AMAZING 80'S ARCADE COLLECTION - PINBALL & VIDEO GAMES- DOUG'S ARCADE

[pbloo574]

This can't be yours. If it is oh my I'm jealous

[MrFuzzycrackboy]

incredible



[uzi9millimetuh]

A truly beautiful and breathtaking collection. I love the lighting too. If only the walls were black I'd think I stepped back in time to the arcade I used to frequent when I was 10 years old.

[mrceebees14]

Reminds me of "Time Out" at the old Roosevelt Field mall in New York where I spent tons of quarters on things like Bezerk, Star Wars and Dig Dug to name a few.

Good memories.

[ORENGEcarot]

This is amazing !!!!!!!!!

[ewupawly]

it looks like he shot it with an 80s camcorder too! awesome

[ewupawly]

lol i love the ambience

[TheOmi3333]

If i had that room id add outrun and ghosts and goblins, there soundtracks are unforgetable.

[TheOmi3333]

where's Galaxian?

[727PENGO]

@TheOmi3333 - If you though Galaxian was in the room then my sound system is working great to give the Illusion. Galaxian is just a recording. My game room has two sound systems with recorded sounds from the actual games. I recorded sounds from a few hundred games. One sound system is for video games sounds and the other system for pinball. I wanted to re-create the sounds of a busy arcade from back in the day. So when you walk in my game room it sounds like an arcade.

[TheOmi3333]

@727PENGO yea nice retro atmosphere you created there for sure really nice memories such a shame the classic arcade died out, as a child on family holidays i was the weird 1 in dark and dingy arcades as the rest of the family was on the beach in the sunshine lol. Hope 1 day i can create a similar room :D

[caincan111]

good variety of decades !

[25143J]

what is the song in the begining?



[727PENGO]

@25143J - The song at the begining of the video is something I made myself.

[stwicks77]

Did you add sounds? You can clearly hear a Simpsons pinball and Track and Field. But I did not see those games.

[727PENGO]

@stwicks77 - The game room has two sound systems to give the illusion that you walked into an real arcade. I recorded sounds from over a few hundred pinball and video games.

[NemeanLion]

I hope you have a good sump pump for that basement.

Ever think of resoring old games for people with large bank accounts? Could be a lucrative business.

[727PENGO]

@NemeanLion -The game room is not in a basement. I had my own business to restore games for over 10 years. I have no more interest since it's hard to make a living in this business and I do not believe in these crazy high prices that people pay and sell today.

[Daehawk]

In 1980 I was 11 years old. I started before then. I lived in the arcades till I around 1994 when most around here were gone or going away. The 80's were the best arcade days. I remember most of them.

[iamdrumgod]

TEMPEST RULZ

[winstong2000]

This might be the #1 home arcade out there.

[PyschoticXTrainwreck]

Awesome collection man.

[WilliamLonghini]

I envy your collection. i grew up in the 80's and would love to take in all the sounds of the games chirping at once. great work.

[oldgamesback]

awesome man! keep going!!!

[Transam4000]

Thats awesome.............very nice!!!!! Wish that I knew how to restore the arcade games

[vcoleiro1]

Awesome collection, cant imagine what your power bill would be.

[Maestrp37388]

I could practically h4ear the jukebox playing Night Ranger songs and smell the pizza and nachos served at the snack bar! Great job, a real walk down memory lane!

[FloMonKish]

this is so cool

[juxtapose519]

When I win the lottery, this is what's happening to my basement.

[christopherlapointe]

Amazing, good for you! On average, how much did each arcade unit cost at auction, for example working ones vs non working ones? I've always wanted a collection like that, maybe it's time to start before it's too late!

[thunderscratch66]

at 2:09 i could hear spyhunter a mile away :DDD

[mileymmmm]

this is my uncle me and m siblings love coming here he jokes that we have to pay for the tokens.

[aandc2005]

holy shit thats totally f'ing amazing collection!!!!

[SCIONIZER]

Nice Arcade and a Great Video too.. Keep it up.

[barakawins1]

Hi,

I'm looking for a house right now. What is dimension of this room? It's perfect for what I need it for.

[DobbyJunior]

I also remember playing two of those you have. Donkey Kong of course and Donkey Kong Jr. Oh the memories! lol! :D

[DobbyJunior]

Great collection! I was looking to see if you had a game I remember from when I was kid. I think it was the arcade version of Pit Fall. It had much better graphics than the Atari version of gators trying to swallow a Indiana Jones type character swinging on the vine. I haven't seen that arcade game since. :(

[727PENGO]

@DobbyJunior The game you are thinking of is June Hunt which had a Safari character. Jungle King was the orginal version of Jungle Hunt but had a Tarzan charcter instead. I play this game all the time on Mame. If I more room in my game room Jungle King would be one to add.

