My new Arcade build

[BristolMartin]

Been quiet for a while working hard but *finally* got started on the Arcade.

So bit of a back story, we moved house in Nov 2015 with planning permission requests in mind. The house is lovely as it is /was but has great scope for extensions which were granted last year.

So we applied for various planning but the main one was for the Garage / Arcade extension. As some of you know I am a semi professional racing & test driver so using the existing garage space was not an option. So the plan is to extend the garage to a Quadruple and have a room in teh roof all the way across with a 1.5M lift on the roof trusses to allow for headroom.

The new garage will look like this:

The left side of the garage will be the arcade with an additional space behind. This space will be dedicated to small uprights from the 80's.

So far the list of games looks like this:

Sega Ferrari F355 Challenge DLX
Sega Outrun DLX
Atari Hard Drivin Compact
Atari 720 degrees
Tecmo World cup 90
Sega 18 Wheeler
NeoGeo 6 slot
Point Blank
Pacman

Atari Paperboy
Atari Super Sprint
Street fighter II world
Space Harrier
Robocop
Track & Field

I have over 150 cabs, but will be selling most of them now. The list above will change over the comingmonths!

BristolMartin2017-07-19 11:31:56

 

[BristolMartin]

The room directly above the arcade will be for Retro consoles and computers as well as my full 6DoF Sim.

BristolMartin2017-07-19 11:51:34

 

[AaronBoone]

Your house is lovely! Is the Robocop the US version with the curved marquee?

 

[BristolMartin]

Yes it is. Took some finding but I have one. I love Robocop a lot.

Oooh add choplifter to the list!

 

[AaronBoone]

Yes it is. Took some finding but I have one. I love Robocop a lot.

I absolutely

that cab - good luck with the build, looks like it'll be awesome

 

[K1ngarth3r]

Looks like a great plot of land and lovely house!

150 cabs!

was you going to plan something on a larger scale before? would love to see a list of those cabs

The new arcade / console room sounds fantastic!! I can't wait to see progress you make with this!

 

[vids]

I remember were you going to have a massive basement with bowling alley and arcade at one time ?

 

[Nintendo Arcade]

The bricky hasnt put enough ties in the door reveal

Going to be a lovely games room

 

[BristolMartin]

I remember were you going to have a massive basement with bowling alley and arcade at one time ?

Sadly the land here has a high water table and the engineer said it woudl be almost impossible and would need some serious continuous pumps.

 

[BristolMartin]

The bricky hasnt put enough ties in the door reveal

Going to be a lovely games room

Explain? Im not a bricky!

 

[Steveylou]

Over 150 cabs?!?

Chuckie egg (Alex) you know what to do

What a beautiful house. I can't wait to see how this turns out.

 

[BristolMartin]

This was the last one I wrote down in 2013

 

[Sm76]

Wow... what a collection. That's going to be a lovely arcade when finished!

 

[Nintendo Arcade]

Happy to do a game room tour,just let me know when your ready

 

[bbz149]

150 Machines! might have to convert the House into the Arcade and live in the Garage

Nice property m8

 

[glstar]

you have really a great collection.

 

[Shinydaz]

I'll look forward to that video Chuckie Egg !! Fantastic selection of machines.

 

[jiytee]

Hopefully, there's a small bar area within the games room

 

[BristolMartin]

Oh I have a Sega Hang on deluxe that will likely go up for sale soon too

 

[BristolMartin]

Happy to do a game room tour,just let me know when your ready