that mirror on the wall at the end of the row of slots a two-way mirror to add authenticity.
Those toppers really make a difference. I'm starting to get topper envy. :79-  :97- :97-

 :131- :131- :131-

Ron, your machines must be in some kind of high metabolic rate, they have REALLY multiplied.  What kind of tainted quarters are you feeding them?
 :72- :72- :72-

Here is my gameroom
just 2 slots

"Just' 2- slots is better than zero!  :5-.  Looks like you need a heavy hitter s-2000 in that collection  :103-.  Nice games -B.

the Dozens of Diamonds is a vision ready almost a s2000 just no bonus, backlit reels or ears like the newer versions.

When I get a chance I will take a few pictures of my other indoor hobby

I would love to acquire the parts for the vision ready.
Top box hardware that would allow games like RWB with racing 7's, DD with diamond mine, WC with Cherry pie etc.
I would gather that a 16" or RT top box would be best to accommodate the upper computer and LCD.
I doint even have the sound amp lower speaker or power distro board.

Sounds good!  We like to see pictures of stuff!.  I cannot take pics of all my hobbies  :8- (slot related-not porn etc.).  I know when everone here posts pics of games,wiring parts etc. I look at them and learn from them.  Thanks B.

My other hobby is Lego's Specifically Technic and sone city kits. as well as a model of a Chance Morgan Rides Giant Wheel

Some more pix as the room FINALLY takes "Shape". in the pix you will see the Jackpot limbo is becoming a "Shopping Spree". Belly glass is in, but the top glass was destroyed by "good 'ol UPS". Another one is in the works.
The other machines are....
"Full of Sheep" (Sigma)
"Treasure Wheel" (Sigma)
"Gamemaker" (Bally)
"Gameking" (IGT)
"Bonus Frenzy" Bally Proslot 6000
"Little Devil" IGT
"Odyssey"
"Jackpot Party" (WMS)
"BigBang Piggy bankin" (WMS)
"Stampede DLX" (WMS)
"Perfect Match" (WMS)
"Jackpot Limbo" (WMS) soon to be Shopping Spree
"Palace of Riches" (WMS)

Wow, thats quite the collection :3- :3-

very nice, thanks for the pic's :89- :89-

Wes

Very nice Kirk! :3-
With that setup how do you do anything else at home besides just play in the game room? :72-
Nice touch with the lava lamp but ODD location???
Is that not a Progressive Display above the IGT Little Devil?...you broke the cardinal rule of any
Casino by displaying the TIME! :72-

THANKS for sharing the pics...looks great! :131-

Very nice game room

You are making my 2 slots jealous.

Kirk that is a nice setup.  :89- :71- :3- :3-

I agree with TJ that the lava lamp is in an odd place - it might fall over when someone gets excited playing the game.
The three Dotmations with matching white laminate and gold trim look really sharp together!
Am I mistaken or did you miss posting detailed pictures of the pins in the back of the room (first & last picture)?

WOW! What a setup! Your machines multiplied since your last pictures. You must have an understanding better half.
Thanks for the pictures Kirk, great looking game room(s)! :3-  :3-
+K

Fantastic!  :71- :71-
Next vegas trip I'm playing at the KLV casino.   :72-

Great looking setup, Kirk!  I think, though, you'll change your Shopping Spree back to Jackpot Limbo after a while.  I didn't find Shopping Spree to be all that great of a game (it looks nice, but I didn't think it was that fun to play).

Congrats on the Game King purchase -- it looks ncie.   :89-


It actually just looks like a little LED display board that you can program messages on -- like you see in some store windows.

I still have a bunch of work to do in the basement.
I have not wired up my progressives
My bar needs staining
My Mame needs rewiring
But most of the toys are now operational....

Jay
Nice Game Room

Holiday greetings to all!
Tell me, are you sick and tired of lifting machines?
Is the wife getting upset helping you put them on stands?
Your not feeling 25 years old anymore?
Then *YOU* need this (I love mine)
Purchased at Harbor Freight (www.harborfreight.com (http://www.harborfreight.com)) for the paultry amount of $129 this pup will save your back,save your marraige, might even save a few fingers!
No more waiting for your brother-in-law to drop by or ambushing the neighbor to put your latest "find" up on a stand.

