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What Was The Name Of Your Arcade Growing Up? Describe it.
Bender:
--- Quote from: javeryh on June 06, 2009, 11:48:52 am ---I can't remember the name of it (I always called it "The Arcade") but it was in the Morris County Mall in Cedar Knolls, NJ. It was a total dive - just a narrow store (with no door - it was completely open to the mall) and cabs lined both long walls. They kept the newer games in the front although I remember Operation Wolf staying out front for a particularly long time for some reason. The mall has been renovated and turned into a strip mall with a Walmart and Sears - the Foodtown is still there though. It was also the place where I saw Return of the Jedi but the theater is also long gone...
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that's the one I grew up with too!
I remember hearing Obi Wan's voice come out of the star wars machine and nearly sh@t myself, it was the first time I heard a real voice from an arcade game so, so cool! still one of my faves
back to the point it was a bit of a dive
I remember some nice arcades on the boardwalk in Seaside Hights and Wildwood, both at the jersey shore
mostly I played at a little corner store I could walk to that had 3 or 4 games in the back, classics like Space Inaders, Asteroids, Pacman, Donkey Kong, Tron, Mr. Do's Castle, they rotated in a new one every few months.
Man a friend and I would get 5 bucks and go up there for the day. Fritos, a Cherry Icee and a fistful of quarters, good times, good times
wp34:
Mine was the Nickelodeon. It opened around 1981 or so. It was absolutely huge with a ton of floor space and a large selection of pinball machines. It finally closed sometime in the early 1990's. In hindsight it had a pretty good run compared to most arcades.
Ironically I work a couple of blocks from the old location now. I would easily go there a couple of times a month on my lunch if it was still there.
VespaGuy:
The local arcade in my neck of the woods was "Just Fun", located in the mall.
I can still remember some of the layout in my head. In the early days, they had Pengo, Xevious, Frogger, PacMan, Donkey Kong, and Congo Bongo. I, too, remember when Dragon's Lair appeared - within a few weeks, an additional monitor was placed above the machine so that people wouldn't crowd the cab to watch. I always thought that the "token guy", Tony, had the coolest job in the world.
Namco:
--- Quote from: odysseyroc on June 07, 2009, 09:12:28 pm ---Where did you live in the South Bay?
I don't remember the name of the Arcade in the Hawthorn mall nor the one in the Old Town Mall. I remember spending a lot of time at Aladdin's castle at Del Amo Mall, playing Silk Worm. There was also the little trailer full of games at the Alpine Village batting cages.
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I lived in Inglewood and spent a lot of time in Hawthorn, Torrance, Redondo, etc. My father was in a bowling league so our main haunt was El Dorado Bowl in Westchester, just south of LAX Airport. All the good popular stuff made its way through El Dorado Bowl. I loved that place.
Because I went to the mall a lot with my mother I was in that arcade in Hawthron mall alot and also Time Out in Fox Hills mall. The one in Hawthorn was great because they had the big stuff that I would never see in El Dorado like Battlezone. Plus sometimes I'd get a slice at round table next door... good times, good times.
bishmasterb:
There were a couple places that I can't remember the names of in the Puente Hills Mall in Hacienda Heights/City of Industry, SoCal.
The first was in the parking lot; it was a combination restaurant/arcade similar to Chuck E. Cheese's. I think it was called "PJ's" ?
The other was a Sega arcade inside the mall. Can't remember the exact name though.
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