I like the idea of having it back into a wall, but it will probably feel better if it was in the middle of the wall with space on each side to fill with a game or 2.. it also makes the theater look like the center piece of the room, rather than something filled in afterwards.

Level42: I understand.

I grew up in the 90s ... My first cab experiences were mortal kombat and newer cabs. In the last decade, candy cabs invaded some arcades here and I played them.  For me, I have no emotional attachment to 80s cab games - they're as interesting for me as playing a game on an Atari (ie none)

Every pot has its lid.  Let the flames begin. 

I enjoy forums like this not because of the games they restore but rather amazed at the dedication and craftsmanship that people put into the restore - you guys are true artists.

Nothing wrong with Candy cabs!

I live in a tiny home in downtown Toronto, Canada.  For 5 years I owned a woody -- stored in my parents basement! Too big to fit in my house (they live outside the city).  Last year I finished the basement, and my gift from my wife was permission to get 1 arcade machine into the house!  The only thing that fit perfectly into the new spot was a Sega New Astro City!  (The woody was sold to a local collector).

I now have MAME in it, and a Naomi 2 system with DIMM on the way in the mail!

OP:  You didn't get this Blast City originally, what cab did you pick up? Was this a container purchase from Japan? Is that story stored anywhere?  What was the original price per cab and how long ago was this?

Love your choice of materials. Wood is very expensive these days and you are recycling !

DAMN!!!!  How expensive is wood in Europe??  In Canada, I wouldn't be able to give away the pallets of wood!

I'm getting motion sickness just watching that video! As cool as it seems, I don't think it captures "real life" feelings of playing the game, no car moves that much in real life.  When I brake, I don't have the front of the car tilt 45 degrees forward!  Cool never the less..

Looks good.

I can imagine that all your neighbours will know exactly when you're home.  That's when they experience electrical brown outs, dimming lights, and other strange electrical issues in their homes.      Wow.. you'll need your own personal nuclear reactor to power all of this!!!

looks really really nice..

is the floor a laminate, real hardwood, or engineered floor?  I can't tell from the pictures.

What happens with these concrete homes if new technology is introduced in the future?  For example, what would you have to do if 10 years from now you'd want to install fiber optics throughout the house?

As for sparks .. it's actually more common than you think.  Electrician/plumbers run their wires first, then the gypsum board guys come in and put it up.  Well guess what happens when the electrician pulls the wire to close to the edge of the wood???  You get gypsum board screws that go right through electrical wire!!  Or when a home owner decides to use really long nails to put up a picture, and hammers right through an electrical wire!!  It's actually law now to use special breakers in the pannel that detect this sort of situation, and turn off on its own.

The only time you'd see steel pipes in commercial applications is if you see the wire .. If the wire is in the wall, you don't need to put it in any conduit.  Again, this is safety for fires.  Plastic burns easily, the steel pipes slow down the fire from spreading (try burning a coke plastic bottle .. it will burn for longer and hotter than paper!)

Back in the 1970's, copper was very very expensive.  It was common to use aluminium wire.  Over the years, people tended to tie aluminium with copper (which is a huge no-no as you can't mix copper with any other metal).  For example, in my house, I found this in the basement.  The boxes were all black on the inside (i.e. electrical fire!)  But because it was a metal box, it kept the electrical fire within.

Plastic on the other hand melts at much lower temperature.  Plastic also releases toxic fumes that can knock a person out long before the fire kills them.  This is why, for example, in high rise buildings, it is illegal to use PVC/ABS for plumbing .. it must be copper/brass!  It prevents fires from one unit spreading to the next via the plumbing stacks.

The point of all of this is that electrical fires are a lot more common than one would want to believe .. I'm sure if my house was poured concrete I could have a camp fire in the middle of the kitchen floor.    But instead, it's all wood framing, with gypsum board, and hardwood floors throughout the entire house.