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Spacejack:
Another Memphis arcader here from the '70's-80's.  Too many games to count, of course.  I actually worked at the Gold Mine for a while there (not a terrific experience, it was part of the Nickels & Dimes chain).  There was even another arcade at the Mall of Memphis for a while, called Tilt... it was the only place I ever saw Bosconian.  I worked at the Gold Mine during the approximately eight years that they had "Time Traveler" as their showcase cabinet (no kidding).

There were some more good arcades in Memphis in addition to this.  The Sultan's Castle in the Raliegh Springs Mall where I first got freaked out by Satan's Hollow and first encountered the idea of a 100% markup on video games (50 cents for Scramble!).  The Barrel of Fun had Krull and Empire Strikes Back.  And somewhere around here in the days of yore, at one of the bowling alleys, I played Caveman.

What a world it was! I guess I never thought about how good we had it for arcades in this town.  Probably because of FedEx, I guess, would have made for cheap delivery of stuff that came in to the hub.

addition:  Still here, by the way.  The invisible rubberband attaches at the base of the spine if you live here too long and then you can't get away.

Ummon:
Yeah, I was no holy roller, but having had enough Catholic and Christian experience, I was a little awestruck that the game said Satan on it.

retrometro:

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Awesome.  My wife is from Memphis and we go there a couple of times a year.  Can I assume all the descent arcades are on the east side of town? 

 :afro:

Spacejack:
"Can I assume all the descent arcades are on the east side of town?  "

There aren't any arcades to speak of anymore at all.  Putt Putt is still operating, but all their arcade games are severely screwed up.  The Downtown Jillian's was about the last extant arcade that took it in any way seriously, but they closed up about six months ago or something like that anyway.  Mall of Memphis is gone altogether.  Raliegh Springs is in poor repair and is basically just a Sears and a tacked-on Malco theater at this point.  Hickory Ridge just got sold to a megachurch!  That was after it got really damaged in a storm.  None of the Malls had arcades at the end anyway.

About as good as it gets these days is the gameroom in the Malco Paradiso.  MvC2, Mario Kart GP (2 cabs), Super Pac-Man, a handful of other "deluxe" types.

Ginsu Victim:
Far too many to name, like most of us here.

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