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What place was your favorite arcade from your past??
Ginsu Victim:
There was a law office in Channelview, TX (on Woodforest for those in the area) that closed and someone turned it into an arcade in 1984. It was cool to go into each room of the building and see what games they had. I liked it better than a wide open standard arcade, though the hall would get kinda cluttered at times.
Sparkolicious:
Schwegmann's super market! My Dad would get $3 in quarters every Friday, and while Mom shopped we would pwn! Started with Track and Field. Then they brought in Spy Hunter, Popeye, Xevious, Tron... Ahh those were the days! Also had Shinobi, and Altered Beast at Marty Mart. Asteroids, Journey, Saint Dragon and Street Fighter II at Mid City Rock N Bowl throughout the years. Oh.. and CROSSBOW!!! One of my favs back in the day! Don Carter All Star Lanes had some favs, Dragon's lair, Discs of Tron, Gauntlet. Time Pilot was in there somewhere too, as well as the Pac man series. My parents bowled a lot when I was a kid, and I spent most of my time and grass cutting loot in the arcade section!
ceburto2:
As a kid in Fayettevile, NC, Putt-Putt ruled. I poured so much money into Dragon's Lair and Crossbow. Also, on Saturday morning form 9a to 1p, it was "Super Saturday", all the Golf, Games you wanted plus hot dog lunch for ~$8.00
The Mall in Roanoke Rapids, NC used to have an arcade themed as a old west mine called The Gold Mine. It had wooden support beams up the walls and across the ceiling an the wall scones looked like torches. One of the reasons I really liked visiting my Grandmother.
Yay for the 80's
-ceburto2
dfmaverick:
The arcade that my friends and I hung out in the 80's and early 90's was Circus Circus in Brooklyn Park, MN.
I recall taking my report card to the redemption counter and being able to get something like 1 token for a C, 2 for a B, and 3 for A's. For a kid without money to play games, it was a big deal when report cards came around.
I think Chuck E. Cheese bought the place out in the 90's before closing it. The strip mall that it was located in is now gone.
mytymaus007:
Time OUT in the Massepequa NY "Sunrise Mall" Best spot hands Down back in the 80's