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Flake:
I think LL told me something about the Dogpatch arcade before.......and something wasnt very flattering. I think he said about 80% of the machines didnt work and something about an old chain-smoking hag working behind the counter who paid no never mind to his complaints regarding token eating skeeball machines.
I'm assuming there is more than one arcade in the Dogpatch then.....
LLUncoolJ:
There must be more than one because you wouldn't mistake the one I was alking about with anything flattering. It is the one with the bumber cars (they probably don't work either). They have around 20 arcade games and I'd say maybe 5 or 6 are functional...not pristine, but functional. The skeeball was a travesty...just aweful, and they only charge a dime...not worth a dime.
The kids wanted to go on the way home but I told them we would opt for Miner Mike's instead. Of course it wasn't open when we got there and I wasn't going to wait around for an hour. So I was a-hole dad because I didn't want to deal with Gilbert Grape's chain smoking mom at dogpatch.
pinballwizard79:
It was for sure the dogpatch arcade, the bumper cars were on the strip but not near this place IIRC.
No smoking in this place, just lots of nice clean arcades with bright crisp monitors.
All the racers you could want, there was a elvira, T2, IJ & SP there. Not many classics other than the regular DK, pacman & galaga but no golden tee. I liked it but then again I really enjoy Hydro thunder, off road challenge, cruisn world, San Fransisco rush & all the bike games that I cannot fit in my basement.
It was a good weekend of booze, arcades, Shoney's breakfast & jumping yacht waves of ecoli in a jetski.
I am now so sore its impossible to even consider playing arcade games tho.
LLUncoolJ:
I'll have to look for that place next summer. Is it on the same side of the road as the bumpercar shitbox? The place I am referring to is arcade hell...those games must've done some really bad things to end up there. >:D
pinballwizard79:
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