Some great cabs there. I didn't see Polybius tho! 😂. A few that I would like to see would be Kung Fu Master, Rolling Thunder, Bombjack, Dragons Lair. Great selection so far Neil. I think if and when I visit it will be Gauntlet II and Starwars for me.... Green Elf your life force is running out.... Love it. Kudos to all involved. Great stuff!
Might want to add QR codes above each cabinet, that would take them to a webpage with a history of the specific cabinet. This would also allow us in the states or other countries that might not be able to see them in person to surf through your website and see all that information / help add to it. Great work!!
For the music Neil I think you need to pay for a prs licence but that should enable it for the cave aswell as the arcade seems its one building edit just looked £621 per year to be able to play licensed music in an arcade setting
@@ryoga-hibikiit is a ppl prs license now. However not everything will be licenced by them so you need to double check what you play is actually covered, some music might require other licences. This is what the government website says anyway.
You guys have worked so hard to get this far in very little time, I can only imagine all the little issues and jobs that you haven't even mentioned. The coloured lights on the walls just look so cool, I really love it all.
An absolute brilliant job so far, really starting to come together and is going to be a great place to experience some absolute classic arcade machines. For us remote people we will thoroughly enjoy the restoration processes and entertaining videos from you both.
This arcade museum is just so so exciting,Alex is such a dear friend of mine and I know how much hard work he is putting into this project, his passion for arcades and the history of these cabs this is going to be such a special place, I can’t wait to visit I will be there queuing at 9am 🤣
Nice to see you both still getting on well. A project this big is enough to try anyone’s patience. Really lucked out with Alex’s arcade enthusiasm + carpentry skills! I would come and see it but fear I’d be distracted from the bright lights by the handsome men 🤤
Excellent job! I've done a handful of basement remodels here in the U.S. for my retro gaming shrine but none as extensive as what you experienced! Air quality, conditioned electricity and lighting were always my top 3 and looks like you are all set. Thanks for sharing this.
The cave goes from strength to strength!!! More unique features being added to the already singular experience. Blood, sweat, and tea! Can't wait to visit one day! x
Imagine some blokes standing around in that mill 200 years ago -- bet they never conceived what it would become in the 2020s. Amazing work, guys. I'm truly astounded by the passion, commitment and talent on display here!
Wow even seeing the cabinets is so very nostalgic. I haven't visited an arcade since around 1989 so I am so excited to able to visit this one day. It will be on my wish list for sure along with the Cave. Hats off to Alex for all the hard work and good luck on his venture right now. All the arcade needs now is a sticky carpet, a fog of fake cigarette smoke and a grumpy person providing change for the machines to make it authentic lol. This is all quite amazing.
Arcade looks amazing!! Looks like all my dream machines from my youth…wish you could raise the cabinets up so it recreates the experience of a young lad struggling to reach the controls! 😂😂😂😂
The whole aesthetic seems really...cold for an arcade. The dark, neon-lit, arcade vibe just doesn't seem to be there. The weird white stone walls make it feel like an arcade built in inside an brightly painted old well. Some real neon (not LED strips), black lights, proper arcade carpet, colored stripes on the walls, an old coke machine, food, and some music would go a long way to set the mood. It's hard to tell on the video , but the room also sounds a echoey with all the hard surfaces. Some sound treatment panels might help too.
Looks absolutely amazing. So much attention to detail and care. I love the way Alex is always into the side-art and displaying it. What a brilliant and unique project.
Arcade baby 😍👌. I used to bunk off school from time to time and play at the Arcade in Wolves back in the mid 80s. It had the sit down Star Wars cab. Heaven. You've done a grand job there and I'll be visiting the Cave for sure..... Ha I'll even bunk off work
I could not look away. WOW. All the work you have already put into the place and now this amazing job you've all done in making an amazing looking arcade! I grew up in a few arcades to the point where the owners were good friends of my parents. I got to play basically everything that came through the "Wizards Arcade" in California just down the street from Disneyland (my old stomping grounds). I saw so many amazing cabs I have played in my life in your arcade and a few I always wished I could have tried. Living in Nevada makes it difficult to visit but man, if I lived nearby I wouldn't just visit, I would hike up the sleeves, toss on some gloves and help out! LOVE IT
My "Cave" is half dozen cabs and assorted pinball and table units. W/ marquees on, I've found floor lighting is all I need. (Not a public space) I've installed repurposed cinema floor runner lights and they are more than sufficient with marquees lighted.