This is a public service message, i do not work for Harbor Freight, or even get a kickback!

Kirk

 :97- at the "Live Nudes" neon sign...

Looking good, Jay!

Nice Jay!!

And to answer your questions Kirk;
yes
yes
and YES!!

Gotta get one of those!

Looks good Jay, nice home theater also.  Thanks for the post,

W

Nice game room jay and Kirk I need one of those in a bad way.  I have at times been using a "atv" lift when I could not get help.  And yes,  My wife hates me when I ask for help.  Years ago we actually dropped one and it smashed to smitherens!!!! :8- Wish I had some viedo of that.  I was actually pinned under the side of it.  It was a Yahtzee which weighs a friggin ton.  Yes I had 3 total until that happened!!.  I will be getting one of those anyway thanks for the post.-B.

Unless I didn't find the same one harbor lists it for 169 now

Looks like you are correct. I got mine last weekend. Suspect they will go on "sale" again.
Here is the link for others. www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94822


You can sign up for special deals/ads on their site. (they have a lot of them).

We have 3- harbor freight depot centers in my area.  I will chk. there first for the "in-store-deal"- :103- If not 169.00 is still worth the price to save your back and marriage not mention my nuts!!!! :97- :97-.  :96- Thanks B. Oh I forgot to ask what are all you guy's getting me for X-mas  :103-  :96-.

What is the topper on the Diner ? Does it tie in to the Diner machine ? I have enclosed a few pictures of a modification to my lift that allows me to use it to move pin games.

Frank A

GREAT idea! i should consider doing the same for mine.

Thanks for the idea and photo.

Kirk

The topper on the diner is the 1x2 Mikon display for my slots.
Just a convienent place to put it.

I agree I need one of those lifts too. I had to get 2 buddies to help lift the slots onto the stands.
I am sure I went through at least $129 in beer because of it....as far as a wife saver goes I agree
Having my drunken friends hang around doesn't make her any happier than if I had asked her to do the dead lift herself.
 :72- :72- :72- :72- :72-

A-MAN to that!!.   :151- :154- :152- :171- :140-.  Merry X-Mas -B.

Another source for a lift is auto parts stores. Here's a link. $119.00 and they did discount 10% when I asked them.

http://shop.oreillyauto.com/productdetail.aspx?MfrCode=CPE&MfrPartNumber=C50051&CategoryCode=3483D (http://shop.oreillyauto.com/productdetail.aspx?MfrCode=CPE&MfrPartNumber=C50051&CategoryCode=3483D)

Richard

Nice game room you got there Jay!
Now all you need is a Wurlitzer.
Also a NICE Joker print you have up in the cinema room.    :3-

Jay, The recroom and slots look great, Nice home theater too :89- :89-

You can pick up one of those lift tables at Princess Auto, I think for the same price,

Wes

Yep Jay looking goooood!  All your hard work is paying off. Thanks for showing us.

My lift is tied up right now until I build another stand. :5-

I agree it is the best!  I've had mine for about a year now.

We have several at work we use to move equipment in and out of racks, I never thought of throwing one in the back of the truck for home moves... :5- :3-

Just thought I would share some photos of my game room.  I had to move it around, we are expecting a baby on May 5 so the office is now the nursery and the office is in the game room.

I love the progressive sign how come the 1x2 has a C1 .......

Because Pachislos don't support progressives!  :97- :97-  (Sorry, I just couldn't resist. I've never seen a Pachislo under a linked progressive sign before. :5-)
I agree that it's a beautiful sign - have you ever tried to hook it up to one of your American slot machines?

Even if you don't have it connected to a slot you can still generate a scrolling message.

I actually had my CON1 connected up to my Pachislo. When you played it added credits to the progressive.
I had a LEDs that lit up when I added a coin and it went DING. It was a momentary blip so I hooked up a relay to it and it worked just fine.
Of course you couldn't win the progressive but it was nice to add them. I have since liquidated the pachislos.

