Room of Doom Teaser Pics (56k Beware)

[98PaceCar]

A few days ago, the Dallas Morning News contacted me about doing a feature on my gaming collection. This prompted me to finally put together a proper room of doom, or rather, rooms of doom! They are coming out tomorrow to shoot some video of my setup!

This is half of my living room, directly behind my couch.

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Spare bedroom number 1

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Spare bedroom number 2

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Unfortunately, I don't have room for all of my loose stuff, but this is about 80% of what I have.

[qbertandernie]

thats one of the neatest setups ive ever seen. if ever i have the space ill have loose consoles displayed in a similar fashion.

one day, when space is readily available i will have an off road machine too!

[Funk Buddy]

That's a nice setup indeed!

[Kejoriv]

Nice stuff!

When it is posted in the newspaper, scan the article so we can peep it out.

[98PaceCar]

Thanks guys! My collection is smaller than a lot of others, but I'm pretty happy with what I have!


When it is posted in the newspaper, scan the article so we can peep it out.

I think this is going to be an online thing. The reporter told me she wants to shoot some video of the collection and have me talk about it. I assume they will have it on their site, but I'll be sure to get a copy that we can all watch it(not that anybody wants to hear me babble about my stuff!!) :)

[Videogamerdaryll]

Truly Awesome set-up... :rocker:

Please tell me about the Pong type thing hanging on the wall..(It's cool)
http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/normal_PA230064.JPG

And the Tank hanging on the wall..Reminds my of 2600 Combat..(It's cool)..
http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/normal_PA230066.JPG


And you own my all time favorite Pinball machine too....Sweet!!!

[98PaceCar]

Truly Awesome set-up... :rocker:

Thanks! I'm pleased with the way it's turned out!!



Please tell me about the Pong type thing hanging on the wall..(It's cool)
http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/normal_PA230064.JPG

And the Tank hanging on the wall..Reminds my of 2600 Combat..(It's cool)..
http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/normal_PA230066.JPG


The pong thing is one of the official Pong clocks from Buro Vormkrijgers. If you google Pong clock, there's quite a bit of info on them. The short story is that a company in Europe came up with the idea and tried to market them, only to be sued by Atari. They made a deal and were allowed to make 400 of them to sell. I was lucky enough to get a hold of one of them. It just plays a game of pong all day long. Whenever it's time to bump the minutes, the left hand side loses the ball. When it's time to bump the hour, the right hand side loses. It's one of my absolute favorite pieces in that room!

The tank is a little wall hanging sculpture thing I picked up at CGE in 2004 (I think). It is a slightly stylized version of the Combat tank. I honestly have forgotten who made it. Maybe somebody else here can remember. I'll take a couple closeups of both of these for you when I get home tonight.


And you own my all time favorite Pinball machine too....Sweet!!!

I lucked into that machine and got it for a steal. I replaced the production software with the prototype roms that makes it just that much more fun. The carpet race mode is hilarious!!

[Slate]

Wow, Your setup is gorgeous.. You have everything too!

You have all the rare stuff - Adventurevision, Vectrex, Halycon, (!) And that Pong clock..

And so many arcade cabs.. I'm lucky enough to own one that needs a new PCB.

[wberdan]

way rockin'


willie

[Trebuken]

Make sure you do a little bit with the Guitar Hero in the video, you could get a calll from a studio...

[Flack]

Wow bro, looks great!! I'll bet the interviewer is floored!

The only thing I would worry about is people getting your name and then getting your address. You don't want any thuggies coming and doing any shopping when you're not at home!

[Push Upstairs]

I like the blue paint you have the walls painted in your spare room, reminds me of arcades i used to go to when i was younger.

[swlovinist]

nice and clean setup. The RDI halcon is truly a centerpiece. This setup rocks!

[Pantechnicon]

Excellent setup. One of the best organized ones I've seen.

Slight tangent: How does one go about getting "noticed" by the local press for this sort of thing anyway? Does the local press find out about you through the Web, or does a friend of a friend of friend have a friend in the press who decides to do a write-up?