Great to see so much progress. Conversions/kits are an interesting part of arcade history. One of my favourite games, Super Bike, was only ever sold as a conversion kit for Donkey Kong cabinets.
Great Arcade Archive! This really reminds me of the 80's when i played the in the arcades. My dream place was covered with smoke, Neon Lights, Red-LED Clocks, matrix scroll displays. Empty beer bottles and soda cans were spread all over the place. There were movie-posters from the 80's Action Stars. And of course the noise level of the people and the machines. Amazing work and congrats to you all who made this miracle possible. This would be a good place for future world game tournaments :)
Man that looks good! RGB is cool if it changes imperceptivly slow. Don't forget some black lights. Maybe some 80's radio station recordings for some atmosphere maybe even radio adds, Like that something motors, nice people to do business with,lol. A wall hung pay phone, some posters. It's EPIC!
One minor nitpick: Galaxian isn't the first colour arcade game. Or the first with a colour screen. It isn't even the first one to use multicolour sprites. Sure, before Galaxian, they mostly stuck colour overlays on top of B&W screens, but there were colour, sometimes even full colour games made before Galaxians. Like Model Racing's Super Road Champions (1978) which even uses multicolour sprites just like Galaxian, or if you go back even further, in 1974 there was Nutting Associates' Wimbledon. I just don't understand why there wasn't a limited edition Color Tank (Kee Games 1974). The machine has (pretty much) all the hardware to pull it off, I modded one!
I’ve just looked up model racing super road champions and I’ve never heard of that game before looks very cool. I’m sure in this period there are many games that were made from less unknown company’s that were firsts. But most of them didn’t even get past the prototype stage or just didn’t sell well at all. Having researched this game I can’t see any one on klov owning one or any documentation on Ukvac. Very interesting to see a challenger to Namco Galaxian first colour game.
@@TheArcadeArchive The music video to Nazareth's Holiday has lots of footage from Super Road Champions. That came in handy trying to fix ours (at the Flipper and Arcade Museum Seligenstadt Germany). I was ripping my hair out trying to get the VCO for the pseudo 3D car sprites to work. The cars should become larger as they move down the road. They do on the predecessor! Turns out, it was broken by design. Nazareth's machine does the same thing. (the VCO actually works fine, it's just adjusted that you barely even see its effect)
I'm not sure if this would be cost efficient but I have seen digital frames you can use which would project messages on cheap LCD mini screens. It would allow for scrolling text, no limitation on the amount of information and give off that retro vibe. If they are cheap then I think it might work wonders when the arcade is in the dark.
Those machines are in really nice shape. I also have a Defender, Gun Fight, and Space Invaders among others, but mine all have a bit of 'arcade patina'
Upvote for Phoenix. Gorf was so difficult for me, but i would also love to play it as an adult to see if I play it better than as a kid. I, Robot is another kettle of fish and quite a rare machine too.
Amazing effort not only getting those cabs in a room for all to enjoy but also saving the room itself. The rooms alone are a trash to treasure! Fantatsic!
Nice job guys. When you mentioned having a music setup it reminded me of a CRT and VCR music video machine our local arcade had. I remember seeing ( Prince ) purple rain and ( Alice Cooper's ) Poison playing with the grainy picture quality overly used VHS tapes produced 😀
Brilliant! The resin floor looks spectacular for being only the 1mm. You've worked your (_!_) off and we hope you feel appreciated for your efforts, because you certainly are. I immediately subscribed to the gentleman's channel when you recommended it. All good wishes!
