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Where did YOU play?
shardian:
-Grand casino in Hinkley, Minnesota back in early 90's. HUGE arcade with three of EVERYTHING. Best thing, 2 for 1 token ratio, IE, 2 tokens for each quarter. They also had a Galaxian 3 machine. That was totally sweet! I never understood why the adults in my family would rather blow their money in the "real" casino. ;D
-Gold Mine 1 & 2 at Huntington Mall, Barboursville, WV. I was fortunate enough to have not one, but two arcades in my local mall. They were both dirty, dark, and chock full of games. It was AWESOME! Many fond memories of selling lists of MKII moves and fatalities. ;D
Too bad that arcades suck now. All crappy redemption games, stupid gimmick games, and driving games that cost at least $1 to play...and they all have a Ms. Pac/ galaga reunion for a $1 a pop. Whoopee!
Chris:
--- Quote from: monkeybomb on September 19, 2006, 12:48:40 pm ---Flaky Jakes: This place was an incredible restaurant. They had a toppings bar for hambugers when you could dump as much melted cheese ass you wanted onto burger that was sitting in a small round trough and not a plate. Coolest place I've ever been. It's been gone for years. Double Dragon and Guantlet were the big games there.
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Ohh, I LOVED Flakey Jakes.... Fuddrucker's is just a pale imitation! Usually went to the one near Disneyland, and there was one near my house in West Covina for a very short time...
I didn't even think about movie theatres! The only one that stands out in my mind was the Fox in West Covina, because it had a Death Race machine... I enjoyed that more than the movies, usually...
Texasmame:
Great thread - I was thinking of starting this one soon. . .
New England Grand Prix - they always had the newest games before anyone else. I remember Quantum, Cloak and Dagger and Rip-Off from there. They were going under about 5 years ago and I went to see them about buying some stuff but it was already all gone.
Third World arcade - This was my main haunt. Had 'em all, about two blocks from my house. My favs from there - Stargate, Star Wars cockpit, Spy Hunter cockpit, Cosmic Avenger, Front Line, Terra Cresta. I was a regular, needless to say. It's now a campus bookstore for UMass Lowell. :'(
Also on that strip, right next to each other - Jim and Irene's (breakfast place): Missile Command, Asteroids, Battlezone mini. Still there, no more games, different ownership and name.
Jimmy's Pizza - Joust (this game ALWAYS reminds me of French Bread Pizza), Satan's Hollow and Cliff Hanger! Same situation as Jim and Irene's.
Astro's Subs - Ah, the $3 hamburg special! Defender, Jack the Giantkiller. It's now a police substation!
Lastly in town, there was World of Games. It was a two story, mondo arcade. Ones I recall from there - Space Dungeon, Berzerk, Star Castle. It's now a health club. I actually went on a mini-raid there when I was collecting and got 5 games from the storage space upstairs a few years ago! Pretty cool having the ACTUAL games you used to play when you were little! The ones in that haul were Tron, Centipede, Mario Bros. Star Trek Cockpit, MACH 3 cockpit - $500 total. 8)
Chris:
--- Quote from: Texasmame on September 19, 2006, 01:29:36 pm ---The ones in that haul were Tron, Centipede, Mario Bros. Star Trek Cockpit, MACH 3 cockpit - $500 total. 8)
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$500 TOTAL? You realize of course that we all hate you now... :D Wish I had the space for a haul like that!
johnm160:
My main haunts were
Aladdins Castle
Super Amusements
and the game room in Nathans.......How can you beat arcade games and hot dogs?