Author Topic: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Gaming Setup (aka Happy Place)  (Read 4894 times)

geise

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2014, 04:53:48 AM »

Console setup:
Old apartment circa 2005-


Current house June 2013



Basement movie room 201x-ish(first form):

I'm currently re-working the setup for a new screen I have. I'll have updated shot in the next month(waiting on new cables).


March 2014 HT update, in beta form:
-got a new screen so I had to move the PJ closer. Still need to get a HDMI cable so I can move the PC to the new shelf on the wall with the amps. Added some HTIB speaker for the rears and center along with a new projector(Epson 905HD). It's coming along well and the screen DOES make a difference.



I see your home is child proof. :)

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2014, 08:18:28 AM »
Actually had to dig on my old photobucket for pictures  :P
My game corner have seen quite an evolution. At least I'd like to think that.

First, it was like this. A simple TV bench on wheels with a hand-me-down PAL CRT TV, a Dreamcast, a used PS2, my cousins old PS1 and my Mega Drive in storage. Oh, and my at the time newly bought Xbox 360. Quite spartan, really. My LCD-sporting Xbox friends weren't overly impressed.



Then I got myself a Saturn and I got a more Xbox-friendly TV from a friend (that also accepted NTSC signals). I tore down the old bookshelf I used before and turned it into a makeshift multimedia bench. Lots of hours was spent here playing Tokimeki Memorial for the Saturn.  :mrgreen:


Now we're talking! Just got bought someone's unneeded pretty much new HD TV, my Duo-R and my LaserDisc player. Let's all cringe together at this setup  :mrgreen: Oh, also got a PS3.
This is pretty much how things were looking when I joined here.


Just did the first big re-work of the room layout. Tried dividing the gaming into 2 separate setups. A modern one, and an oldschool one. I liked this idea, sadly had to scrap that because it wasn't really space effective. Or pretty. I beat Ridge Racer for the first time in this setup, felt awesome. Can't do it now on my LCD. 8-[


Now we're really getting somewhere - New shelving! Speakers! Scalers! ...well, one. Things looked a bit empty though. I got rid of my CRT now that I had a video processor. LaserDisc collection growing nicely on the shelf.


And here's how it is today, pretty much. In all it's messy glory. Went from the bigger Technics speakers to bookshelfs because they're just so much more practical. Added a cheapo sub to compensate. I've got a two-step scaling setup consisting of an Vigatec Dune-F and a DVDO VP30. Usually, for NTSC systems, I just use the Vigatec since it's connected to the TV's VGA input to decrease lag. If I want to make use of both monitors (or add a capture device) the Vp30 scales to 1080p and into an HDMI splitter. This solution can still be improved upon  :oops:

Audio is provided by two cheap Gale monitor speakers, a small sub from König and a Denon AVR-1601 amp/reciever - a very budget friendly audio setup.


Though I didn't show it before, PC corner also got a make-over. But it's much better organized than the console corner. 360 & PS3 lives here. Both consoles and the PC are using optical for audio and the video is fed to a switch, then a splitter so I can game on whichever screen I like.
Mordaunt Short MS 3.10 speakers from eBay + another cheap König sub connected to a chinese SMSL DAC & an Audioengine desktop amp provides the sound. A somewhat budget-friendly solution  :wink:
CHECKPOINT!
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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2014, 09:21:44 AM »
P.S. What is behind the hidden door on the wall?  Is that where you hide the bodies?

It's my inter-dimensional gateway :mrgreen:
...is what I want to say. Just a small storage room/wardrobe filled with tat. There's another one on the opposite side of the room - also filled with family tat, cables and random game accessories.
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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2014, 04:19:52 AM »
Found some more current pics of the game den:

old tower/arcadey test/ work bench thing-

Actiony figurines approving of the gaming goodness-

Earthworm Jim, wishing he was a PC Engine game.. Obviously-

36" TV with 6 consoles currently hooked up for play. (PC/Monitor below for capturing purposes)

Smallest of small Tandy CoCo 2 collection-

Nessy library-

For shame on the Y'''S!!-

Turbografx n' friends-

Xanadu poster framed-

some extra spines n' junk put in a frame-

pan back at the wall-

Emerald Dragon Poster-

collection of some framed posters- (along with Jeff's Castlevania Catacombs marquee from MGC '12)

TurboGarpiX-16 Legacy poster (THANKS AGAIN NECRO!!)

