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Twilight Zone Pinball

Twilight Zone Pinball: Romancing the Zone

Final Gameroom Bar

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Get the Party Started with Your Own Gameroom Bar

Classic Stern Pinball Machines

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Cheap, Pretty and Fast: A Look at Classic Stern Pinballs

100 Yen Japanese Arcade

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A Look into the Crazy Thriving Japanese Arcade Scene

Girl racing in arcade

10 Ways to Get Racing Action in your Game Room

Sit-down arcade driving games deliver one of the classic arcade experiences. There is something about sitting down, with that subwoofer firing off in your rear, having force feedback on a real steering wheel, a real gas pedal and the entire works. Sure there are great racing games on the Xbox

1000 Pinball Machines in Your Game Room for the Price of One

An Interview with VirtuaPin Founder Paul Maletich Would you like to own thousands of pinball machines in your game room? There would just be the little problem of space and the fact that a thousand modern pinball machines would likely run you over a million dollars. So what is a

Funtronix Scoreboard

Keeping Score in the Game Room

Here is something unique for your game room. I spent the past few days playing with this very cool new product. It is called the Game Room Scoreboard and is made in the USA by Funtronix. The scoreboard is a great utility for your game room — especially if you have

Guns' R' Roses Pinball by Data East

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Curtis the Cougar, Axl, Slash & Me: The Making of Guns & Roses Pinball

The Pinball Compendium cover

Books You Should Own: The Pinball Compendium

The Pinball Compendium are a series of wonderful books about pinball machines. The author, Michael Shalhoub, made a book for every era of pinball history. My favorite in the series is The Pinball Compendium 1982 to the Present. As the title would indicate, this covers pinball machines from the solid-state

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Inside the Dragon’s Lair with Filmmaker Martin Touhey

SX-1980 Magazine ad

The Most Amazing Vintage Stereo Receiver Ever!

I don’t know about you…but I love to rock out some serious “tunage” when I am hanging out in the game room. Especially if I am cleaning it, decorating it, fixing a pinball machine, and stuff like that. Music is what keeps me moving and it is pretty

Guitar Lessons by Max Dalton

Enhance Your Game Room Decor with Max Dalton

We talked earlier about classing up your game room with art. This is a brief follow up to that post. I really should have talked about Max in that article. Max Dalton has some created several posters that are perfect for game rooms and really any kind of man cave.

Prop Cycle arcade flyer

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Rare GameRoom Gems

Rare Game Room Gems — Prop Cycle by Namco

Death Race flyer

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Rare Game Room Gems — Death Race by Exidy

Vintage Coke Machine

Game Room Essentials — The Coke Machine

I have seen many man caves stocked to the hilt that are missing an essential game room item. Every game room should have a soda machine — or what we call them in the South, Coke machines. When you are in the middle of trying to set a high score or

French Creature Movie Poster

Class Up Your Game Room with Art

Part 1 — Movie Posters for the Game Room Game room decor is important. A game room with blank walls shows a lack of class, culture, and creativity. So why not put some great art up on your game room walls? Art can be viewed as a fun alternative investment, similar