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Soham sent me a message earlier this month that read “This, you’ve got to see.” When I took a look, I saw what he was talking about. See for yourself:

So I immediately wrote to Ken to learn more. More on Ken’s setup:

My name is Ken and I’ve been a video game addict since my dad introduced me to the cocktail table version of Pong back in the mid-70’s. Growing up in the 80’s, I think I spent more time in arcades than I did in school! Sad, but true. I’ve always wanted to have my own “arcade.” Finally, after 30 years, I have achieved my dream.

With my wife’s permission :0) I converted our single-car garage into our game room. I incorporated as many aspects of home entertainment as I could fit in; coin-op arcade units, pinball, console video games, PC/LAN gaming, and a home theater system which incorporates BeyondTV 3 (of course).

The game room was designed to blend the old 80’s arcade aesthetic with modern style and comfort. The entire room is painted in a deep midnight blue, reminiscent of Tron’s world. The room also features UV reactive carpet and hand-cut classic arcade graphics on the walls. From the beginning, I really wanted the Space Invaders, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaxian graphics to *pop* and appear to be floating in space under black light. On the other walls, I have framed arcade marquees for Spy Hunter, Joust, Stargate, Space Duel, Hydro Thunder and others.

The game room took almost three years to complete. We added an access door to the interior of the house; custom wiring for power, sound, cable TV, LAN and lighting. We also added sound deadening material to the garage door, attic insulation, and the unsightly A/C unit affectionately known as “R2-D2,” which is underneath the projection screen.

BTW, thanks for making such a great product, and without the monthly fees and locked content! My wife and I love it so much, I recently purchased BeyondTV 4 as I’m building another HTPC soon.

See the whole SnapStream Game Room set on flickr.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 at 10:19 am by Rakesh and is filed under Beyond TV, Digital Living Room. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.