Now I gotta go there. Here in Nashville, there was a place called Headquarters Beercade that opened up pre-pandemic and shut down shortly thereafter. 😔
Yeah when I was in elementary school I used to go to the mall for hours and $5 could keep going for quite a while and then another $5 would buy me lunch and it was a pretty fun hang out for friends.
Yes the local mall where I lived it the 1980’s and into the 1990’s had an actual video arcade called TimeOut. This is where I saw Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, TMNT, X-Men and other amazing arcade hits. The home console market killed the arcade.
Back in the 70's and early 80's we had an arcade in a mall in town across from a pet store. Most popular two places in town! Play the classic pinball and video arcade games for hours then pet the puppies across the hall.
I am a Gen Xer.. of course I have! The best was playing one of the 3 whatever games down at the corner store with some friends. Pumping quarters into it with reckless abandon. We used to collect the cans and bottles at softball games and turn them in to fund our habit! 5 cans per play? HELL YEAH!
There is an Aracade next to the grocery store I shop at.
But is it really an arcade without blisteringly loud music, cigarette smell, screaming-loud blacklight accents in otherwise half-darkness and stickiness everywhere?
Either way, yes, I have. And I do, very occasionally.
I've lost more money at arcades than I've ever lost in Vegas. That said, I've made more meaningful memories in arcades than memories I've lost in Vegas.
I played street fighter 2 in a retro arcade a couple of months ago with a bunch of 40 year old (probably drunk) men and genuinely some of the most I've ever had with a fighting game
Lots of times. One time went to Disney Land with the family as a teen. 30+ years ago I guess. Disney had an arcade and I spent the entire day and all my money in the arcade. Mom wasn’t happy about paying for a pass so I could spend the day in the arcade.
I can't decide to be amused or offended by these types of questions. Yes, I played video games at an actual arcade. I played pinball in an actual arcade before the first video game was invented. And I'm not THAT old! 😂
Yes and lots of free pinball
My dad used to service the machines and occasionally take me on runs with him
Sometimes the older pool sharks were my babysitters and tried teaching me to play the game at their level
Nope but my dorm "snack room" had Space Invaders.
It made it really scary to go and get cookies at 2am.
It was dark and the game played this eerie "du dum du dum du dum" sound like the Jaws soundtrack.
Yep. Mall arcades. A few were called Aladdin's Castle, and I don't remember what the other ones are called. Parmatown Mall, Rolling Acres Mall, Ashtabula Mall... I feel like I went to arcades at other malls too, but can't remember for sure.
My local arcade was called Station Alpha and it was AMAZING. Then they moved in pool tables and it wasn’t three months later all the arcade cabinets were gone and so were the families.
Not sure it counts but I used to go to my local theater every friday as a kid then go across the street to a pizza place and spend the rest of the day playing the arcade games there. They always had the newest fighting games at the time.
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But is it really an arcade without blisteringly loud music, cigarette smell, screaming-loud blacklight accents in otherwise half-darkness and stickiness everywhere?
Either way, yes, I have. And I do, very occasionally.
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Metal Slug
My dad used to service the machines and occasionally take me on runs with him
Sometimes the older pool sharks were my babysitters and tried teaching me to play the game at their level
It made it really scary to go and get cookies at 2am.
It was dark and the game played this eerie "du dum du dum du dum" sound like the Jaws soundtrack.
I was in high school in the early 80s when arcades were the places to be.
Arcadia and Game Mania were the two in Oakville.
Damn good times. ❤️
Seems that lots of people my age enjoy taking that trip back in time.
I am the arcade.