bloatedmonkey Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I finally finished up my game room and took some pictures, which I was about to post before seeing Rick's monster collection that he just put up. Well, here it is anyway. It's probably not the same magnitude, but it's a little different layout. http://home.houston.rr.com/bm/atari/ataricab.html One thing we have in common is our use of musicmate cubes. They're the best for easy access to your games. It took me 2 years to collect enough, but it sure beat trying to craft slots out of wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 i must say that is truly breathtaking, the pic with the doors open is sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 That's a very nice streamlined look. I like the custom cabinets. I hope to do something similar in the not too distant future. Like you, I focus on loose games, although I do have a decent amount of boxed games now as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voch Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 My humble game room bows in your general direction. I'm finally about to add a third Iris cartridge drawer set, but that's not as elegant as your storage (but since I'm still renting I like my solution for my stuff). Voch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I finally finished up my game room and took some pictures, which I was about to post before seeing Rick's monster collection that he just put up. Well, here it is anyway. It's probably not the same magnitude, but it's a little different layout. http://home.houston.rr.com/bm/atari/ataricab.html wow very very impressive. I was wondering, how long did it take you to build your collection? kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I love the TV, my mom used to bitch at me for turning the knobs to fast or to often, old scool channel sufring where you had to get up a walk up to the TV to the change to one of the other 4 channels. "go outside and move the antenna!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloatedmonkey Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 wow very very impressive. I was wondering, how long did it take you to build your collection? I got back into Atari in '98 when I discovered Ebay. I'm only finding about 1 item a month these days that I feel like buying, so I'm starting to feel close to done. The cabinet took me a little over a year (on and off). It was my second woodworking project (after a toy box), so it turned our better than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 WOW!! i love that self made cabinet! 196 musicmates cubes!! great job! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I found the organization of THIS truly impressive! I look at my own lowly tupperware crate (doubles as footrest!) with shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Kat Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 That is a pretty sweet looking cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conda Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 How did you figure out how to build those cabinets--atari and mame? Do you have any plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 How did you figure out how to build those cabinets--atari and mame? Do you have any plans? I was thinking the exact same thing. last night I was trying to plan out how he made those cabinet and the mame arcade game. I guess I have too much time on my hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball22 Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Very nice! I especially like the Musicmate cubes for loose cart storage. I've got two, only 194 left to go to be able to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolt Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 They ain't Musicmate cubes, but if anyone needs/wants 18 Atari Modular Cartridge Libraries (a few of which are still in the box, no less) to try a similar thing, drop me a line. I collected all of them because I was going to attempt something similar to this awesome project until I remembered that I'm the most un-handy person on earth. They hold 14 games each (16 if you use the manual slots in the middle) so that's storage for 252 games (288 if you do the manual slot trick). For the record, I 'borrowed' the photo below from gamerzuniverse as an example of what I'm talking about (I'm at work so I can't just quick take a photo of them), but rest assured, I do have that many lying around here! Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAger Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Where did you get a hold of that "Cubicolor"?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenwood Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Wow....I think I just wet my pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Great room. It's a gamers dream. I've you got plans of the mame cabinet, i'm to interestet in that. I was only wondering if the 2 sticks weren't to close to each other. Looks like one has to play left handed en the other one right handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Very nice game room, bloatedmonkey! I would like to build a nice storage unit like that someday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Impressed! Awesome display cabinet, nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 They ain't Musicmate cubes, but if anyone needs/wants 18 Atari Modular Cartridge Libraries (a few of which are still in the box, no less) to try a similar thing, drop me a line. I collected all of them because I was going to attempt something similar to this awesome project until I remembered that I'm the most un-handy person on earth. They hold 14 games each (16 if you use the manual slots in the middle) so that's storage for 252 games (288 if you do the manual slot trick). For the record, I 'borrowed' the photo below from gamerzuniverse as an example of what I'm talking about (I'm at work so I can't just quick take a photo of them), but rest assured, I do have that many lying around here!Clive I have two or three of those. I got them many years after they were originally sold. I always wanted to collect enough to hold a few hundred, but now my games are in a plastic container under my bed. I'd have to move to a bigger place before I could have a game room, or even a game area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloatedmonkey Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 Thanks for all of the nice comments. How did you figure out how to build those cabinets--atari and mame? Do you have any plans? It took maybe 6 months to finalize the concept for the atari cabinet. I made some drawings in powerpoint, then scribbled dimensions on them. I got a book on how to make cabinets and went from there. It's standard techniques - you just need to make the measurements to fit your space. So the answer is I don't really have plans that would make sense to anyone. I bought the MAME cabinet on Ebay about 2 months ago. It cost me $1000, and it was hands down my best purchase ever (and I've bought alot). I could never build one for that price, plus it was high quality and arrived fully configured. It actually has 3 joysticks (2 8-way and the red 4-way) - 2 are black so you can't see them very well. It had a former life- I don't know which game, but it was red cabinet (I scratched it getting it up the stairs - that's a funny story - imagine dragging an odd-shaped 500lb object up the stairs and having it slip out of your hands....) I shopped for six months for a MAME and jumped on this one because it's the perfect shape, in my opinion. The Cubicolor is from Ebay about 2 years ago. Not cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAtarian Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 I am very impressed. In my opinion, you have the nicest setup Ive ever seen. Not everyone has the money, time or space to do all that, but you do and I think its cool that you took the time to build such an impressive setup. Using a retro TV is a great idea, and you have it placed at just the right height. Good Job. Enclosing the games in the cabinet is a great idea to keep dust and light off the games (as both will harm the carts over time) You have your games neatly organized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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