[DobbyJunior]

@727PENGO Thank you so much for your reply! I always thought that it wasn't really Pit Fall but every time I'd explain it to someone, that's what they thought I was talking about! It looked like so much fun from what I remember. I was only five or six years old back then but it's one I've always remembered because of how awesome it looked to little kid me. lol!

[machineman5]

Well after hours of searching and no luck hope you can help me out with a game i use to play as a kid,can not think of it's name for the life of me....You started of with one small fighting ship,then had to dock on to a bigger ship that gave you 3 guns then after another level you landed on a bigger ship giving you 5 guns to fire.if you completed all the levels it went back to the beginning..would be thankful of any help with the name..Thanks.

[727PENGO]

@machineman5 This sounds like Moon Cresta. My other choice would be Space Fury. You can find both of these games on you tube. Let me know if it is any of these or not.

[jtsaward]

@machineman5

Hi.. It sounds a lot like an old favourite of mine 'Moon Cresta'

[orbit991]

@machineman5 I think you are looking for a game called Eagle.

[ac30165]

Looks like an episode of Starcade! lol

[ps3master72]

you must be loaded!

[simopjp]

That is world best home arcade room ever!!!

[MrPapabush]

Nice

[82memo82]

Great arcade collection

[nintendoneil]

I will use your video as a personal time machine to take me back to the early 80's....thank you!

[greggirons67]

Fantastic Collection and Well Presented !

Thanks for the Trip ...

[ProductionZone1]

do you have polybius?

[phatbastard0alkaline]

i wanna make something with like this, but with like, almost only fighting games, HEAVEN!

[lapatoa]

woah!! INSANE games room...nice job mate:D

[lWargasml]

A W S O M E !!!!! O_O

[PyschoticXTrainwreck]

I wish the old games could come back again, reminds me of growing up.

[Damon0306]

Fantastic!!! I don't collect machines but spent many, MANY hours in those arcades growing up, in the awesome 80's, your collection and video is just so awesome, I loved watching it..

I am 35 years old, and I remember the games like yesterday, love the spy-hunter!!!

Would love to see a crystal castle that game with the ball and bear on the cubes, but would really love to see a BOMBJACK, that was another great 1, your collection looks amazing!, thanks so much for sharing....

[EmeraldDemon1]

I love the 80s, what do think of Michael McDonald's 'Ya Mo Be There'? I love it.

[MarkFaust]

Wow, just wow, I have watched this so many times and it hurts that I am not there; All the sounds of the true classics make me feel young again. I can only hope to ever acheive such a collection. 10 ouy of 10 for sure.

[locatorknowsbest]

Crazy climber,Where can I find one of those?

nice job on the room.

[TIGERSDFW]

awesome, what do you think of the mid-late 80's games such as punch-out, paperboy, 720 degrees exc..??

[fullcontrol1000]

I just need to lose 25 years, 4 stone and start smoking again and i could recapture my youth in your arcade room, great setup.

[bluekahuna808]

That is so friggin sweet!

[robertadiskin]

So, that's what my heaven looks like!! :)

[emachines007]

dude, can move in with you

[Diskoboy1974]

One thing I loved about going to an arcade in the 80's - you could always tell what games it had before you walked in the door, just by listening.

The game noises back then were so distinct. And you could usually hear them from hundreds of yards away! :-)

[peckiledorf]

dude can i come over!

[sentinelcl]

Very nice collection, tons of classic machines! I'm planning on opening a small arcade and cafe in my town in a few years (buying all the equipment now) but this goes waaay beyond anything I can do.

[AntichristDemoncore]

the sounds coming from the room are pure heaven

[ClassicGamer88]

you must have a very understanding wife

[skullsrlove]

@ClassicGamer88 I dunno, I'm female and think this is pretty awesome :P love all those old arcade sounds

[ioport]

@ClassicGamer88 As long as he's paying the bills I don't think she's going to give him much grief. Or maybe she's into old games just as much. How awesome would that be.

[ACletthereberockDC]

Wow that's pretty sick! Impressive collection.

[ArcadeGames]

Very nice!

[barakawins1]

Hi,

What is the square footage of your game room? I'm looking for a new home and need to get some serious room.