I would go easy on any music - if done right you should get that proper arcade cacaphony that fills the air and draws you inside without the need for anything else. What you might want to do is have some kind of random distant sound effects from other non-present games and from fairground rides like tea-cups and rollercoasters and haunted house and announcers calling you out to enter this or that wonder of the world you should pay to come inside and see. Though I do worry about the acoustics of the rooms; it might give you a bit of work to get it under control.
What a fascinating story and the arcade looks fabulous! There was a little second hand bookshop in my town and he used to listen to the radio... but told the licencing man that he turned it off whenever a customer came in. Fond memories of Sea Wolf from Barry Island. I think it was very cheap to play as well! Tony Temple's book on Missile Command is a wonderful read. Recreate SMIFFY'S KAFF, RMC!
Fantastic episode - I have all the cabinet games (including Sea Wolf) shown on my AtGames Legends Ultimate stand up machine! including spinners for tempest and track ball for centipede and missile command.
My dear grandmother worked in an RUC police station in the early 80s in Northern Ireland. They had a Scramble arcade machine which I remember most and playing it when I visited her at work, plus a pool table to use when the policemen and women were not on duty. I have something slightly in common with Neil and the Cave it seems lol.
Taken me 30 years to find the name of the game (Silkworm) that I remember once playing on a friends Amiga from start to finish (with an infinite health cheat). All based off the Arcades marquee. Cheers! Arcades really come along good.
I hope to visit the cave museum and arcade one day! Been following your channel for a long time. I had a great post-covid time. Been to a local retro arcade hall and a vintage computer museum here in the belgium/netherlands area. Fun times!
9am, what are you guys wimps, I'd be there all night long if you had the Atari cabinet for "Hard Drivin"!! oh yeah and all day!! lol. probably helped me more than you would know on getting my driving licence 30 years ago, but came at the cost of a pretty penny at 2 games for a pound on the upright, and the cockpit was £1 a game from what I remember.
I half expected to hear "It's good night from me" followed by "and it's good night from him". :) That submarine arcade games reminds me of one I used to play many years ago. The Gun Fight game also seems familiar. I'd love to see the shooting gallery game I also used to play in the 70's that had the rifle and the B&W graphics. I just don't remember what it was called.
For the information notes you can go with transparent plates, glass perhaps and black letters (two layers of glass, letters inside). Then you can put some light from behind and information will perfectly readable still keeping the mood.
Masking film and renting an airless spray gun with a wand extension would have seen you get 3 coats of paint on those walls in a day while covering in the uneven brick surface effortlessly 👍
Looking great. According to Big Clive, you can find some neon replacement LED lights that would be more economical and which probably look good enough, without the high consumption of power that neon lights are infamous for.
How about a QR code that takes you to a webpage for the signage ? People could then review the content at will and you won't have to worry about angles, lighting and readability. Nice work thought!
I think a number of holiday camps around the UK may still have some of the older cabinets ( see also 8 bit guy;s brothers channel for making new cabinets etc for new games and so on )
To give it an authentic feel you need to chain smoke a load of cigs and chew gum, then squash the gum into the floor, dot the cig butts out on the machines and floor, oh! And spill some drinks while you’re at it😖 😝👍
Snack/Drink-Machines would be 80s too. (Don't forget Irn-Bru! 😉😁) But what would be even better, but unfortunately also takes up a lot of space: Air Hockey !
Thanks so much for watching everyone, and if you'd like to subscribe to Alex you can find him here: th-cam.com/users/OWLT509
Neil
Will you nominate yourself to be a candidate as the next British PM? 🇬🇧
A PRS license is what you need for the music, guys. 🙂
Clear UV signs that look like the blue Tron color.
Some great cabs there. I didn't see Polybius tho! 😂. A few that I would like to see would be Kung Fu Master, Rolling Thunder, Bombjack, Dragons Lair. Great selection so far Neil. I think if and when I visit it will be Gauntlet II and Starwars for me.... Green Elf your life force is running out.... Love it. Kudos to all involved. Great stuff!
You've got one of those scam telegram things replying to comments. I just reported the one who replied to me.
Might want to add QR codes above each cabinet, that would take them to a webpage with a history of the specific cabinet. This would also allow us in the states or other countries that might not be able to see them in person to surf through your website and see all that information / help add to it. Great work!!