I had thought about a way to win the progressive, but the Pachis just hit too often. It would be a simple matter of tapping a relay off of one of the lights that came on when the jackpot was won and then latching it. You would have to wait until the Pachi finished its cycle before your progressive would behave normally. This relay would go in parallel with the one that was adding credits.

Hmmm, interesting idea...So is it a Working Game Room or do you just Play at Work?
How's that go again,..."All work and no play..."  :5-

Very Nice davebernard!

Thanks for sharing!  :3-

I have never tried to get the sign hooked up to anything or add a scrolling message.  I have been looking around the site and it looks like it would be pretty easy to do.  I think that will be my project for next week.    I work from home, so most of my day is spent on the computer but everyday I take time to play the machines a little and a couple games of pinball. My wife thinks I don't work because every time she comes home she hears the machines. :89- 

Do you have a controller separate from the board that is driving the sign ??

I don't have anything outside of the sign.  Their is several control boxes that are inside the sign.   One of them has the db9 plug on it. I was going to try to hook up to that and see what that will do. Do I need a special controller?

What you appear to have (some photos of the inside would enable us to confirm) is a Cham1 1x2.
I have the same square display box but not the cool 5cProgressive banner.

The board that is ribbon cable connected to the display panel will probably have the words CHAM4 or CHAM44 etched into it.
The reason that it is called a 1 x 2 is that it is 1 row tall and 2 boards wide. The 2 boards would be ribbon cable connected together.
The Cham44 is often called a LED4 - which stands for Link Extension Device.

The DB9 on the Cham44 board doesn't do anything and won't respond to a PC.

The board will have 2 sets of PINs. One set is connected to the Power supply below the board and the other 2 pins at the end of the board would be connected to another box called a CON1 progressive controller.

The con1 could be inside the sign - mine resides in the top box of the slot. Con1's come in different sizes - there is the standalone model which is designed for 1 slot, a 4, 8, 16 and 32 port model.
This device also has a DB9 which will connect up to a PC - you do however need a piece of software called PSP to program it.

The reason the display controller is called a LED4 is that the CON1 is designed to LINK several slots together into a single progressive.

Let us know what you got and I am sure we can get you fixed up with enough stuff to get this working.

Here is what is inside my sign. On the back of the sign their is a two boards that are connected together with a ribbon cable. And the metal box with the other board sits inside the sign box.  Any info on getting my sign to  have something other then $0.00 and C1 would be great!

You have a 1 X 2 graphics display driven by a supreme.  You can not use it as a progressive display without connection it to a CON2.  You can however use it as a graphics display.  You use the Windows Downloader software to program it using the db9 connector.  In order to program it to do graphics you need graphic files to upload to it.  Not just ordinary graphic files but files that were created just for it,  MIK files.

That works.  Can i have it say any message I want or does it have to be something that is programed into that specific file format?  Do I have to create those graphic files or can I download  them somewhere?

You can have any message you want.....The message is different from that of the Graphics.... so for instance you could have coins dropping or flames in the back ground and then the Words "Welcome to Daves Casino where the machines are HOT HOT HOT" scrolling, fading, flashing, or changing colors.... The message can actually be quite long and actually appear to be several messages and you can have multiple graphic sequences.

I just have the older CON1 equipment - yours has way more capabilities - Idesign is the resident expert.  I am sure some of the other members have some graphic sequences they can send you.

I didn't see what kind of slot you had. If it is NOT and IGT, Joey has a brand new CON2 available. For an IGT platform you need a CON2I.

I had posted some picture of my game room on the old NLG site, so I guess it's about time I do so here as well!  :89-

Rob

Part 2...

Thanks for reposting! Nice room. :3- :3- :3-

That's a cool garage! :3-

You have some great pins. Which is the best and most fun to play ? 2nd best ?

Nice cue rack....

Thanks everyone.  :71-

We have put a lot into this game room since we built it in 2001. It has changed many times with different games, pool tables and slots. The family spends a lot of time out here.