It would be great to get my RoD covered in the local paper sometime; not to feed my ego or anything, but rather as an effort to unearth some other local classic gamer/collector types besides the one (ubikuberalles) I already know. (Okay, and maybe it would feed my ego a little bit.)

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'll be right over.

[98PaceCar]

Thanks for all the positive comments everybody! I'm happy to finally have some sort of real gaming room set up! Now I just have to decide what to play!! LOL


Wow bro, looks great!! I'll bet the interviewer is floored!

The only thing I would worry about is people getting your name and then getting your address. You don't want any thuggies coming and doing any shopping when you're not at home!

I've spoken to the interviewer about not using my whole name, but I'm still waiting to hear back from her. I'm not terribly worried as I have a great alarm system on the house that's plugged into the city police station. But yea, it would be a bad thing if someone decided to clean me out.


Excellent setup. One of the best organized ones I've seen.

Slight tangent: How does one go about getting "noticed" by the local press for this sort of thing anyway? Does the local press find out about you through the Web, or does a friend of a friend of friend have a friend in the press who decides to do a write-up?

It would be great to get my RoD covered in the local paper sometime; not to feed my ego or anything, but rather as an effort to unearth some other local classic gamer/collector types besides the one (ubikuberalles) I already know. (Okay, and maybe it would feed my ego a little bit.)

My story is a bit strange, but basically, my boss used to write reviews for the DMN. About 4 years ago, the main video game reviewer there wanted to do a big article on the 'average gamer', so my name came up. They did an interview with me and came to my house to shoot some stills. That ran in the paper and I thought, was forgotten. Late last week, somebody else from the DMN contacted me because they found my name in the old article and decided to email me. Fortunately, I'm still at the same email and we managed to work it so that I was interviewed again!

Truthfully, it is a big ego boost. I don't think of myself as a major collector, but to non-collector types, I guess I've got a pretty imposing room full of stuff! I'd love to have somebody contact me with a truck load of old systems they want to get rid of after watching the video, but I doubt that will happen. I mainly did it for the fun of it!


I'll be right over.
Anytime PDF! Fire me a PM if you make it down to Dallas!!

[Flack]

I've spoken to the interviewer about not using my whole name, but I'm still waiting to hear back from her. I'm not terribly worried as I have a great alarm system on the house that's plugged into the city police station. But yea, it would be a bad thing if someone decided to clean me out.

I'm never worried about people seeing my cabinets -- hell, I hate moving them and I actually paid money for them. I can't imagine thieves making off with too many of them before throwing their backs out. The small stuff is what I worry about.

And yeah, trust me, I know. It's a huge ego boost, especially when people you know call and say, "hey, I just saw your games in the newspaper! (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5270099/)"

[Videogamerdaryll]

Truly Awesome set-up... :rocker:

Thanks! I'm pleased with the way it's turned out!!



Please tell me about the Pong type thing hanging on the wall..(It's cool)
http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/normal_PA230064.JPG

And the Tank hanging on the wall..Reminds my of 2600 Combat..(It's cool)..
http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/normal_PA230066.JPG


The pong thing is one of the official Pong clocks from Buro Vormkrijgers. If you google Pong clock, there's quite a bit of info on them. The short story is that a company in Europe came up with the idea and tried to market them, only to be sued by Atari. They made a deal and were allowed to make 400 of them to sell. I was lucky enough to get a hold of one of them. It just plays a game of pong all day long. Whenever it's time to bump the minutes, the left hand side loses the ball. When it's time to bump the hour, the right hand side loses. It's one of my absolute favorite pieces in that room!

The tank is a little wall hanging sculpture thing I picked up at CGE in 2004 (I think). It is a slightly stylized version of the Combat tank. I honestly have forgotten who made it. Maybe somebody else here can remember. I'll take a couple closeups of both of these for you when I get home tonight.


And you own my all time favorite Pinball machine too....Sweet!!!

