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Pinges Basement, Workshop and random junk
« on: January 10, 2017, 10:52:29 PM »
Ok, I keep spamming this forum.

History:
I have always wanted my own gameroom, and fortunatley we live in a quite big apartment so I had a nice gameroom a handfull of years back.
In that room i had 4 pinballs, four or five arcadegames. I loved that room, red floor and black walls... had some good times there.

But all of a sudden we had two kids, and kids need a room full of lego, dolls, beds and such boring things. And I had to let it go.
Or not really, my wife is quite understanding sometimes and I got another way smaller room with a fucked up layout. So I ended up selling all my pins and put a good few of the videogames in storage.
Over time I have got a lot of more games, a few of them living temporarly in our livingroom.

But to make a long story short, recently a room in the basement of the very same house we live in got available due to a couple of reasons, I was lucky to end up with it in the end.
I can walk down in my underwear if I want to, its like 5 meters from our frontdoor to the door into the basement.

I have spent some nights down there, removing alot of shelfes, sanding, painting and of course cleaned decades of dust and such. New lighting and some outlets are installed aswell.
And literally just a few minutes ago I decided that I am done for now. Left to do is maybe to paint the door... probably wont happen.

Here are some random photos, I hope you can figure out which are before and after my touch to it.
Hopefully I can update this thread in the near future when the room actually becomes a room with games in it instead of just a room.


















« Last Edit: January 17, 2017, 07:22:09 PM by Pinge »
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Re: Pinges Basement
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2017, 07:03:08 AM »
nice good size room.

is there heating in there??

like to see some vabs in there

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Re: Pinges Basement
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2017, 10:21:23 AM »
It's looking very good after the paint job!
Will you bring all the games that you have in the house down there?

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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2017, 11:24:06 AM »
Looking good! Get those cabs in there! :D
All I wanted was a Pepsi!
Currently looking for an original Wonderboy PCB.

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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2017, 11:40:34 AM »
Thanks guys!

I will bring most of my games from the apartment down there, Maybe keep two in the old gameroom that will work as a dedicated workshop from now on!  ;D
I have one rule, that I probably end up breaking... NO PROJECTS IN THE BASEMENT!

I have more games that fits in the basement "sadly", alot of them in the warehouse you have seen pictures from.
My idea is to bring one game home at a time and get it ready in the workshop and then carried down.

First game to get down there will be Atari Badlands, It stands a bit in the way in one of our hallways!

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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2017, 12:35:14 PM »
seems like a nice space you have down there. how many games can you fit in?

oh, and always go in there naked - or at least leave your shoes on the doormat ;D
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2017, 12:36:59 PM »
third attempt to post this f-ing picture....  :evil:
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2017, 12:47:18 PM »
Great work there.
And seem to be a really nice place to have some nights of entertainment....
 :D

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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2017, 12:51:38 PM »
Yeah, for the first time I actually got a feeling that this will be up and running sometime in the future.
Unbeatable location cause it is literally at home, and the rent is cheap
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2017, 01:20:04 PM »
nothing beats a gameroom in your house, no matter how small it is!!!
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2017, 01:37:42 PM »
Some LED-strips will make a good atmosphere down there :)

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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2017, 02:25:37 PM »
dont really know where to apply lighting, that will be a later problem... and where to put a small fridge for beer :D
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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2017, 07:01:11 PM »
dont really know where to apply lighting, that will be a later problem... and where to put a small fridge for beer :D

Good decision, beer is more important than light  ;D
Nice gameroom, indeed!!

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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2017, 09:56:05 AM »
I would buy a 5m LED-strip. They can be cut and connected by soldering two wires to each connector at each end. Then place them on top of the beam.

This should be enough to light the entire room. Use one with remote control so you can dim the light if necessary or change the colour to blue if you're drunk  ;D


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Re: Pinges Basement
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2017, 12:05:42 PM »
I ordered a 5M RGB-strip from china a while back, still waiting for it to arrive...I will try with that. Thanks for the input..

And yes, I will be drunk down there, and so should you guys when Im finished...
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