Medieval Madness plays the best with Attack from Mars in at a close second.  :89-
Rob

I just added my Double Diamond Deluxe to the lineup.  :89- :71- :89-

Sure is getting crowded in here...   :5-

Rob

I took a quick shot of one wall in my rec room for the slot lovers
been collecting slots 2 years now, other wall has older upright atari games like Original (1978)Space Invaders Missile Command
plus 1 Mame with 6000 classic's in it of course there is a Bar stocked with beer even have a Sit Down racing game Pole Position
and pub style stand up dart machine last but not least the DISCO BALL......

Nice setup you've got there stormrider. Looks like some FUN themes.
Also looks like somebody got a NICE HIT on the S2k Triple Double Stars.  :3-
My bet is this is the room everyone migrates to although I only see ONE
silver bullet......on the slant top! :72-

Thanks for sharing! :3-

Mrbellman, I saw one of those Invaders from Mars pins at the Chicago Show. It looked very interesting with that integrated LCD screen.  :89-
stornrider, nice gameroom. Do you do much disco dancing there with that mirror ball?  :72- :72- :72-

 Dan (tacman)

Ha, Well the 1 silver bullet was the calm before the storm lets just say
as for the disco ball I knew if I never mentioned it someone would have
you guys don't miss nothing and I have never disco danced but stranger
things have happen after 2am.. :58-

Yeah, right.  It's YOUR story, YOU can tell it any way you want!  :81- :97-



Here's MY version:  (stormrider =  :31- )

It begins:   :31-  =  :88- ..... :151- ..... :146- ....... :165-  :168- ......  :9- :154-


 :94-    :94-    :94-    :9- :9- :154-


(cue music) stormrider =  :61- ...... :144- ...... :9- :154-  ..... stormrider =  :114- ...... :9- :154- ...... stormrider =  :143-


(cue disco ball)  :136- ..... stormrider =  :109- ...... :9- :9- :154- ....... stormrider =  :123-    :126- ...... :9- :9- :140- ..... stormrider =  O0


 :106- ...... stormrider =  :110-      :117-       :110-      :117-  ........ :9- :9- :9- :140- ......stormrider =  :141-




and so it ends with two possible conclusions......Option 1 =  :68- :68- :68- .... :125-         OR  Option 2 =    :9- :140- ...... :40- ...... :160- ...... :86-

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tjkeller, I must admit that is a classic you posted.... :3-

If your wife wants to kick you out to the garage with all your machines  :30-    and your not sure if she will try it  :79-  just bring home one of these  :89-
and then all the fun starts  :25-  :97-  :97-

                 4 foot tall cash fever guy that was used on the cash fever slot bank by Atronics.

Thats just too cool...... does the base turn ?

Looks like you have some other treasures on the wall behind you.

Is that an I dream of Jeanie bottle topper sitting on the credenza ?

We do need more pics.

You have to look at things on the bright side: At least it sounds like you will be able to take your slots with you to the garage!  :133-  :72- :72- :72-

CH :95-

I hereby nominate this as post of the year! :131- :131- :131- :131- :131- :3- :3- :3-

Good news Mark,no garage. I figured out I just had to take him out of the living room and put him in the game room and all is good  :25- :97- :97-
Jay,the base does spin around,adds a nice little feature to it. Had to cut the pole and make a stand but if I was going to use the original pole with him I would of needed a 15 foot ceiling  :5- .

Though it doesn't show any slots, this would definitely be the winner! More like a game house than room> I was very impressed. Enjoy!!

http://video.wttw.com/video/1336536885 (http://video.wttw.com/video/1336536885)

 Dan (tacman)

That machine on top of that beautiful staircase was really impressive.  :131-

We need the dude who installs and maintains that to join our site.

you mean the carpenter's and the cleaning lady? :72-
just kidding...the staircase was pretty awesome as well...lol

That is an amazing collection. It's too bad that they don't let the public in.