Needs an '80s greasy spoon cafe. Wood panelling, orange chairs. Oh the nostalgia!
A pool table and dart board too :)
Don’t forget a fag machine
and those weird cheap orange juices with a straw you punctured the lid with...
Plus that sad looking last sausage roll…
Free salmonella with every ticket!
The wheelchair entrance that Alex built for the arcade is a masterpiece!!
A great combo. Two like minds coming together. I am living vicariously through you guys.
For the music Neil I think you need to pay for a prs licence but that should enable it for the cave aswell as the arcade seems its one building edit just looked £621 per year to be able to play licensed music in an arcade setting
That is correct. A PRS license is needed to be able to play licensed music in a public place.
Ooof! 🤦♂️😝
@@ryoga-hibikiit is a ppl prs license now. However not everything will be licenced by them so you need to double check what you play is actually covered, some music might require other licences. This is what the government website says anyway.
Neil was standing so long in the opening conversation, see him fight and even try to lean on machine. Love it. Great work.hopefully visit soon
Haha yes! Surrounded by these machines I just want to fire them all up
Yet more fascinating and interesting stuff, seeing the creation of the arcade archive , can't wait to visit.
Absolutely love it.
Can’t wait to visit.
Well done to all concerned 👏🏽
You guys have worked so hard to get this far in very little time, I can only imagine all the little issues and jobs that you haven't even mentioned. The coloured lights on the walls just look so cool, I really love it all.
Thank you!
Watching this all come together, the DIY, friends being made and some glorious retro games is truly exciting
Thanks Will, it really is wonderful finding people to work with who have the same passion. I love it!
An absolute brilliant job so far, really starting to come together and is going to be a great place to experience some absolute classic arcade machines.
For us remote people we will thoroughly enjoy the restoration processes and entertaining videos from you both.
This arcade museum is just so so exciting,Alex is such a dear friend of mine and I know how much hard work he is putting into this project, his passion for arcades and the history of these cabs this is going to be such a special place, I can’t wait to visit I will be there queuing at 9am 🤣
That's nice to hear. Good luck to them.
This is going to be amazing. Being from Australia I'm going to have to experience it via Alex's Channel. Well done guys, great work.
Thanks Ben 👍
The arcade is looking so good all your hard work is paying off,really looking forward to visiting
Thanks Alex 😎👍
Nice to see you both still getting on well. A project this big is enough to try anyone’s patience. Really lucked out with Alex’s arcade enthusiasm + carpentry skills! I would come and see it but fear I’d be distracted from the bright lights by the handsome men 🤤
How awesome! I live thousands of miles away, and I haven't been in the UK since 2008, but I hope to be able to visit someday! 🙂
Looking fantastic! Well done all.
This looks tremendous! Well done. I cant wait to come down
It's been wonderful to follow this project along. I hope it's a smash success and also I hope I get to visit some day!
This journey really had been amazing.
Excellent job! I've done a handful of basement remodels here in the U.S. for my retro gaming shrine but none as extensive as what you experienced! Air quality, conditioned electricity and lighting were always my top 3 and looks like you are all set. Thanks for sharing this.
The cave goes from strength to strength!!! More unique features being added to the already singular experience. Blood, sweat, and tea! Can't wait to visit one day! x
DID guess Gauntlet 2. That silhouette... haven't seen it for 30+ years... still, the first cut is the deepest. Will always remember your first love.
Absolutely amazing work guys 👏
Great update 👍
I would love to visit some time if that’s ever possible 😖😝
Imagine some blokes standing around in that mill 200 years ago -- bet they never conceived what it would become in the 2020s. Amazing work, guys. I'm truly astounded by the passion, commitment and talent on display here!
Outstanding effort guys! Brilliant job.
Wow even seeing the cabinets is so very nostalgic. I haven't visited an arcade since around 1989 so I am so excited to able to visit this one day. It will be on my wish list for sure along with the Cave. Hats off to Alex for all the hard work and good luck on his venture right now. All the arcade needs now is a sticky carpet, a fog of fake cigarette smoke and a grumpy person providing change for the machines to make it authentic lol. This is all quite amazing.