[djklink20009]

Mark from classic game room needs go here :)

[KorbinKnight]

This is the most impressive arcade collection I have seen in a long time. Being an old arcade business owner I must say "don't change a thing". Its nice to see a lot of these classics are safe. I have 15 cabs, pinball, jukebox, and dartboard myself and while I get a ton of compliments when people stop by, I got nothing on your setup. Be proud of what you have there. I envy few people, but you made my list. ;)

[funtyrone]

damn, this arcade is like a classic arcade, and the pinball hall of fame in vegas combined! you rock! where do you live? i'd love to come and play! only i have the money!

[funtyrone]

all you need now, are a few kiddie rides, and you've got it made!

[TheBlackStatic]

How did you get all the machines? :D

[aandc2005]

Danm is that a great collection!!! Tempest was my favorite video game and T2 or GnR for the pins!

[MisterMielke]

PENGO!! My all time fav!!!!

[newkillergenius]

You must not have a 'day' job.

[amberbamber69]

I would trade some of those out for Tail Gunner, Tutankham and a western quick draw game that I have not seen in 30 years. It was a movie screen you stood in front of and when the actor had a gleam in his eye you both drew and fired. Can you find these games? I've looked and never seen them :( Are you near Chicago or in the U.S.?

[peacebuntou]

I like heaps. Takes me back to my youth when i cut class to go play at the arcade

[1989gamemaster]

At 8:11 OMG! It's the ghost playing Race Drivin', cause the wheel moves.

[polariscat]

Great room.

Posting videos like this is just mean :)

I only have one cab thats supposed to run an xxxx-in-1. But it's not working yet

[kryptotron]

heaven!!!!!!!

[505mcasias]

Love it, but there isn't anything wrong with 90's arcade games.

[KARTE6tsundere5MAY]

一度でも良いからこういう雰囲気の店に行ってみたいな。

素晴らしい！

ベクタスキャンゲームも最高です。

[ineedmoney231]

dam how much do u think that all cost?

[braincrisp1]

Wow, unbelievable. You got any Section Z or Zaxxon in there???

[Ritchstorm]

Oh yeah you need marble madness I just thought I would add ;)

[Ritchstorm]

When you go into that last room I saw the space ace and dragon's lair posters and I thought I bet he wont have those but apparently I was wrong. Awesome!

[TheNews1990]

awesome place

[HarakiriGTR]

Your power company should nominate you consumer of the month!

[lukemorse1]

HOLY......Drool everywhere. That is by far the most impressive home arcade I have EVER seen, I am seriously impressed and blown away.

[TheNews1990]

@lukemorse1 me too

[jedistormtroop]

hey mate do you have a galaga machine

[newkillergenius]

subbed, nice job man! Keep up with it all now! That's the hard part!

[xxliljpxx]

most true to life looking arcade romo ive ever seen

[killertoaster100]

holy shit thats thats the coolist shit i soll in my life i wood go blind in that room

[1989gamemaster]

Awesome arcade room you owned at home. It feels like you're in a hotel by finding the arcade room closer to the indoor swimming pool. Like and favorite it! (^_^)b

[SoldatCrinale]

I wonder how much in total everything was. This is a magnificent arcade room and this is a dream of mine i want to attain in the foreseable future. Does it cost a ton to be running all the machines all at once?

[metallimaniac]

if only arcades were still like this...

[10Gr1fterbang]

i'd do this too if i had the cash

[accountabilabuddy1]

You've got a great collection there--some of my favorites. I loved Sea Wolf, Tron, Robotron, Spy Hunter. Watching your video was like watching that episode "Kick the Can" in the original Twilight Zone. Holy Crap! I want to come over and play Dragon's Lair. Awesome job!!

[corey240]

No WAY is that in your home, you are king!! I love that "arcade sound"!

[s0undch4s3r]

The sound of your Arcade room is music to my ears. Absolutely stunning. I like the posters and lights on the walls too. Adds a great atmosphere.

Your Token Machine made me chuckle....it completes the Arcade experience in your house.

The Electric Bill is worth every penny.

[sanitarium09]

All it needs is a Twilight Zone pin.  Awesome though!

[Duane237]

hows that electricity bill

[freezepop32]

great set up, i just started collecting arcade games recently. Junk yard pinball, street fighter 3 and Marvel super heroes is what i have im always looking for more but as always cost can be an issue. did it cost much to rebuild the machines???

[bloodernax]

its so hard to find the arcades

[tigheklory]

Omm Nom! I could eat that whole room!