There is another private collection that has some similarity to this which is now housed in a museum. It is the Nethercutt collection. The Nethercutts collected old cars and music machines, and they also had a full-sized organ. One thing that makes the car collection so fascinating is that every single car in the collection is gassed up and ready to run, even those from the turn of the century.

http://nethercuttcollection.org (http://nethercuttcollection.org)

I love that 1933 Duesenberg...the pipes coming out the side is like my doodles when I was a kid!  :183-
Sort of looks like the car in "The Great Gatsby"!

I saw a pretty neat sign for your game room...especially if you have a Lobstermania game!
It's for sale at:

http://casinosmartbuys.com/casinosigns.htm (http://casinosmartbuys.com/casinosigns.htm)>>>

Nice stuff - what kind of prices....

I don't know...
I didn't try contacting them.
I wonder if anybody bought that big Double Diamond Haywire topper marquee last year?
It was huge! I heard it was like $300 when it looked like it was worth more like a couple of thousand!
How you even begin to MOVE these things is another question...LOL
It's probably similar to attempting to hang a sofa on a wall...LOL

Hi guys I just wanted to show the progress of my game room. Its not done but it looks a lot better than when it was used a storage room.

Blake

sorry about the blurry pics

I need one more I game in the middle if any one wants to donate one to a good home I take it.   :208-

Nice,  And some unique titles to boot.  Thanks for sharing with us here--I like pictures--K+---- :212-.  B.

Looks' great Blake!!  I have not played that Shocking Headlines but heard it was pretty fun....I really like the glass for it too.  Also, I have an extra BTP topper insert in fairly decent shape....it's yours for shipping only if want it.  Congrat's on finishing the conversion !!  :3-

Ya, we are playing it now. The game has lots of bonus rounds .

I was looking in the classifieds today and saw you have complete toppers too I would love to get a couple for the two I games I have. Also If any one does have a Clean I game cabinet similar to the one I have, or a Denver duck, Bucks ahoy for sale let me now?

I want to thank Jim for all the support in getting my game room up.  :131- :131-

I also want to thank Jay, Foster, and stayouttadabunker for helping with the progressive systems. I still am looking for con2i controller also.

And a special thanks Rob Bellman for all the phone calls and help.

Your welcome Blake. You have become an expert now though. Our late night tech support calls have all but disappeared...   :96-

Your room looks fantastic!

Rob

Rob the only reason I haven't called recently is because I had to put my room on hold. But I will soon be back so keep the coffee warm!!

Blake,

Awesome game room!!! :71- :71- :71-

K+ for sharing!!! :244- :3- :244-

CaptainHappy :95-

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You did a great job putting the room together. K+ also to everyone who helped you, especially MrBellman. :3- :3- :3-

Hi all,

As posted in the 'welcome wagon' section, I've got a few machines. I haven't been able to dig out pics of all of them, but here's a couple that are in my house. Wife promises that one day I'll get to have an actual game room (need a bigger house first, though).

I'm very impressed with a lot of the Home Game Rooms I've seen so far!

My machines;
- old Bally 785(?) EM, works great (covered, in storage)
- IGT S-Slot, coin only, 5 or so game kits, worked but is dead after sitting for the last few years (will begin troubleshooting soon)
- IGT Fortune I Draw Poker in showroom condition (crt is like new)
- IGT S+ Slot, Double Diamond Deluxe (recent acquire, good condition)
- Showdown Poker (100% but inop, very rare, first automatic draw poker machine, mfg'd in Reno)
---owned but got rid of a couple of old Sigma slant tops
- Also have a couple of pinball machines (in storage as well)

Being in Oregon, where most of these machines are illegal, it's rather hard to build up any type of nice collection.

Super Joker,  Welecome aboard and nice machines.  Here is your first k+ from me for the pictures and a new member here--B.  K+

Finally have the new slot room taking shape. Picked up an LED chaser board and put Garfield on my Magnificent 7's machine.
The slot stands are three old black stands set 8" apart. Outer skin is floor laminate attached to 3/8" plywood. In the center there is a door made of a frame and slant top side glass. Inside is the powerstrip for the machines on that stand. On top of the stands are Home Depot laminate counter tops.
I would like to thank Buzz who provided some great deals on the Cash Express slot chairs and Garfield!! And to Joey for the Magnificent 7 roundtop pay glass and the 25 cent sign!