Arcade looks amazing!! Looks like all my dream machines from my youth…wish you could raise the cabinets up so it recreates the experience of a young lad struggling to reach the controls! 😂😂😂😂
Haha you could always just crouch 😂
In time if the budget allows, you could add sound reducing panels on the ceiling for better acoustics
Beautiful job, congrats guys!
Well done guys you’ve done an amazing job. Can’t wait to visit
Thanks Pete 👍
You guys are adorable! I wish I could visit one day! Looks so cool.
Burger Bar is what you need! :) Honestly guys this looks amazing. Can't wait to visit.
The whole aesthetic seems really...cold for an arcade. The dark, neon-lit, arcade vibe just doesn't seem to be there. The weird white stone walls make it feel like an arcade built in inside an brightly painted old well.
Some real neon (not LED strips), black lights, proper arcade carpet, colored stripes on the walls, an old coke machine, food, and some music would go a long way to set the mood. It's hard to tell on the video , but the room also sounds a echoey with all the hard surfaces. Some sound treatment panels might help too.
Just watched this video. It's so satisfying to see the progress being made. Can't wait to come and check it out. Great work by all involved. 👏
Looks absolutely amazing. So much attention to detail and care. I love the way Alex is always into the side-art and displaying it. What a brilliant and unique project.
The art of side art, I love it 😊
Arcade baby 😍👌. I used to bunk off school from time to time and play at the Arcade in Wolves back in the mid 80s. It had the sit down Star Wars cab. Heaven. You've done a grand job there and I'll be visiting the Cave for sure..... Ha I'll even bunk off work
I could not look away. WOW. All the work you have already put into the place and now this amazing job you've all done in making an amazing looking arcade! I grew up in a few arcades to the point where the owners were good friends of my parents. I got to play basically everything that came through the "Wizards Arcade" in California just down the street from Disneyland (my old stomping grounds). I saw so many amazing cabs I have played in my life in your arcade and a few I always wished I could have tried. Living in Nevada makes it difficult to visit but man, if I lived nearby I wouldn't just visit, I would hike up the sleeves, toss on some gloves and help out! LOVE IT
My "Cave" is half dozen cabs and assorted pinball and table units. W/ marquees on, I've found floor lighting is all I need. (Not a public space) I've installed repurposed cinema floor runner lights and they are more than sufficient with marquees lighted.
You have really landed on your feet with this venue and landlord. It's great to see.
Big kudos to the wonderful people lending their machines.
Need a love button for this channel; brilliant work 😍
Awesome work. And another quality channel added my list.
I don't know when but I will certainly come to visit both some day.
It’s looking better & better each time. Can’t wait to visit 👍
Great to see so much progress. Conversions/kits are an interesting part of arcade history. One of my favourite games, Super Bike, was only ever sold as a conversion kit for Donkey Kong cabinets.
Great Arcade Archive! This really reminds me of the 80's when i played the in the arcades. My dream place was covered with smoke, Neon Lights, Red-LED Clocks, matrix scroll displays. Empty beer bottles and soda cans were spread all over the place. There were movie-posters from the 80's Action Stars. And of course the noise level of the people and the machines. Amazing work and congrats to you all who made this miracle possible. This would be a good place for future world game tournaments :)
Man that looks good! RGB is cool if it changes imperceptivly slow. Don't forget some black lights. Maybe some 80's radio station recordings for some atmosphere maybe even radio adds, Like that something motors, nice people to do business with,lol. A wall hung pay phone, some posters. It's EPIC!
One minor nitpick: Galaxian isn't the first colour arcade game. Or the first with a colour screen. It isn't even the first one to use multicolour sprites.
Sure, before Galaxian, they mostly stuck colour overlays on top of B&W screens, but there were colour, sometimes even full colour games made before Galaxians. Like Model Racing's Super Road Champions (1978) which even uses multicolour sprites just like Galaxian, or if you go back even further, in 1974 there was Nutting Associates' Wimbledon.
