Creating a small video arcade/game room

So in addition to cool life stuff like getting married, continuing the bass quest and other small endeavors, I started up a little game room/personal arcade - originally in my basement, but now in my living room.

I have several consoles, such as the NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, Sega Mark III, NEC PC Engine, Sega Genesis and Super Famicom hooked up currently. I also have a Sega Master System and 32X I'd like to get into the mix somehow, as well as some consoles I won't be using right now such as the Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast and PS2 (all Japanese versions), and an original Xbox.

However, the coolest thing I acquired was the Supergun. This device allows you to play real arcade boards on a TV. I always wanted a real Gyruss arcade game, and I now kinda have one!



That's actual arcade hardware running in my living room. It's not that expensive to get going either!

Supergun - $130
Konami classic to Jamma adapter - $28
Gyruss PCB - $75
Audio cable - $8
RGB Scart to RGB Component/YUV Upscaler - $50
ATX PC power supply - $24

For about the price of Squier VM Preicision V, I have a working Gyruss set up in my living room. That's so freaking cool. I also acquired a Jailbreak PCB, and am awaiting several others including Bubble Memories, Rush'n Attack, Block Hole and some others.

I'd also like to create a little setup for the games I've programmed some day soon. What kinda stuff would you want in a dream game room of yours?

 

Interesting. Sounds like a cool idea, but I haven't found many projectors that do the RGB component thing.