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Hoagie_one:

wonder how difficult it is to change the coin mechs to run on nickles

Kremmit:


--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 04, 2004, 04:47:31 pm ---wonder how difficult it is to change the coin mechs to run on nickles

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There's an arcade in Eugene, OR called "The Nickel Arcade" where everything costs (you guessed it), a nickel!  I haven't been in yet, the last time we were through there (about a year ago) I spotted it, but could not stop, as I was travelling with a car full of non-gamers (read: stupid in-laws).  My wife used to go there when she was a kid though, so apparently they've found a way to make it successful over the long term.

Any Oregonians know what it's like inside these days?

ericball:

In downtown Toronto there was/is a bar called Vinnie's that had arcade games, pool tables, skee ball & similar.  Unfortunately, the games were priced like the drinks at a bar.  They were also token driven, with high incentives to change larger bills.  (e.g. 1 token = $1, but for $20 you got 30 or 40)

I can just picture drunks trying to play DDR . . .

I can still remember back in the 80s seeing four guys in suits pumping quarters into Gauntlet.


exibar:

I remember way back when me and my best friend pumping $20 - $30 into gauntlet!  It was awesome, we played for the looooongest time! :-)


  Mike B

daywane:

1st of all check into getting a permit for a teen hang out.
its just plain CRAZY. I know of 3 bars that were being built for teens only (dance soda pop ect...) It became to expencive and a adult bar was 1/2 the trouble.
every one got to you before about .05 cent arcades
in AZ thay were $5.00 to get in the door.
I would locate beside a $1.50 movies. Thay seem to thrive there
In phnx AZ it did. its been 8yrs since I was in AZ but it was a great place then.
there is a few empty buildings here I always dream of ....IF I could win the loto.....
Yes the employees will rip you off
News flash , It happens in all places.
in factories I see all kinds of theft.
wal mart ... most of the theft is from the workers.
as a teen I even did at alladins castle.
sell tokens and pocket $5.00 cash each day.
not happy with what I did but I was young and wild then. It will happen


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