I just don't understand why there wasn't a limited edition Color Tank (Kee Games 1974). The machine has (pretty much) all the hardware to pull it off, I modded one!
I’ve just looked up model racing super road champions and I’ve never heard of that game before looks very cool.
I’m sure in this period there are many games that were made from less unknown company’s that were firsts.
But most of them didn’t even get past the prototype stage or just didn’t sell well at all.
Having researched this game I can’t see any one on klov owning one or any documentation on Ukvac.
Very interesting to see a challenger to Namco Galaxian first colour game.
@@TheArcadeArchive The music video to Nazareth's Holiday has lots of footage from Super Road Champions. That came in handy trying to fix ours (at the Flipper and Arcade Museum Seligenstadt Germany). I was ripping my hair out trying to get the VCO for the pseudo 3D car sprites to work. The cars should become larger as they move down the road. They do on the predecessor! Turns out, it was broken by design. Nazareth's machine does the same thing.
(the VCO actually works fine, it's just adjusted that you barely even see its effect)
I'm not sure if this would be cost efficient but I have seen digital frames you can use which would project messages on cheap LCD mini screens.
It would allow for scrolling text, no limitation on the amount of information and give off that retro vibe.
If they are cheap then I think it might work wonders when the arcade is in the dark.
With that door you need the infamous talking horse Mr Ed!
Those machines are in really nice shape. I also have a Defender, Gun Fight, and Space Invaders among others, but mine all have a bit of 'arcade patina'
What a lovely chap Alex is!
Some really rare games there, you don't see them in arcade clubs. You need some popular ones like track and field, Phoenix and Gorf now 😁
I would LOVE a Track and Field especially
Upvote for Phoenix. Gorf was so difficult for me, but i would also love to play it as an adult to see if I play it better than as a kid. I, Robot is another kettle of fish and quite a rare machine too.
Amazing effort not only getting those cabs in a room for all to enjoy but also saving the room itself. The rooms alone are a trash to treasure! Fantatsic!
Nice job guys. When you mentioned having a music setup it reminded me of a CRT and VCR music video machine our local arcade had. I remember seeing ( Prince ) purple rain and ( Alice Cooper's ) Poison playing with the grainy picture quality overly used VHS tapes produced 😀
Brilliant! The resin floor looks spectacular for being only the 1mm. You've worked your (_!_) off and we hope you feel appreciated for your efforts, because you certainly are. I immediately subscribed to the gentleman's channel when you recommended it. All good wishes!
I would go easy on any music - if done right you should get that proper arcade cacaphony that fills the air and draws you inside without the need for anything else. What you might want to do is have some kind of random distant sound effects from other non-present games and from fairground rides like tea-cups and rollercoasters and haunted house and announcers calling you out to enter this or that wonder of the world you should pay to come inside and see. Though I do worry about the acoustics of the rooms; it might give you a bit of work to get it under control.
Looking forward to visiting. Maybe a jukebox to sort out the tunes, just like the arcade/cafe I used to visit back in the 80s.
Used to love that Submarine arcade game
What a fascinating story and the arcade looks fabulous! There was a little second hand bookshop in my town and he used to listen to the radio... but told the licencing man that he turned it off whenever a customer came in.
Fond memories of Sea Wolf from Barry Island. I think it was very cheap to play as well!
Tony Temple's book on Missile Command is a wonderful read.
Recreate SMIFFY'S KAFF, RMC!
I want to visit some day, it just keeps getting more epic.
Fantastic episode - I have all the cabinet games (including Sea Wolf) shown on my AtGames Legends Ultimate stand up machine! including spinners for tempest and track ball for centipede and missile command.
Looking forward to bashing some game buttons on those bad boys!
Your collection is awesome! I love the ones from the golden age. Joust, Pacman, Defender, Q*bert, Bump N Jump, Battle Zone, etc. All good wishes.
Up the ladder in a river that’s commitment. Hope to visit looks awesome.