[MarkFaust]

I'm impressed with what you have. I'm jealous. I'd love to have that set up.

[wakkyvideogroup]

Woah that's epic.

[garrethking99]

EPIC

[jmur001]

A Zoltar machine would make this killer!

[murderdoll9191]

This is incredibly awesome.

[BitchFunky317]

Just simply amazing, brother. From a child of the 80's who spent countless hours in places like this, I thank you for keeping these classics alive!!!

[subron6er]

good golly man, that is really some collection,  I have been at it about 20 years off and on but nothing like this,,, cool Jeff "Steeljaws game room"

[claudis192]

When can i come over :P

[Flex4004]

Oh how I envy you. When I saw that you had Robotron 20814, Defender and Donkey Kong, I thought I went to heaven.

[rabidowski]

PENGO dude: Did you have to run new electrical and add breakers to be able to have all machines running at once? What kind of changes are required? (I only own 10 machines)

[727PENGO]

@rabidowski

The first thing I did was to find out the total of number of amps I needed. Video runs around 3 amps and pinball at 5 amps. I am using 20 amp breakers.  So there is about 6 video games per breaker and 3 or 4 pinball per breaker. I did upgrade my electric box to add five 20 amp breakers plus other breakers for the lighting. This one room handles more amps than the whole house. I've never had a breaker blow yet of any overload.

[rabidowski]

@pickmylocks I'm in this hobby too and I hear your kind of comment a lot. Let me ask you: If you owned a few cars, because you liked fixing and restoring classic cars, would it make sense for people to tell you "Hey, you should be using them as taxi cabs and make your money back." ??

[727PENGO]

@rabidowski

You could not say it any better.

Pengo

[pensfann]

Unreal!!! Ive been collecting home consoles and have all ecept the 64dd. now I may have to start collecting the original versions like you did. Very humbling and impressive!!!! collection you have.! thanks for sharing!!

[MaxXevious]

wow.. a dedicated Major Havoc. I Have never seen one, only the converted Tempest cabinets.

[flipsiderunner]

Are these your dream games that took you 19 years to get, or are they just a compilation of games you acquired over 19 years. I think you have some odd omissions, considering the time frame there, like Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Joust, Mario Bros, Food Fight, Crossbow, Xevious, Burgertime, Asteroids, etc. Are you still looking to expand?

[Stevanhale]

I turned a deep shade of envy green while watching this. Also may have peed a little with excitement at having seen all my favorite games from my childhood being cherished and taken care of, and displayed in the way they were intended. Thank you.

[Gwantanos]

how much a month does that cost to run? hope you have solar panels...

[freakyfornash]

Wow, this is just simply awesome, and this brings me back to the good days of arcades, before they sadly pretty much died down many years ago. I sort of have my own arcade too, though I only have two machines, but have 95 games in total. It's just a shame that arcades will never be as popular, or good as they once were, and that collecting retro games is pretty much the only way to go in order to bring back the days when arcades ruled.

[MENDEZ1628]

Oh my GOD! You've just transported me back to my 80's childhood, when arcades were KING! From Spy Hunter to Tron, your recreation is so reminiscent of these great times. I can almost smell the cigarettes and taste the pizza. Honestly, you've done yourself proud here, FANTASTIC JOB mate!

[Spinal1978]

I wish i had some money so I could get a nice room like that and relive my glory days ^^ thumbs up for you.

[baarbear]

Watching that video made me drool! ;-D Tell me, now hard is itto maintain the Space Ace and Dragon's Lair games? I recall that laserdisc games such as those were tempramental even back in the day.

[727PENGO]

Back in 80's the orginal Pioneer PR-7820 laser player was the problem. Later the Pioneer LD-1000 player was used to solve most break down problems. I havent had much problems with the laser disk machines. The Space Ace is still running the Pioneer LD-V1000 laser player. The Dragons Lair had a broken Pioneer PR-7820 laser player when I bought it. I updated the machine to use a Sony laser player from the 90's. This made the game track very fast and play better than ever.

[xtianvideo]

AWESOOOOMEEEEE!!!!!!!

[MrDebauch]

no neo geo? haha.... what a basement! when are you opening up for business?

[twister332]

On the puck bowling machine can you make a video of it working and someone playing it?

[bigdaddykool1]

Awesome collection.. you have my dream basement.. thanks for posting

[cyb3rphr33k]

electricity bills must be a pain....

im just WOW! nice going back home after a loooooong day at work :)

GREAT WORK!

[oldschoolhunter]

i miss my aladdins castle at the mall in early 80's,that had most of these.

