arcades an adult place?

[topher0002]

These two videos really bring ya back to the old arcades...check these out if you havent seen them.





Good stuff.

[SavannahLion]

I suppose it could be considered relative whether or not the arcade is an adult place.  Compared to the casinos that housed them the arcades I used to play in were made for kids.  I spent many hours in arcades on my family trips that would take us through Vegas or Tahoe.  I was probably 12 or so and my folks would give me some money for my quarters and then get some quarters of their own and we would meet back somewhere after a few hours.  I usually ended up running out of quarters well before them so I would venture out to find them and get another roll.  Good times if you ask me, and I turned out just as normal as the other people here in the home... I mean um... I'm normal, at least thats what the voices say.

That was where I grew up. Right around the Tahoe/Reno area.

My dad took me to some pretty sleazy places.  Some so bad, the bars that were our regular stops looked pretty good. Arcades were pretty decent places. Sure, more than a few were dark, but I don't recall ever encountering drugs, stars (if I had, I would've bought them) or anything of the sort. The worst was probably the old Circus Circus arcade. It was in a room below the main floor with basement portals that looked out onto the floor. I was too short to reach the bars and look through up girls skirts up at the circus show when it played. It had bare flourescent lights, no carpet, a bored teenager changer maker and machines packed in like sardines.

It was a great place.

[Ummon]

These two videos really bring ya back to the old arcades...check these out if you havent seen them.





Good stuff.

Yeah, those videos get passed around occasionally.

[StephenH]

My answer to this is yes and no.   I have never heard of illegal activity at the arcades, but I have heard of some applying age limits during certain hours.   Some arcades in my area (San Diego) used to kick kids out at cerfew.  I know Dave & Busters is an adult arcade, where kids are not admitted unless accompanied by a parent during certain hours.   When I was visiting Reno once as a kid, they did not allow kids in the arcade under 14 during school hours.   

There are some without age limits, too. At Nickel City where I go now to play, I beleive there is no age limit.   I don't think Boomers has an age limit, but I could be wrong.