Thanks Michael, we’ll make sure the ladder is in place for you to try 😀
My dear
grandmother worked in an RUC police station in the early 80s in Northern Ireland. They had a Scramble arcade machine which I remember most and playing it when I visited her at work, plus a pool table to use when the policemen and women were not on duty. I have something slightly in common with Neil and the Cave it seems lol.
Has anyone here ever been to ARCADE CLUB in Bury UK, I suggest you take a trip :)
Yeah, went there a few years back. Incredible (and massive) place!
For the signs you could try using acrylyc that's been engraved with leds in the base. Should light up the text quite nicely :)
The signs you could probably get away with white text (or a florescent), and transparent plastic. Then have a small black light to get it to luminate.
Double Dragon! I played that a lot 9n arcade. Actually the first game I bought for my ST.
Taken me 30 years to find the name of the game (Silkworm) that I remember once playing on a friends Amiga from start to finish (with an infinite health cheat). All based off the Arcades marquee. Cheers!
Arcades really come along good.
I think I have played every single one of those! I probably put $100 into Sea Wolf alone.
I hope to visit the cave museum and arcade one day! Been following your channel for a long time. I had a great post-covid time. Been to a local retro arcade hall and a vintage computer museum here in the belgium/netherlands area. Fun times!
For the music you should have a look at PRS who deal with the distribution of music and where it can be played.
9am, what are you guys wimps, I'd be there all night long if you had the Atari cabinet for "Hard Drivin"!! oh yeah and all day!! lol. probably helped me more than you would know on getting my driving licence 30 years ago, but came at the cost of a pretty penny at 2 games for a pound on the upright, and the cockpit was £1 a game from what I remember.
Glad you did the lighting correctly, too many arcades have bad lighting that ruins the experience. Looks great
If I come and do not see two middle-aged men dressed up in a panto horse I will be looking for a refund
Congratulations! Or maybe KONGratulations! You both do incredible job!
I half expected to hear "It's good night from me" followed by "and it's good night from him". :) That submarine arcade games reminds me of one I used to play many years ago. The Gun Fight game also seems familiar. I'd love to see the shooting gallery game I also used to play in the 70's that had the rifle and the B&W graphics. I just don't remember what it was called.
For the information notes you can go with transparent plates, glass perhaps and black letters (two layers of glass, letters inside). Then you can put some light from behind and information will perfectly readable still keeping the mood.
Masking film and renting an airless spray gun with a wand extension would have seen you get 3 coats of paint on those walls in a day while covering in the uneven brick surface effortlessly 👍
Given the proximity to RMC, Alex should consider calling it the ArCave
"Good game, Good Game.... Anthea, what are the scores on the door?". Looking great. Looking forward to visiting
Looking great.
According to Big Clive, you can find some neon replacement LED lights that would be more economical and which probably look good enough, without the high consumption of power that neon lights are infamous for.
How about a QR code that takes you to a webpage for the signage ? People could then review the content at will and you won't have to worry about angles, lighting and readability. Nice work thought!
I've honestly thought about opening a sandwich shop there, but I'm just not ready yet..
If you’re local we’re happy to chat!
I think a number of holiday camps around the UK may still have some of the older cabinets ( see also 8 bit guy;s brothers channel for making new cabinets etc for new games and so on )
Nice arcade.
Bludy ell mate, that looks decent!
Loving the wheelchair access!
17:13 TALKY DOOR!
Richard is a much better land lord compared to the last one the cave was in.
Talking horse? Mr Ed ?🙂
Amazing work and dedication
Good times with the guy's. 👍
Fantastic work!
Thanks Simon
To give it an authentic feel you need to chain smoke a load of cigs and chew gum, then squash the gum into the floor, dot the cig butts out on the machines and floor, oh! And spill some drinks while you’re at it😖
😝👍
Snack/Drink-Machines would be 80s too. (Don't forget Irn-Bru! 😉😁) But what would be even better, but unfortunately also takes up a lot of space: Air Hockey !
I did suggest converting GunFight into an air hockey table but for some reason Alex didn't like that idea :D
Air conditioning, no natural sunlight and loads of colourful lighting... sounds like arcade heaven tbh!