The more photographs I see of the basement area - which is about as large as my 1st apartment - the more I appreciate it. Excellent setup you've got going there. It is more a subterranean-ultra-tech-superden/gym/office than a basement in my view ;-). Your gym is ready to go at all times without stuff cluttering it. Threshold for usage is super-low as your two daughters can be kept busy whilst you guys are working out. The need to keep an eye on younger kids is also something that can get in the way of a good work-out.
Again, love your arcade cabinet. It is as good as a cab can get in my opinion. For me a standard arcade cab is far too low - even with a chair or stool in front of it I my vision always seems to be blocked by the top part of the cab above the screen. I am looking into creating one - actually making the cabinet myself and such - but the parts are a little tough to come by here in the Netherlands.
With older Mame operating computers - Pentium III/IV - it is wise to stick to the earlier Mame versions like below .117 or so. The higher you go the more cycle exact the experience becomes but the more raw computing power is needed to get it running at 100%. Core2Duo or similar AMD cpu's above 2.0Ghz are needed to have the latest versions run 100%.
The more photographs I see of the basement area - which is about as large as my 1st apartment - the more I appreciate it. Excellent setup you've got going there. It is more a subterranean-ultra-tech-superden/gym/office than a basement in my view ;-). Your gym is ready to go at all times without stuff cluttering it. Threshold for usage is super-low as your two daughters can be kept busy whilst you guys are working out. The need to keep an eye on younger kids is also something that can get in the way of a good work-out.
Again, love your arcade cabinet. It is as good as a cab can get in my opinion. For me a standard arcade cab is far too low - even with a chair or stool in front of it I my vision always seems to be blocked by the top part of the cab above the screen. I am looking into creating one - actually making the cabinet myself and such - but the parts are a little tough to come by here in the Netherlands.
With older Mame operating computers - Pentium III/IV - it is wise to stick to the earlier Mame versions like below .117 or so. The higher you go the more cycle exact the experience becomes but the more raw computing power is needed to get it running at 100%. Core2Duo or similar AMD cpu's above 2.0Ghz are needed to have the latest versions run 100%.
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