A few more pic's....

And last....

Oh yeah, the framed slant top glass is backlit.

Nice going so far, it looks pretty good! :259-  K+ for sharing! :244- :244- :244-

CH :95-

Thanks for posting those pictures Uniman. One of these days I'll have to come by and inspect the new room and make sure it's up to code. :5- :72- :72-

Cool - Never seen a 8116 slant before.

Wow, your slot stand looks real good uniman! I love the built-in look around the base board and the
lighted framed glass. K+, thanks for showing it.  :244-

Ron (r273)

Your always welcome to stop by!


Thanks Ron, I got the countertop idea from you. The baseboards are notched to keep the face flush with the wall. It looks a little distorted in the pic, just a square cut. The setup can be taken down in minutes if I wanted to move it.
Now the Michigan pillow still has the tag on it because it says "Do not remove under penalty of law".  :200-  :72-



I don't think they call it a slant? Not sure what it is?? Standup??
Here are a couple of pics from a laminated Universal product catalog. The first is two slants, one a three-reeler and the second a video poker. The only 8116 slant I ever seen was in an ebay auction from South America some time ago.
The second picture shows two video pokers in the standup style like mine.  (sorry about the glare)

Thanks for the Pics.

Have never seen any of those here in SA although we did have the Sunrise Slants. Here they distributed Sigma'pokers with universal tags on them.

Regards
Ian

These are not mine.

one more

I know who owns those!  Mr. S to the taz!

I'm not saying who

Staz,  Your monte is "Toperless".   Your wof swamps it in the photos due to the slot bases.  On a normal basis the monte's/cash wheels are quite and I say quite tall.  Probably ceiling Height issues I would think.  I do like my cash wheel I have but come to find out it was a much rarer theme that I picked.  I guess that is why I liked it and it is a Blast to play.  With igt and others etc. I based my opinion on that as far as the Bally goes.  On the Main manuf. Heavy hitter themes most of them are fun to me.  Igt still has the edge in my opinion on those.  B.

I am not smarter then a 5th grader.
Please accept my apology for post.
Ford

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Is this your "home game room" or somebody's store?  
People at home don't normally play on their knees.  :72-

Depends on what they're playin' Bunker :97- :97-

its a little of both .., i service & fix them and sell them too ....
& when im waiting on customers , i play the machines  :3-

Some even use knee pads.  ;)

Do you really get from $800 to $1200 for an S+?

Not a bad gig considering they go for $60 apiece in that other thread... :97-

It's all about location, location, location...

I cant even get S+ here in Vegas. The oldest they have are S-2000 and they are about $125 parts complete and working....


Kirk

Well with my story .. old man pasts away and own a business selling slots... wife doesn't know what to do with them so she post them on
Craigslist  " 55 S+ slot machines" for $ 8,ooo so i drive to San Antonio 3hrs trip , and paid the 8,ooo and takes all 55 machines ,
they all work and takes the new wash color money ... WoW right  :244-

I say if you can get that $$  :148-  for them go for it. :244-

You can't go wrong selling S+ machines for home use.
They really are a work horse.  :274-

Good luck

Looks like I need to revise an old topic.

I have been looking for a Denver Duck for some time now. After checking with several dealers
Bettor Slots, Jim found one for me. And did he ever, very clean, excellent reel strips and good
chrome front, worth every penny. Here is a picture.

Thanks Jim  :3- :131-

Ron (r273)

I was going to give a one word answer, but could not decide between two words:
AWESOME  OR  JEALOUS ??? :103- :296-

CH :95-

Boy that is a nice machine r273!  :89-
Nice job Bettor Slots!  :3-

VERY NICE!!!

That entire wall of machines looks sharp.  :3- :3-

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Stat :31-

I forgot to mention I picked up a sign at the show. Here it is:

Ron (r273)

awesome game room!  :259- for showing us!  :293-

Ah! The rich get richer :244-