Home Game Rooms

[Ron (r273)]

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

[tacman]

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!!! 

 Dan (tacman)

BTW your first Karma here.

[Frank A]

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

[Ron (r273)]

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 I may have to come to the meet by myself.

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

[CaptainHappy]

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 I may have to come to the meet by myself.

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   Yeah Right!!

Looks good so far!  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
 

[tjkeller]

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

[KirkLasVegas]

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

[Thor777]

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.
 

[Thor777]

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.   

[Thor777]

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

[Thor777]

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?

[Thor777]

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

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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...
 

[Thor777]

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.   

[Thor777]

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. 

[Thor777]

r273
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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.

[Thor777]

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.

[Thor777]

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.

[Thor777]

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 

[Thor777]

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!

[Thor777]

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

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Wow!  They are everywhere!!   


 

ok i ilike it

That is a good room, and I was wondering how large is it, what are the dimensions?

Silly question I know, but I was discussing the picture with someone and they seem to thing it is the same siz of a 2 car garage, I say they are worong...

Help please!

 

[KirkLasVegas]

Thor....
THANK YOU ,THANK YOU, THANK YOU! for posting those pictures 
I just showed them to my wife, she says I'm not as bad as she first thought, after seeing your collection.
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

[Thor777]

Thor....
THANK YOU ,THANK YOU, THANK YOU! for posting those picture's
I just showed them to my wife, she says I'm not as bad as she first thought, after seeing your collection.
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      but collections of our users...   
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.... 

I wish i had that many great machines!   

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

[Thor777]

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

Any better?   

[tjkeller]

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

Any better?  

 

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.