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2014, 05:59:06 AM »
I want your castlevania marquee!

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2014, 09:50:32 AM »
I want your castlevania marquee!

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We printed those out for MGC couple years ago - if you guys want the original PSD/JPG files, I can post 'em for your printing delight.

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2014, 02:12:58 PM »
Post updated...
Console April update, some small moving around:

With the two new turbobs, I had to move stuff around...no one puts obey in the corner. More wire management going on since I had to remove a PS2 and hook the LD player through the receiver since I ran out of room on the switch box array. I'll have to play with it for a spell to make sure it suits my needs...the HD TV is mainly for OTA, so only the DTV and 360 are hooked up, but I left a PS component cord connected and easy access if the occasion arises.

Not that I need 4 PCE's all hooked up and ready, but...well, yes I DO! The Shuttle needed a riser since the damn A/V out on the Duo (and IFU) stick out, but I feel it makes it looks like it's taking off or flying. I may get creative and fabricate some sort of hidden podium/mount so it truly looks like it's floating.
PCE Daisakusen RIP - "Booze should be a choice, not a privilege" -KCDC (The FP)
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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2014, 03:31:42 AM »
Flying shuttle!  Do eeet!
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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2014, 08:09:42 AM »
I want your castlevania marquee!

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We printed those out for MGC couple years ago - if you guys want the original PSD/JPG files, I can post 'em for your printing delight.

Woah yeah I would also love if you posted the file. That looks great!

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #25 on: April 07, 2014, 01:40:30 PM »
I love looking at other guys game rooms!  I will post my "corner" if I have some time.
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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2014, 06:12:00 PM »
[5/18/2014]



Not much to look at yet, but I finally, FINALLY have a dedicated room for my gaming shiz. No more steralite containers in storage! I've seriously been waiting like a decade to have a place with enough spare rooms to house a dedicated room.

Me and the lady are moving from our respective city apartments to a bigger and more comfortable pad out in the 'burbs. The house has 4 bedrooms, 3 of which we don't need. So boom - instant dedicated game room.

It's literally just a few boxes at the moment (we've only had the keys for 2 days and haven't moved much), but I was able to assemble my tester Ikea bookcase to figure out how many bookshelves I can fit into the space without crowding it. Probably will need at least 2 more, if not 3 more.

Once the room is complete, it will house:
1.) 32" LCD (PS2 and later)
2.) 29" Sony PVM-2950Q w/ RGB hookups (Dreamcast and prior)
3.) The whole damn game collection on bookshelves
4.) Fully restored Outrun deluxe cab
5.) My Neo Geo miniature MVS MAME cabinet
6.) Stacking file cabinet for cables, controllers, cords, etc.
7.) Tats's "HET" nobey image, fully framed as a poster (along with some other art)
8.) Badass comfy leather chair
9.) Small computer desk for my Sharp X68000 and Sega Teradrive

I'll post updated pics as it comes along...

[6/10/2014]

Everything's in the new place and we're about done unpacking. Gameroom started out as a clusterf*ck and still largely is:



Shortly after move-in I picked up the rest of my Ikea shelving (with a corner unit) and got that in position - had to shim the bottom of these things since the floor in this room is warped. I'll be fine if I never have to built this shit flat-pack furniture again:



Panning to the left a bit is the entertainment center which currently holds my Sony PVM-2950Q and a VGA CRT for the Sharp x68k. The LCD will probably hang on the wall overtop of these two.



Still a ton of work to do, and it's looking like 4 shelves won't be enough to hold the entire collection, which is what I feared, haha.

« Last Edit: June 10, 2014, 03:34:40 AM by jeffhlewis »

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2014, 06:35:10 PM »
Nice!

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2014, 07:27:14 PM »
I will be moving into a townhouse at the end of the month and my game room is moving to the loft ob the second floor. Im really looking forward to it.right now all my stuff is in the 2nd room,with all our extra stuff,so its cramped. Its also used as our gust room. Now i will have my own space. Cant wait to not share.
Stuff that will be in room:
Asus 22" evo monitor (wii and up)
Sony pvm 19" (ps2 and down)
Dreamcast kisok
All my games
Should have pics in a few weeks

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Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place
« Reply #29 on: May 18, 2014, 04:00:57 AM »


My happy place is where I work. This is my new workstation. If you can't tell because my cellphone cam is total crap and the pic is overexposed, teh turbob is running Lucretia, and I have the project in the editor on the laptop.