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Hi, Hello!

Bela is here from Hungary. ;)
I know John and some other guys from Dragon's Lair fans forum, I thought I hop in here and show my collection.
I live in Budapest and infected with the arcade virus in the early 80's, but only started to collect these huge beasts in 2007. :D
I focused mainly on Zaccaria dedicated cabinets, but when I was on the hunt, I found a lot of other classics from the 70's/80's era.
I just finished my gameroom, I copy the post I made yesterday on DLF forums, I hope you guys will like it. ;)
Don't miss the 2 videos, the sound of a working arcade is awesome!


After several years of collecting, repairing and storing my cabs about 5 different places, seems like my gameroom is ready. ;D
I call it simply the "80's Arcade", there are no modern stuff in there, everything is from the late 70's and 80's. ;)
Long story short, we had an approx. 52m2 large living room at the ground floor of our house, it was built in the 80's and it really needed a restore by now, but let the pics speak.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PwNnhEsLoGk/U66qvO8HHlI/AAAAAAAAItY/g0M015cRQ3s/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520004.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qDXJuOPkfzE/U66qwHo_lcI/AAAAAAAAIts/6Z1PeMYWmRQ/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520005.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t5KMzt1K7OA/U66qwVyjnII/AAAAAAAAIto/7MSiD3fwqyk/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520006.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CE2VIdZ4bAI/U66qxIFtWDI/AAAAAAAAIuE/J8ua7082sXY/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520008.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tFslFitTzow/U66qyM-zpqI/AAAAAAAAIus/kiNF_CEK3c8/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520010.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XWI4IcQVo4s/U66qzXjneAI/AAAAAAAAIuk/u-Mf3mc-Mwg/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520013.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WXyager3S70/U66q0TLLcgI/AAAAAAAAIvg/zK1D7yF1rco/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520016.jpg)

Replaced all the old aluminium wires with copper ones

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--4FsHLed7rg/U66qy6yLMKI/AAAAAAAAIuY/zqXG6SlmRPI/s512/k%25C3%25A9p%2520012.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7xUVk8mle2Y/U66q1sooLDI/AAAAAAAAI0c/S98LBhk1eI8/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520020.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tvI1dJwy1e8/U66q10NHw-I/AAAAAAAAIvY/TpgowQLvG7Y/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520021.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sYVFfjKv9mQ/U66q4B9KO9I/AAAAAAAAIwE/2DN_VwkvZzc/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520027.jpg)

We had a visitor every day :D
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-q9NudhTPQS0/U66q2Q3R_4I/AAAAAAAAIvo/lNwdhOGgvYw/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520022.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MkZGpOr37Gs/U66q3T8KysI/AAAAAAAAIwc/JQwUu3rIxtM/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520025.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ESobndtQ0NQ/U66q4yeImdI/AAAAAAAAIwY/skJJqcqe9uI/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520029.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nxPUhBIwn44/U66q5UQizFI/AAAAAAAAIw0/4VUS_vgv0Gc/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520030.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XWMePkSZMqc/U66q50g2jKI/AAAAAAAAIxA/WMCyyVW9lQY/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520031.jpg)
Our McGyver solution instead of the rusty radiator. :D
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QhdJSkyzlbA/U66q6GwjGnI/AAAAAAAAIws/l2jziTLfkaU/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520032.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9KLFFRRpymY/U66q6wFdGtI/AAAAAAAAIw4/lEgK_7SMkL4/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520034.jpg)

And finally, the cabs inside ;D
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t41xOFBPV3E/U66q7ZorDoI/AAAAAAAAIxI/v8jYBUOha1U/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520043.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D7fIFDiAfX0/U66q7l3i_4I/AAAAAAAAIxQ/lJXbOKU15mo/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520044.jpg)

