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RayB:
A lengthy article covers the impending closure of Funland (the last remaining arcade in downtown Toronto) as well as touching on a bit of arcade history:

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/453843

danny_galaga:

 :o

"We brought in more than $3,000 a week for one machine, so Atari told us we had the highest-earning Gauntlet cabinet in the world,"

46 years is a damn good innings. sad though...

Level42:
Very sad. But if I lived around there, I'd be sure to get to that auction :) Looks like they still have a good number of classics....


On second look, the machines don't seem very well maintained. And how about that floor ? Did they ever re-decorate in that 46 years ? Sometimes business go under because they don't innovate.

I see good healthy arcades here that have invested in a decent and family friendly look.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Level42 on July 07, 2008, 07:37:54 am ---Very sad. But if I lived around there, I'd be sure to get to that auction :) Looks like they still have a good number of classics....

--- End quote ---

I do live around there and the machines have already been sold ... no auction.

 :'(

And, yep, Funland was a total pit.

RayB:

--- Quote from: Level42 on July 07, 2008, 07:37:54 am ---On second look, the machines don't seem very well maintained. And how about that floor ? Did they ever re-decorate in that 46 years ? Sometimes business go under because they don't innovate.

I see good healthy arcades here that have invested in a decent and family friendly look.

--- End quote ---
They lasted as long as they did because they owned the building. It says a lot when it's more profitable to just charge a store rent to be there than it is to run an arcade. That tipping point finally came.

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