Hesch's !!NEW!! Game Room

[Vaulter98c]

As for the radon, at least in the sates I've bought in before, if it fails the test (radon testing is fairly new) then you can usually get the seller to pay for the evac pump, because once it fails a radon test they have to declare that to all future buyers. It's usually less than a grand, our seller got mine done for like 800 I think. All depends on the layout of the house.

As for the design, I really like the look of that.. I moved over Halloween and my collection is still in boxes... I may have to make a move to a setup like this, saves me shelf space for more games

Looks good man, keep the pictures coming, I'm gonna mine them for ideas lol

[Hesch]

Thanks Vault I wish the room was a little bit bigger, so I could finally have a pool table, but I'll settle for an Arcade and Bar in the back half of the room.

Speaking of which...


I should have this thing up and running this weekend, then it's just finishing touches. Man oh man, I'm stoked. This has always been a childhood dream.

[Hesch]

And another update. Got another project finished (except for some minor finishing touches) and installed. Looking at the very first pic in this thread, it sits in the back right hand corner. I can't begin to explain how excited I am to have this thing.

[Arseen]

Nice

[Hesch]

And here's where I'm at now. A lot of the work is mostly finished. It's mostly just doing finishing touches, and continuing to replace my small media shelves with the Ikea shelving.

[TDIRunner]

Looking good.

[e_brugal]

Looks great

[wiggy]

Looks super chill.  I'd hang there for hours without question.

[Hesch]

Thanks guys. Still working on it every week. Now I've moved the arcade around to the corner to it's left, and converted that space for my new bigass CRT setup. Decided I do in fact need lightguns after all. Buddy down the street is going to give me a 36" Sony Trinitron set. One of their last best SD tubes. Now I just have to find a TV stand for it that'll hold it's ~250 lbs

[Tech13]

Thanks guys. Still working on it every week. Now I've moved the arcade around to the corner to it's left, and converted that space for my new bigass CRT setup. Decided I do in fact need lightguns after all. Buddy down the street is going to give me a 36" Sony Trinitron set. One of their last best SD tubes. Now I just have to find a TV stand for it that'll hold it's ~250 lbs

honestly I think you could do a good job building one. Just need to decide how high you want it to be.  Will you be sitting or standing?

I wanted a happy medium so I plan on a stand for mine that brings the bottom of the screen to 3 ft off the floor.

Also I have the instruction on how to get into the advanced service features if you need to correct the picture. Fair warning this is really advanced. PM me if you want a copy.

[Hesch]

Well, my dad and I already built my main entertainment center, so it's not at all out of the question that we do it again.

And I'm praying that the TV comes in good shape. I've read a small bit about having to adjust geometry and what not. And I've seen how nightmarish it is on something like a BVM. I'm going to download the 240P test suite here soon to run on it. I just need to get one of those color cards or w/e they're called to calibrate.

If it's not too much trouble, go ahead and shoot me the info over so I have it available for when I do get it. I do have a 24" Sony Trinitron down there now that seems to have a picture that holds up, but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to give it a tuneup.

[Tech13]

sent as a pm

[wiggy]

Those last gen massive tubes all came with their own specific stands, if only because they're so hazardous (250 lbs. of glass in a front-heavy box). They all have strap systems too in order to keep them from falling forward and (potentially) killing whatever's in the way

Hopefully yours works with light guns. I had a 36" Wega that did not.  Coincidently it was also 250 lbs.  Left it behind when we moved. The new owner was all pissed about it. First time home buyer. Guess he's not familiar with the sort of shit that people usually leave behind...

[Hesch]

I know for sure this one is not HD. It's the KV-36FS13. From what I've read, it's one of the last great SD Trinitron series.

And unfortunately, I don't think he has the stand for it. I know he's got it sitting in a cabinet right now... Unless I'm lucky and he's got it stashed in his garage. He always bought the nicer equipment back then, so there's a chance.

[wiggy]

Mine wasn't either. But it obviously had a digital signal processor, which is what kills light gun compatibility, not resolution.

Fingers crossed for that stand. Though you could obviously build one with no sweat.