Growing up, going to the "arcade" meant that you were going to a place with all kinds of weird people, different age groups, smelt like smoke, and usually ran by the most uptight insufferable manager,
Where I grew up, in the 1970's/early-80's, most of the "arcades" were in
the pizza parlours. They'd have a section near the front with a few video and pinball games. I think the only time I was ever in an actual arcade
was for a few minutes when I was in college. There was one near the uni, and I stepped in there looking for someone.
In the case of the pizza parlours, the managers were usually OK to the
pizza customers, but were often uptight with the patrons of the arcade.
Come to think of it, in the pizza place closest to where I grew up, the arcade portion was in the back in the area where the stage used to be... before it changed hands and became part of a chain, they used to have some dinner theatre in there. I was too young at the time to remember much
about it. I think maybe they sometimes showed cartoons on the stage
screen, too.
arcade games are fun
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Growing up, going to the "arcade" meant that you were going to a place with all kinds of weird people, different age groups, smelt like smoke, and usually ran by the most uptight insufferable manager,
Where I grew up, in the 1970's/early-80's, most of the "arcades" were in the pizza parlours. They'd have a section near the front with a few video and pinball games. I think the only time I was ever in an actual arcade
was for a few minutes when I was in college. There was one near the uni, and I stepped in there looking for someone.
In the case of the pizza parlours, the managers were usually OK to the pizza customers, but were often uptight with the patrons of the arcade.
Come to think of it, in the pizza place closest to where I grew up, the arcade portion was in the back in the area where the stage used to be... before it changed hands and became part of a chain, they used to have some dinner theatre in there. I was too young at the time to remember much i like arcade games to
about it. I think maybe they sometimes showed cartoons on the stage screen, too.
arcade games are fun
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Growing up, going to the "arcade" meant that you were going to aWhere I grew up, in the 1970's/early-80's, most of the "arcades"
place with all kinds of weird people, different age groups,
were in the pizza parlours. They'd have a section near the front
with a few video and pinball games. I think the only time I was
ever in an actual arcade
Growing up, going to the "arcade" meant that you were going to a At>> place with all kinds of weird people, different age groups,Where I grew up, in the 1970's/early-80's, most of the "arcades"
were in the pizza parlours. They'd have a section near the front
with a few video and pinball games. I think the only time I was
ever in an actual arcade
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By: HusTler to Race Man on Mon Jun 15 2020 04:06 pm
Growing up, going to the "arcade" meant that you were going to a At>> place with all kinds of weird people, different age groups,Where I grew up, in the 1970's/early-80's, most of the "arcades"
were in the pizza parlours. They'd have a section near the front >> with a few video and pinball games. I think the only time I was
ever in an actual arcade
Hell yeah. I always admired the arcade aesthetic: smoke, neon lights, the crowds (the ONLY place where I don't mind crowds). Arcades always seemed so fascinating and other-worldly to me, probably because we lived in a small town and the nearest real arcades were located in bigger towns 30+ minutes away, in shopping malls and the like, and my mom never wanted to waste time letting us stay and play games (which, to her, was the same as the garbage I could play at home), so I'd be forced to just walk by, looking longingly at the machines
while other kids were playing.
sonds cool
The closest thing to a legit arcade our town ever got was a mini-arcade in the back section of the local video rental place in the early 90s. It wasn't much, but it was super exciting. It was the place where we saw Mortal Kombat II for the first time. They'd have tournaments there and everything. It was a good time to be a kid in that town, even though it was somewhat late in the arcade era.
Around the same time, there was a little tourist trap along the lake near where we'd go camping every summer, which had a long strip of restaurants, bars, and arcades. Pinball everywhere. It was the first place I ever saw and played 4-player TMNT. It's all still there today, but now it's mostly all just ticket redemption games and skiball. Occasionally there's a working pinball or a worthwhile arcade machine without so much screen burn-in.
Last year my brother and I took our families to an arcade & pinball convention in Pittsburgh called ReplayFx. That was a great time. Rows and rows of arcade games and pinball machines set to free-play. Hoped to go again this year, but it was cancelled sadly.
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Hell yeah. I always admired the arcade aesthetic: smoke, neon lights, the crowds (the ONLY place where
I don't mind crowds). Arcades always seemed so fascinating and other-worldly to me, probably because
we lived in a small town and the nearest real arcades were located in bigger towns 30+ minutes away,
in shopping malls and the like, and my mom never wanted to waste time letting us stay and play games
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