Game room paintjob.

[Pyromaniac605]

I had this idea and im sure we've all thought about this and im sure some of us have done it. Anyway my idea was when i move before i move in to paint all the walls in my game room black and then make stencils and use fluroescent paint to paint sprites from games all over the walls and maybe put a blacklight or two in. So i was wondering what you think and if anyone has done this please post a picture id love to see how it looks.

 

-Darren-

[Pyromaniac605]

Also just realised im a Moonsweeper now and its only been a few months.

 

-Darren-

[VectorGamer]

I would say get a sample first and see how you like the black on the wall first.

[Rik]

Painting walls black is a very cool idea,adding black & white,black & red checkered floor tiles looks cool also.That's what i have in mind for a game room in the future for myself.The glow in the dark paint and the black lights is a must IMO.I like a hard core aggressive arcade look for gamerooms. That i would use for an Arcade room.Either that or a "retail" store design for displaying my collection,with carousel hangers for displaying gaming related clothing,display cases/cabinets,kiosks,etc,would be cool.Someone i know has an Arcade room exactly like the one described above,sorry,no pics though.

Edited March 16, 2010 by Rik

[STICH666]

Also just realised im a Moonsweeper now and its only been a few months.

 

-Darren-

Don't worry. I hit moonsweeper after about a month. Anyway great idea. I need to actually lighten my room up. It's got all the 70's wood paneling and faux rock walls to be expected from a 40 year 0ld house

[Pyromaniac605]

Also just realised im a Moonsweeper now and its only been a few months.

 

-Darren-

Don't worry. I hit moonsweeper after about a month. Anyway great idea. I need to actually lighten my room up. It's got all the 70's wood paneling and faux rock walls to be expected from a 40 year 0ld house

My house is from the '70 too but instead of faux wood and rock mine has shag carpet, a small window next to the door that is tinted yellow, candelabra style hanging lights, a light with a glass cover thing covered by another glass cover thing (weird huh?), boring brown curtains held up by wooden rings man i could go on forever the funny thing is that it makes sense to have my 2600 and Colecovision's in here.

 

-Darren-

[darthkur]

 

I need to actually lighten my room up. It's got all the 70's wood paneling and faux rock walls to be expected from a 40 year 0ld house

 

 

 

My house is from the '70 too but instead of faux wood and rock mine has shag carpet, a small window next to the door that is tinted yellow, candelabra style hanging lights, a light with a glass cover thing covered by another glass cover thing (weird huh?), boring brown curtains held up by wooden rings man i could go on forever the funny thing is that it makes sense to have my 2600 and Colecovision's in here.

 

-Darren-

 

 

 

You guys don't need to be changing anything about those rooms. They sound perfect.

As for a specific game/arcade room, I'm all for the black paint and fluorescent accents. You definitely need to get some neon lights as well.

[Video]

Sprites would indeed be cool (and appropriate for a game room) but uh....black? I don't know, if you paint a whole room black, that's an awefull lot of black Though, if you have a bunch of lights and TV/arcades set up, then it would make for an authentic Arcade/casino feel IMO. But it is a bit hard to get rid of if you change your mind later.

 

Black lights would be cool though, maybe you could paint a Tempest on a wall in all UV reflective paint and use a blacklight, that I think would look cool, and a huge pattern covering most of the wall like that may be OK

[VectorGamer]

Here's how I did mine using two different shades of dark blue and red for an accent wall. Inspired by Space Invaders cabinet:

 

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=153712

 

The black light on the florescent paint pic frames adds a nice effect

Edited March 17, 2010 by rmaerz

[SRGilbert]

Black walls with green vector art could be cool. Think Asteroids, Vectrex, Battlezone, ect.