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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: RayB on July 07, 2008, 12:38:04 am
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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
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: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...
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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.
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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....
I do live around there and the machines have already been sold ... no auction.
:'(
And, yep, Funland was a total pit.
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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.
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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I see good healthy arcades here that have invested in a decent and family friendly look.
Europe is host to a certain kind of retro element. Notice you still have mega discotecs, metal is still a 'scene', lots of people still smoke...etc.
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I see good healthy arcades here that have invested in a decent and family friendly look.
Europe is host to a certain kind of retro element. Notice you still have mega discotecs, metal is still a 'scene', lots of people still smoke...etc.
Sounds like you're describing eastern europe and russia. :P
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I see good healthy arcades here that have invested in a decent and family friendly look.
Europe is host to a certain kind of retro element. Notice you still have mega discotecs, metal is still a 'scene', lots of people still smoke...etc.
Sounds like you're describing eastern europe and russia. :P
:laugh2:
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FWIW, it looks like the lack of auction may have been premature ... but nobody really seems to know.
Guess I'll be going to the August auction.
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I see good healthy arcades here that have invested in a decent and family friendly look.
Europe is host to a certain kind of retro element. Notice you still have mega discotecs, metal is still a 'scene', lots of people still smoke...etc.
What part of Europe have you seen ?