I lucked into that machine and got it for a steal. I replaced the production software with the prototype roms that makes it just that much more fun. The carpet race mode is hilarious!!

That Clock ROCKS..I'd love to own one of them.../thanks for the info..

I'll take a couple closeups of both of these for you when I get home tonight.

That would be Great!!


South Park Pinball Machine.
The carpet race mode is hilarious!
:D ..So true.. :D :rocker:

[B - Mark]

Nice room 98PaceCar.

His Arcade machines, Video Games and games are in perfect conditions.

Congratulations for his Room of Doom.

[98PaceCar]

Here's the pics of the Pong clock and tank I promised. I also have a skull from the same place that did the tank, so I took a pic of it as well. I haven't been able to find my program from the last few CGE's, but maybe they are online somewhere??

Anyway, enjoy!

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[SegaAges]

Nice collection. It makes we want to get some cabs. Truly nice man.

[Videogamerdaryll]

That stuff is so cool......Thank you for taking the pics..

I really,really love that clock!! :rocker:

[Pantechnicon]

PaceCar, I've got to sing your praises here again but chastise you a little bit as well: You've made mention a couple times here that your collection is not so big. Come on now: when your doom spreads to more than one room then I'd say it's a pretty sizable collection.

In any case, size matters not. A huge range of consoles, a voxed Adventurevision, Vectrex, some pristine cabs... and all immaculately displayed. This is good stuff, don't sell yourself short. Humility is all well and good, but at the end of the day this is truly a collection to be proud of, regardless of its relative size. :hail:.

p.s. - Another thumbs-up for the Pong clock. :rocker:

[geneshifter]

That is awesome, great work. I love the systems in those bookcases. Do you remember where you got those? I have tons of systems just stacked in boxes but that might be the best option for me as well due to space.

[98PaceCar]

That is awesome, great work. I love the systems in those bookcases. Do you remember where you got those? I have tons of systems just stacked in boxes but that might be the best option for me as well due to space.

If you mean the loose systems, those are in some modular shelves that I found at Lowes Hardware. They come in a 2 shelf unit and are stackable. They work well for the loose stuff, but under any sort of weight they bend pretty easily. If you look at the tops of both of them, they are warping pretty badly. But, they are ok for now. The rest of the shelves all came from Ikea and I love them. They are sturdy and look good. Plus, they were fun to build!!


PaceCar, I've got to sing your praises here again but chastise you a little bit as well: You've made mention a couple times here that your collection is not so big. Come on now: when your doom spreads to more than one room then I'd say it's a pretty sizable collection.

In any case, size matters not. A huge range of consoles, a voxed Adventurevision, Vectrex, some pristine cabs... and all immaculately displayed. This is good stuff, don't sell yourself short. Humility is all well and good, but at the end of the day this is truly a collection to be proud of, regardless of its relative size. :hail:.

p.s. - Another thumbs-up for the Pong clock. :rocker:

You do have a point Pantechnicon. Pretty much half of my house is dedicated to video games at this point!

Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my collection. I've managed to find a lot of things I never thought I would and have been able to get most of them in my collection. I'm very close to my second collecting goal (every US system) and it feels really good to be there!

Regardless of the size though, I have fun collecting and playing and that's why I do it. I know I'll never have the biggest collection and will probably never even complete any of the major systems, but I'm very happy with what I have and feel fortunate to be able to have such a variety availalble to me.

Thanks for all the positive comments! It feels great that everybody likes my setup (especially after all the work that my girlfriend and I put into it)!! :cheers:

And I have to agree, the Pong clock kicks major ass! I wasn't completly sold on the idea when I bought it, but after getting it and putting it on the wall, I'm VERY happy I got it!

[Keir]

Wow! Not just an amazing collection, but a beautiful setup too!

Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my collection. I've managed to find a lot of things I never thought I would and have been able to get most of them in my collection. I'm very close to my second collecting goal (every US system) and it feels really good to be there!Good luck! What systems do you not have? What was your first goal?