(http://ttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kU8f5ZVdow0/U66q8V0MKrI/AAAAAAAAI0c/A5REsHXUvm4/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520045.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BpsDgtjltU8/U66q9PGydOI/AAAAAAAAIxg/UCV5gQ7b0CQ/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520046.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8MZ7R2PXBJk/U66q9cELXBI/AAAAAAAAIxs/qIUvyry6Ado/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520047.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rAdcvfdsNPM/U66q98VaXQI/AAAAAAAAIx0/zgjpyRWm-Bo/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520048.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KLeBoroctSo/U66q-JNwrSI/AAAAAAAAIx8/qOgrc5UXrCM/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520049.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RH9BNEBOZ40/U66q-kAZMFI/AAAAAAAAIyE/u9TPswMAOsA/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520050.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-phoX9Ch2Fd0/U66q-lyZlHI/AAAAAAAAIyY/1nYZt5WaFqg/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520051.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-36NiD22at8Q/U66q_KQC8kI/AAAAAAAAIyM/j37oI35OiEM/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520052.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JaK2wZ2kA2A/U66q_b7i6lI/AAAAAAAAIyU/_yJoRtA-K-g/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520053.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P-nchtGjcPo/U66q_qELbWI/AAAAAAAAIzA/Upc-hdYm5N4/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520054.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TyoQVFHwRUw/U66rAH-w1fI/AAAAAAAAIyk/-SQCCiHPiwM/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520055.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pk4KA2ug3gE/U66rAvp6DuI/AAAAAAAAIys/dwZurplrm6k/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520056.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G3rsTpvkbA8/U66rA0RWzfI/AAAAAAAAI0A/13WHSorZKHA/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520057.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oVDxgBoJ2xw/U66rBu00onI/AAAAAAAAIz4/yzEIIr18FUs/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520058.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LNznBXkd6ng/U66rCXcBigI/AAAAAAAAIz8/ZIUEGbnA568/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520059.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OKFe2bf8Rpc/U66rCZJz2RI/AAAAAAAAIzU/yFer8um5KNA/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520060.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l-CG9VLBZNk/U66rCtUGz-I/AAAAAAAAIzM/T0_n9YH84Rk/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520061.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r8IshrPWOXA/U66rD0ayAGI/AAAAAAAAIzc/-yvVVTVI_iE/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520062.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4JS8Hor2gy0/U66rENckcnI/AAAAAAAAIzk/boSLW4Uqd5w/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520063.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Nbv4aARLsZQ/U66rEsmTa4I/AAAAAAAAIzo/PLyo1UStRoU/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520064.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KyWnSXaRMtY/U66rE9wzX2I/AAAAAAAAIz0/8MXyEIqCvQ8/s720/k%25C3%25A9p%2520065.jpg)

I also made 2 videos (daylight/dark), but freakin youtube removed the sound from one, because of copyright issues, they have an automatic sound analyzer software and it recognized John William's Star  Wars main theme. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRttsMeKdSA

The other one is in Etienne's NAS, you can download it here(this is better IMHO, worth a watch):
http://www.opdenkelder.com/bela.mpg

At last, I would like to send my huge thanks to everybody who helped to buy, transport, repair, store my cabs and for those, who made the brilliant artwork repros, I wouldn't be able to reach this point without this community. :spaceace:

Hi Bela, nice to see you also on this side  :D

Hi Bela,

I'm so glad you responded to the invite, you can contribute a lot to this forum.  Hope you stick around.

Wow!! That is quite the collection. WOW! I love those Zaccaria cabs. So jealous. Some day I'd like to have one.

BTW -- I had the same issue with that damn Star Wars song on Youtube. :)

...that reminds me, seeing your Dodgem again, is it possible to get some scans/pictures of the inner crowds around the monitor?

Did you see the final result of the 8 pictures you took for me on the glass outer bezel?  They are being printed very soon.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/arcadeoutsiders/14431341976/in/photostream/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/arcadeoutsiders/14431341976/in/photostream/)

Yeah, I saw the bezel, turned out really nice, this artwork is one of my favourites, that kid at the cashier's desk is so 80's. :D
I will take some pics from the inner bezel soon, it is not possible to scan, it is not flat. ;)

awesome, thanks.

looks great!  The Atari 600XL is a nice touch!