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NightGod:
In the little town where I grew up there was an arcade called Grandma's Place (everyone called the owner grandma since she was about 50...just ancient to teenagers =P) but that was open when I was about 8 and I wasn't allowed to go in there very often because of all the smoking and swearing. In fact, you were supposed to be 14 or 15 to go in without an adult. I do have some pretty vivid memories of playing Asteroids there a few times, though.
As I got older (Jr. High) it was the mid-80s and we had a small ice cream shop (name totally eludes me) where he had five or so games that rotated on a monthly or so basis and everyone used to hang out there. He even did monthly pizza parties where you paid like five bucks and got all the pizza and pop you wanted and they played music and we all hung out (the girls, too-it wasn't some creepy sausage fest LOL). They also gave out prizes of a free shake to whoever could beat a high score on a game during the party-looking back, that was probably just a ploy to keep you playing the games and not eatting pizza. Lifeforce and Gauntlet (woot getting good enough to play forever on a quarter) are the two I remember most. He had a pool table for a while, but some of the rougher teenagers started hanging out there because of it, and there wasn't really room for it in that tiny place, so he got rid of it within a month or so.
Of course there were places like Showbiz, Gold Mine and Aladdin's Castle (actually worked there for a few months in the early 90s), but those were anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes from home, so they weren't as big a part of my life as that little ice cream shop.
Texasmame:
--- Quote from: Chris on September 19, 2006, 01:37:10 pm ---
--- 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!
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Heh, yeah total. :)
The Centipede needed some cosmetic work and a RAM replaced, IIRC. Mario needed a cap kit and coin door work, Tron needed a new power supply. The MACH 3 worked perfectly and was in nice shape but I couldn't get it down my bulkhead (traded it for an Asteroids Deluxe) and the Star Trek cockpit was dead when I got it. Eventually, got it to play blind but the damn G08 in it was well beyond my repair "expertise." :laugh2:
See the link below for these and more pics.
It was great fun, brought back a lot of memories and, most importantly, got the "itch" out of my system. No more interest in owning any more than MAME cabs. :P
joecitizen:
On the Coast Guard Base in Kodiak, AK, circa 1984 - 1989:
The bowling alley had Time Pilot '84, Moon Patrol, and Son Son.
Pizza shop in the base exchange had Joust, Yie-ar Kung Fu, and Xevious.
The only two I remember for sure at the arcade in downtown Kodiak were Ghouls & Ghosts, and NARC.
WaRpEd:
Around 1980 to 1987 In Lakeland Florida we had a choice of place called Topper's ( read Chucky Cheese Lite ) Asteroids , Donkey Kong & Gauntlet 1.
Family Fun Center had a about 30 machines Star Wars Cockpit, Firefox Cockpit ,Battlezone, Night Stocker and Dragon's Lair. There was a Malibu Gran Prix in Tampa that was huge on games but now is mostly Go carts and flat track racing.
Man I feel old ;D
Drugstore_Cowboy:
Mr. Pool, 'Vegas' and Slots were my local arcades.
every Saturday morning I'd meet my mates, have a few games of Pool then go for lunch and then back to Mr. Pool for some gaming (Double Dragon II, Shinobi, original Street Fighter and Power Drift usually)
Vegas had a better selection of games but most were in generic cabinets with ---smurfy--- controls and crackly sound.
when Mr. Pool closed down I bought many of the PCBs from
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