Hepburn Family Retro Arcade Gameroom 

Long live the 80's

Yep, it's still here, and even bigger, at 67 games now!!

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If you had this arcade, chances are the person delivering your pizza isn't leaving either. 😂

Same. Sadly I'm stuck emulating arcade games with a $40 arcade stick. But, it works. One day, maybe I'll at least save up enough to buy an emulator cabinet so at least the feel will be there.

You would have your own keg though!

@@TXFDA I got the atgames one and it’s great for the price.

Thanks for the nice words. That's what it's all about for me, going back in time 30 years to when I was a kid and times were simple, and for my children to experience that as well.

The game room garage and attic also serve as a storage place for our x-mas decorations

@@ouidahepburn6987 looks well nice I don't think you ever match collping ghost arcade but your set up looks good

I felt like I was dreaming.

Hi Victor, Yep nothing like the 80's and I don't think we'll ever see a decade like the 80's ever again in our time. The games, music, movies, TV shows, toys etc....

Exactly, the 80's were cool, lots of cool things were introduced to the public back then, awesome music, great tv shows and unforgettable movies, yes you are completely right, the 80's were awesome!.

This is my idea of heaven, when you die, you go back to when you were happy, and this is what I hope to happen when I perish.

The game room is still here. Added many more games to it since we made this video years ago. The 'snack room' , lol, has been expanded and is where I do PCB repair for other classic video game collectors.

Thanks Chris for the nice comments. My goal when we built this game room was two things:1) keep things simple and 2) Don't overcrowd the game room. I can't stand game rooms with walls covered in posters/beer neon signs/ memorabilia, as it takes away from the game room "feel". Now since this video, we have put blacklight reactive planets and stars on the ceiling, but it only goes with the space "vibe" we tried to create.

just imagine 80s music playing while your eating a snack sitting on a couch playing classic video games

That's how I live. The only thing is, I want to live with the arcade version of my game favorites and pinballs. Speaking of 80s, I'm watching Knight Rider now.

pinballs have always been my favorite

all you need is mame ui

That blew my heart.

That bosconian arcade is awesome! It's my new favourite. I've been playing it constantly on the new galaga partycade.

My daughter's friends have come over and they just don't 'get' these older classic games. All they like is Minecraft, Sims, and newer games. It's the difference between the generations I guess!!

I remember being in the arcades on the east coast of England in the late 80s. 10p a play for rampage, golden axe, and double dragon. I think after burner was the first 50p game I ever played.

@@TheRetroManRandySavage Yeah I remember when it went from 10p to 20p and its never stopped. After Burner is awesome.

Great film! One of my favourites. And yeah, I'd have headed straight to our old mall arcade n food court. Glorious.

My wife does enjoy playing the Quantum game, and my son is actually getting pretty good at Stargate. My oldest daughter can put up 300K on Crystal Castles.

Thanks for the kind words Andy!!

Thanks for the nice comment. The game room is almost years old, and it still sees regular play from the family at least 3-4 times a week.

you canadians complain a lot.

Thank you!!

Thanks!! Sometime we put on old 80's movies to make it feel more like that era!!

That drove me nuts. I hate that song. Love his arcade though. Mad jealousy.

Trust me, your collection will grow!!! I started with one game 23 years ago, and within 8 years I had over 200 full size arcade games, but down to 54 now. It's like Lay's potato chips - you can't have just one!!!

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, as someone who was 10 years old when these games were reaching mainstream popularity, I wanted to create the atmosphere of an early 80's arcade. This included keeping the later 80's and 90's games out of the main game area, and also not plastering the walls with posters and stuff like that. Wanted to have a simple and clean game room. Also wanted to maintain some openness to the room, so we avoided cramming as many games as we could into the area, which meant selling/giving away several games when we moved the games into the room.

Thanks for the kind words!! I see that your user name is named after the title character from Crystal castles, which ironically is the first game I bought in 1991, one year out of high school. That was the game that got me started in this madness!! I post updates to the game room at our blog: www.starbasealphaarcade.blogspot.com

Yes, that has been my handle for over 30 years, although technically I spell it without the last 'e'.

You missed the golden years of arcades. You would have loved it.

I fell in love with these games in 1981 when I was 9 years old, and I never grew out of the love for those games!!!

Thanks Jeremy!! It started with one machine in 1991, and has turned into what it is now. I do have the Mame cabinet in the game room, and it is a lot of fun to play the newer games on it.

Thanks for watching!!

@@ouidahepburn6987 do you still have this

Thank you very much. Could you recommend some other cool arcade videos on your arcades playlist??

Ouida Hepburn Absolutely. There are plenty for sure. I'm kind of picky, so if a video is on the list - it's a decent home arcade. Check them out from the top; some of the best are near the top of the list!

Thanks for the nice comment. Its hard for me to believe that the game room is almost 6 years old now. need to do a follow up video sometime, as there's 61 games including 4 pins in there now.

@@ouidahepburn6987 You have done an excellent job, man. Keep it up.

MediCali951 Thanks man!! It's been many years in the making!!

Hey Chris, yes that was you who cleared out the rest of the storage unit. I just couldn't see everything left be hauled to the landfill. So glad you were able to take the stuff and hopefully keep the parts in the hands of fellow collectors. There were a few parts that later on I regretted giving away (like the Aztarac monitor, but I didn't know what game that monitor went to, lol), but in the end everyone was happy. And, by the way, the Alpine Ski that you guys couldn't fit on the truck, is now in the game room working perfectly. If ever you're in the N.O. area again, give me a call and we can play some classics!!!

Ouida Hepburn Thought that was you sir! Well, everything went to a good home! Only thing I wish I could have kept was the Star Trek Cockpit...had to sell it to clear space myself, but it went to a good collector. Found homes for every board, even though some went to chip salvage so that other boards can live. That Centuri Route 16 even got shipped all the way to New Hampshire!! By the time I found homes, and cleared all of my previous warehouse grab, I am now down to 7 machines. A Roadblasters cockpit, a qbert, a Jr.Pac thats going back to a Mappy, a couple of Japanese candy cabs, an old Blockbuster Blockparty 4 player cab, and a cabinet for multi gun shooters. It was a long haul, and I am definitely glad to be down to just a personal collection. :D Eventually I will add a pinball or two, and it will be complete. Best of luck with your continued projects, and well wishes to you and your whole family!! Will definitely give you a buzz if I head back down there!!!

The carpet was actually my wife's idea, lol. I was going to go with straight black carpet, but she said to do it right, so I went with the black light carpet.

Thanks so much for the kind words, and from a fellow Hepburn nonetheless!!!!