[updj1]

WOW! There is a heaven! And it has a Hyperball, too! Great job!

[carmine200]

WHAT?!?!? No Space Harrier??????

[moonboots69]

awesome collection ..!

for me though, there's one ESSENTIAL machine missing...

Kung Fu Master.

[jboypacman]

Just amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[nibelung34343]

can i come live with you

[raiders1205]

That was absolutely amazing. I feel like I have died and gone back to a real 80's arcade.

[Bluevegas]

Great collection!! If I had the room I would add a few arcades to my game room. Mine is more of a pub feel though. Love the pins you have!

[NYBredBamaFed]

Now THAT is what I call an impressive home gameroom! You obviously put a lot of time and effort into this. Well done!

[Jimjaycee]

Doug you have a most Excellent Arcade! It is great seeing so many XY games up and running. I enjoyed seeing the Major Havoc with the correct controller. Mine uses the tempest style spinner. It was also nice seeing the older laser games up and running. You made a great representation of a 1980's arcade. The token machine on the wall is a hoot too! Take care.

[727PENGO]

I added an attached enclosed patio room, it's not a garage. I used to be in the game business for 15 years on the side so I am no longer interested in the business. I used to buy and sale games, make house call repairs and place games in bars and pizza places. Some of my collection games came from my locations. I worked a full time job for a company during the week. After work, or on weekends I operated my self employed businesses. I worked my laundry mat, games, and main job at once.

[BrianPicchi]

How much you want for the Defender cab!  You must be rich to have all those games

[727PENGO]

Sorry no games for sale. I work three jobs at the same time for 15 years to save the money. It took 19 years to collect this collection. I had collected most the games years before I even owned a home. Plus, I paid less than half the cost of each game. I bought most of them from auctions and alot of them didn't work. I fix my own games so I saved tons of money. If I had to buy this collection today there would be no way for me to afford these games since the prices today have gone up.

[lukem23]

how much has your electric bill gone up since you have had the arcades?

[727PENGO]

I havent seen a change in my electric bill since when I play I only play one game at a time. I only turn them all on when I have alot of people over which is not to often. I'am sure my electric bill would be high if all were on every day.

[lukem23]

do you have to turn them all on 1 by 1? or do you have them all hooked to a wall switch?

[727PENGO]

I did not want a wall switch because when I'am the only one playing I just play one game at a time. This was a problem for the video games since the power switch is usually in the back the game. I had to remount the switch inside the game near the coin box or test switch. I did not to drill any holes in the front of the cabinet. Bad part is I have to open the coin door to turn on the game.

[zerojayzero]

I can hear Elevator Action in the video but I didn't see it anywhere...?

[727PENGO]

You hear the magic I recreated using two sound systems and two Ipods. One for pinball sounds and the other for video game sounds. I recorded sounds from the real arcade games using mame and pin mame. I seperated the sounds to play certain games in the left speaker and certain games in the right speaker. Then I mixed the sounds together so you can hear two to five games playing in the left speaker and others in the right speaker. The speakers are hiding in the video game and pinball rows.

[TheMastaGlazy]

Awesome! but i think you have one of the highest power bills available xD

[tomdotcom88]

nice nice and omg so NICE

[tom611]

The little off-shoot arcade room is a decent home arcade in itself, the main room is just insane!

[vidiot67]

unreal! i come across this video every once in a while and it allways blows my mind.

can't believe you have a change machine and that many pinball machine's.  if only you had more games from the 90's this would be my favorite room everrrrrrrrr

[italiandoh]

Great !!!!

Impressive gameroom.

[flyswatter1976]

Oh snap,

The holy grail of arcades. You did a bang up job and I applaud you! This truly brings back the nostalgia of a time and place long gone. So "Aladdins Castle" circa 83.

I'm speechless...utterly speechless.

[yoyoyoyoy8]

best home arcade i have ever seen

[unsortedmana]

That is so nice! I would drop many quarters in your home arcade just to try and re-capture that ol magic feeling us original retro gamers got back then. When the man with the hi score was king! It really was a magic time that no one can understand who was not there.

Seeing your room brings a tear to my eye. Its a shame this era died so utterly and completely. I would love to bring back the retro arcade! I think some peeps would come back. Consoles just don't capture the excitement we had...

[MrHitchcockFan]

Awesome!

[pumpindagoods]

you have one of the most impressive home arcade rooms i have ever seen, actually it's probably the best. I spent a lot of quaters on some of those games back in the day lol.5/5