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Aaah, the nostalgia of it all. Thank god or whoever you want for Mame. :cheers: |
| StephenH:
I played at Several Different Arcades over the years, partly due to the fact that I have lived in several cities in the past around the country. When I was real little, I played at Chuck E cheese and ShowBiz. I also sometimes played the couple of games in resturants such as Pizza Hut in the lobby. In another city, I used to play at Tilt in the mall. I once went to Peter Piper Pizza for a birthday party, and they had lots of arcade games. In my current city, I started out playing some at Yellow Brick Road and Bowl Weevil, and Family Fun Center. I later discovered the Nickel Arcades, such as Wunderland and Nickel City. I still play often at Nickel City, one of the last arcades in San Diego! |
| Lewis Black:
The bowling alley in Huntington NY. I must have spent hundereds of dollars on Tempest and Battle Zone. |
| lloydcom:
Now thats a good question, as I was from Downey California we had: Golf N Stuff: Home of the first Thayer's Quest Machine, Dragon's Lair and Space Ace, plus all the old favs like frogger and Donkey Kong. Great crazy golf, a go cart race track and water slide which made it on the chips cop tv program. Sega Centers: Awesome arcades in Downey, Cerritos, Westminster, Old Towne Mall (plus others) Cerritos is where I first played Star Wars and waited in queue for 45 minutes to snag a game, Journey, Star Trek and the old classics. Anyone still have the tokens? Oz in Westminster - had the fabled Cube Quest. The Arkade in La Mirada where I fell in love with Star Castle and lost my pocket money every weekend. Bobos Arcade (Downey) which was THE place to be if you were playing hooky from school, also had gravitar contests and Reactor cranked way up. Track N Field Contests. Redondo Beach - yep both arcades the underground across from the marina and the other arcade downstairs full of Centipedes. The underground had Eight Starwars and 5 Dragon's Lair machines. Santa Monica Pier: All your standard fare before the terrible weather took out most of the piers and closed the arcade in the early 80s. Shakeys Pizza Downey: Remember seeing original sprint and Rear projection driver game. 1975? Later remodeled and its own arcade had Pacmans and Donkey Kongs. Circus Circus Las Vegas: If not the Holy Grail of arcades - having everything you can think of at 25c a go 24/7. Knotts Berry Farm: Roaring 20s - had dedicated Space ace and all the classics. Buena Park Mall: - First Asteroids ever seen that if you hunted for the spaceship and was caught doing so - you were banned. No seriously. Disneyland Park and Hotel - Penny Arcade on Main Street - Remember playing Kick for an hour before getting Kick'ed myself. The hotel had a basement arcade full of centipedes. Lakewood Mall: Western styled arcade (name escapes me) prototype Dragon's Lair, and the best range of pinballs. Jim's Pet Supplies (Downey) - the most bizarre place to play Astro Blaster! Gee can anyone add anymore? As you can see SE Los Angeles had the best coverage. Now I'm in Blackpool UK and we have...... |
| MYX:
Here is a pervious link from other folks. Keep em comin. It is the history of our little addiction. ;D |
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