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Having windows to let in sunlight (and moonlight) was also important to Prelusky, and makes the area even more special. “Some arcades make the walls pitch black and do black light stuff. “I just wanted it to be a nice, colorful space that felt bright and inviting,” he says. Pac-Man, Galaga and Japanese rhythm video games such as Pop'n Music and Beatmania IIDX. There are bright colors featured on some of the game cabinets, and Prelusky added some flashy posters to the walls to bring the space together. “One of the machines was too tall to fit through the garage doors, so I had to partially disassemble it to get it inside.” “The biggest shock was how big some of them were,” he says. But there was one surprise that came up, once he acquired the games. Prelusky generally knew what to expect, as far as prices went. Once he moved to Babylon, he started looking into it. Beatmania IIDX cost him $4,500 and Pop'n Music was $1,500, he says. Prelusky used to work at an arcade at the Westfield South Shore Mall in Bay Shore, and had been dreaming of owning his own machines since. And it’s very good exercise so I use that to stay somewhat fit.” “That was the game that really got me into rhythm games in the early 2000s. “My overall favorite is Dance Dance Revolution,” he says. Prelusky plays Dance Dance Revolution to stay in shape. Pac-Man and Galaga, Prelusky houses Japanese rhythm video games including Pop'n Music, Beatmania IIDX and Dance Dance Revolution. Following the major renovation, he ultimately brought in a collection of seven games. He also hired an electrician, because the garage didn’t have power.

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“The walls were dirty, the windows were cracked and the doors were rotted through.” “It was in rough shape,” says Prelusky, 36. He decided that his garage would be the ideal spot, since it has strong flooring for the heavy machines and some of the games can get “kind of loud,” he says.īut the garage itself turned out to be a fixer-upper. “I have two sons, one that’s 22 and one that’s 19, and I know for sure that my two sons will have this when they’re older and it will continue.”Īndrew Prelusky built an arcade in his Babylon garage.Ĭredit: Johnny Milano Gaming in the garageĪfter moving in 2017, it took Andrew Prelusky about three years to create his arcade setup at home in Babylon.

“We have to save this stuff it matters to people,” Cole says. “After COVID, it skyrocketed, which we never thought would happen. (The database contains stats including the date of manufacture, number of units produced and notable features of each game.)įor a pinball machine, “the pre-COVID price range was $1,000 to $10,000,” says Cole.

He’s met a lot of his friends this way.Īfter coming home from these events, he’d go home and do some research on whichever his favorite games were, using eBay and The Internet Pinball Machine Database. He collected them by going to large gatherings in the tristate area, where people take pinball machines for others to test. Cole has 19 arcade games in his home, 10 in his den. Then, he filled the space with pinball machines.

Cole wanted his basement to resemble the Time Out arcade located in Massapequa’s Sunrise Mall throughout the 1970s and '80s.Ĭole wanted his basement to resemble the Time Out arcade located in Massapequa’s Sunrise Mall throughout the 1970s and '80s. He got to work on their basement, painting the walls navy blue, installing LED lights and picking out a carpet with a colorful geometric pattern. Cole, his wife and their sons moved into their home in Oakdale in 2013.