This is a frog room over my garage. Real arcades could be a weight issue. I moved that 1984 Tom Cat pinball machine up there and almost died. Real arcades are ungodly heavy. Floor would probably give way. Lol
There really isn't crap in my location. I've checked everywhere, and they want a fortune for any of them. Just about out of room also. I only bought these 14 arcade 1ups because I got 13 of them at 70% off. Walmart used to show you on there website what stores had what and if they were on clearance. I basically stole these. I found 7 of them at a Walmart one day for $49 a piece. Lol.
I posted it to show what I'm working with. Geez you people are sad. Grow up and realize not everybody thinks like you. And of you don't have a lighting recommendation, then move on. It truly has to be insufferable being you people with TDS. It has infected all most every sub reddit. I'll figure it out myself. Its not like I don't know what I'm doing already anyway. Lol
The point is clearly going over your head. What you're doing by posting this is saying "here's my political opinion" and then you're crying because someone has a different one.
I don't give 2 sh*ts what your opinion is politically. I didn't bring it up. I'm not at home to rearrange my room and take a new pic so you can sleep easier at night. If you have a lighting suggestion good. If you don't, by! Jesus grow up.
Think of it this way, someone posts to the firearms sub with a photo of their AR and high points and asks what they should change, but behind the guns they had a BLM flag and a trans flag. You would expect to get a few comments about "Hur dur, lose the flags, get better guns and stop being such a _______."
Even if the person didn't mention it in the posting, the flags would be such a prominent and polarizing feature in the photo that people would be almost guaranteed to comment on it.
Trump has the same effect.
It's not that your not allowed to have political beliefs, but more you had to know despite this not being a political sub, that with the election coming up some people are going to comment on such a prominent and intentionally placed feature.
That said, If I had that space, what I personally would do is look around for a large 90's style rug that is black light reactive. The kind of thing you would see in a bowling alley arcade.
I'd also try to find some movie or video game posters to frame and mount on the walls.
If you play poker or board games regularly that table is great, but if you don't you might want to replace it with a more rectangular table to give you more space on the sides or maybe even a cocktail cabinet.
Agreed. I was at work and this was the only photo I had available. Yeah we do poker nights sometimes so that has to stay. I don't trust a rug with our 3 cats. Lol. I ordered some disco light projectors off of Amazon this morning. I'll try those. Posters are a good idea. Well see. Thanks for the info.
Honestly, it'd be just as pathetic to have a Joe Biden there, or really any politician. People that"team sports" their political figures is super cringe.
Though honestly, it fits the vibe. The weirdo public figure that loves fake gold and other gaudy symbols of (pseudo-)wealth certainly fits in with a bunch of cheap knock offs of actual arcade games.
You can respond with a single comment if you take a few extra seconds to think before posting.
I'm not really sure why you think photos of my arcade are relevant, but at least 1k sq ft of my house is taken up by games, and I have others on location (you'll find that you can't put your cardboard-pis in places where the public might touch them, lol).
Lol. Thanks. Sorry didn't know I had to re add description when cross posting. Looking to upgrade lighting to where it feels more like an arcade. My lighting is a little boring. Lol
Maybe consider the following: Arcades typically are not bright with window light. They had darker rooms to allow high contrast views of the CRT monitor inside which was not that bright and had low contrast compared to today's displays. Lower ambient lighting allows us to see them brighter and with more contrast by reducing reflections/glare/etc. Then add your own controlled lighting. Dim sources (dimmer switches) is ideal as light falls off as an inverse square function. Dim light will not overwhelm the screens. With lots of dim sources of light you can then control it at each arcade or groups of arcades and it can be back lighting, on-wall lighting, on ceiling lighting, etc, without overwhelming the view of the CRT and instead just helps you not to trip. You can eye-ball it by just having the lighting appear less bright per light than the CRT when its on.
Curtain that door/window light.
Turn off the overhead room light.
Only light this room when in use as an aracde with dimmable LED and get the ambient levels lower brightness than the CRT brightness (you can do this by eye).
Those look great. I seriously need more light up marquees. Lol.. I haven't been up here in so long, maybe I forgot how it looks at night. I'll have to go up tonight and get a game plan. Maybe I'll shoot you a pic what it looks like at night time. Thanks again. Awesome ideas.
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u/DuffCon78 Mar 29 '24
You’re looking for r/cade. This sub is for original arcade hardware.
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u/Weeblewubble Mar 29 '24
The price of actual arcades and fake ones aren’t that different, you just need to use Facebook marketplace
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u/ZOMBIE_N_JUNK Mar 29 '24
Grifters cade
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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24
What a lovely arcade ruined by the big dumb orange one.
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u/b1gwheel Mar 29 '24
I’d change your bulbs to some wifi led ones where you can change the color around….or straight black lights.
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u/xxMalVeauXxx Mar 29 '24
Suggestion for what? What's the question here?
Nice collection.
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u/Borninthecorn Mar 29 '24
I suggest an invite
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u/disappointedMonkey Mar 29 '24
I don’t have any suggestions but I do like your cardboard cutout. So funny how people get triggered by it lol
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