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Blanka:
I was talking about the Beavis-and-Butthead Las Vegas type of sluts.

gothroughthegate:
I lived in a small town.  If it wasn't for Pizza Hut I would have never played Galaga,tron, or dig dug.

Malenko:
corner store always had 2 games at a time, the ones I remember being there were WrestleFest, King of Dragons, and BreakThru. I cant remember the name of another, but it was monster trucks and it had 2 buttons to rapid fire tap to make it drive faster.

As for real "arcades" there was one at the mall that was packed with games, it was a mecca of sorts. Always updated the games, definitely remembered playing Street Fighter Alpha before I ever read anything about it. Eventually it closed down and they made it into a hot topic.

patrickl:
In the Netherlands we didn't have much arcade machines in restaurants or such. Or at least I don't remember. We had plenty of regular arcades though.

I was in a hotel in London where they had a MsPacman cocktail. I was completely in awe that they would put a computer in a table.

EVEGames:
When I was growing up on the far north side of Chicago (late 70's, early 80's) we had a place called "Just Games" on the corner of Harlem and Foster, in the middle of a strip mall.  This is where it all started for me.  The plaza still stands but Just Games is long gone of course, I wish I had a picture of the place.  Just a big rectangular room, walls lined with arcade cabs.  I still dream about it occasionally.

Option 2 came later, with Chuck E. Cheeses, in the same mall.  The big hits here were Pengo, Journey, Jungle Hunt, Qix.

Option 3 was Aladdin's Castle in the Harlem Irving Plaza, a.k.a. "The Hip".  Bigger, with all the latest games.  This is where I first played Dragon's Lair.

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