Game Time!!

For the entertainment portion of the basement not only is there a touchscreen game for the bar, I also have these two arcade games! As noted before the Hat Trick machine is from my high school days. It is already in working order, however I did create new control panel graphics for it just because it makes it look a little nicer and I have those kinds of skills.

Next to it will be sitting my brand new MAME cabinet. It will play most of the classic games you know and love. And by most I mean jam packed with 260 games from Donkey Kong and Tempest to Mortal Kombat and Dragon's Lair. I was lucky enough to get a second Hat Trick cabinet (minus monitor and any electronics) that I was able to convert to a MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). I had to design the control panel layout to fit in the tight space, but also had to include all the controls needed: 2 joysticks with 6 buttons each, a spinner (tempest) and a trackball in the center (centipede, golden tee). It ended up fitting pretty well, and I made the awesome graphics for it to fit the hockey theme. All that's left is to put the computer inside and wire the panel to it. Then it's game on, bitches!!

Resurrecting the Old Barn

I have received and added my stadium seat feet (yep, that's what they are called) to my seats form the old Arena. I took off the actual seat part because they are the only metal part and were a bit rusty, so I am doing a light "refinishing" on them. Once dry I can reattach them using the new bolts I had to buy. The old bolts were so rusted I had to cut them off. Look for old rusty barn seat bolts on craigslist soon.

How long does it take to build a bar???

It's getting there, so calm your drunk ass down! All the final wood is bought (red oak) and some of it is up as of now. It's actually starting to look like something. FYI, all those papers on the top there are the blueprints for building it. How hard can a simple L shaped bar be? 44 pages hard.

Someone's been busy...

And that someone was the contractor I had help me on a few things. As you can see, the drop ceiling is in, and all of the carpentry work is done. There is drywall for a bathroom where the mud pit used to be, and I have already primered the wood and hockey board so they are ready to paint. Note the awesome accent lights shining on what will me my kick ass memorabilia collection.