Lee9977 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi all, glad to be on the forum Always love hearing people talk about those arcade's that gave them so much great entertainment as a kid or Adult. Here's your chance to give a shout out to that arcade even its gone today.( name and location) . If there is still 1 that is around today, please post it as i travel alot and am always looking for one to spend a few bucks at when i am away from home. If something simular has been posted before, my apologies in advance. cheers Lee Defunct: Arcadia - Square One Mississauga, On Funland- Toronto, On Gold Tips- Mississauga, On Mickeys Arcade- Mississauga, On Current: Barcade - Brooklyn, NY Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Funway FreeWay Columbus Ohio Near Westland Mall (my 1st arcade circa 76-77) Putt Putt Golf & Games Near Westland Mall (circa the 80's) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Time-Out & Galaxy in the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, NY Damn I miss those days... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Action Family Arcade, a small arcade of about 20 games in a room off of the LaVerdiers drug store (which eventually became a Rite Aid) in Caribou, ME. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 In PA - Richland Mall's (Johnstown) arcade Richland's (Johnstown) Chuck E. Cheeze humongous arcade o'joy Indiana Mall's Aladdin's Castle Indiana K-mart plaza arcade & K-mart lobby Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I really don't know if any of the arcades I went to had "names". They were almost all little carved out areas of places with bunches of arcade games in them. Like for example during the Space Invaders craze it was just in a little hallway of the local stripmall had nearly a dozen space invader uprights in a row with a Star Fire and a Night Driver off to the side. Aside from that it was cocktails near the entryways of various stores. There were full blown rooms filled with arcade games and cocktails of course.. but I dont think they really had names or if they did, I didn't notice them ever Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Earth Station One, Antioch, California (defunct) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckirkman Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Red Baron and Old Towne. Both were in Southwick Mall, Toledo Ohio. I have not been there in over 10 years. I am sure they are gone. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 The long defunct local Jupiter Mall (Florida) had two stores right next to each other: 1) The Little Professor bookstore 2) Shazam arcade. I would beg to visit or be dropped off. Look, now I'm a professor with a classic game addiction . Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1664994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) I grew up with the Gold Mine in Southlake Mall, Morrow, Georgia. Also spent some time and quite a few quarters at the Time Out (I think that was the name) in Shannon Mall, Union City, Georgia. Then there was the Georgia Tech Student Center Recreation Area, where most of my spare change disappeared during college. Fortunately after a few months they started paying me to be there. Easily the most favorite job I have ever had. Edited January 22, 2009 by skunkworx Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Tin Pan Alley - West Lafayette, IN Pizza Keg - West Lafayette, IN Student Union - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Showbiz Pizza - Lafayette, IN Aladdin's Castle - Century Plaza, Birmingham, AL Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 FYE Arcade in the South Shore mall Bayshore,NY Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSprinter Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Putt-Putt Golf & Games (now All-American Fun Park), Albany GA Aladdin's Castle (80s, closed down) Albany Mall; Albany, GA Time-Out (closed late 90s) Albany Mall; Albany GA Stardust Skate Center: Albany, GA Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
telengard Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Dream Machine - Methuen Mall, Methuen MA Aladdin's Castle - Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers MA ~telengard Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70sgamefan Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Time Out - Springfield Mall - Springfield, VA (used to play in there as a kid during the golden age). THE BOARDWALK - ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (THE most awesome place I ever visited for coin-ops during the golden age). My Family and I would go there for a week EVERY summer from 1977 to 1985. My Aunt had a home in Ventnor, just south of AC, which was 2 blocks from the ocean. The combination of the boardwalk arcades along with the casino arcades had almost every game you could think of from that era! I especially remember the summer of 1978.... As that summer, the AC arcades were made up of something like 80% Space Invaders! The arcades contained rows and rows of Space Invader machines. I NEVER saw any other game that proliferated arcades to that extent. Not even Pac-Man. It was like looking at a Midway warehouse of just Space Invader machines when you walked inside them, except they were all plugged in and powered up. I played Exidy's Death Race there, saw the PSE Maneater game with the shark-head cabinet there....that boardwalk had EVERYTHING! I even saw machines there like Demon by Rockola, which I never saw in VA. It was an amazing place to visit during that time period. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Here's a few I can remember from my pre-teen years in Houston: Gold Mine - Westwood Mall, Houston, Texas. (This was probably my favorite arcade, it was around until the late 90's infact) Aladdins Castle - Various Malls, Houston, Texas. Castle Golf and Games - Houston, Texas. Malibu Fun Center - Houston, Texas. Games People Play - Houston, Texas. Also, some hole in wall arcades in Houston at various strip malls. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Fisher Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Pin Pan Alley (I think) and Alladin's Castle-Glendale Mall Indianapolis Alladin's Castle-Castleton Mall Indianapolis Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 (Closed in the late 80's) Ocean County Mall - Arcade, NJ (Closed in the late 80's) Roller Rink - Small strip of machines - NJ (Still Around) Seaside Heights Boardwalk - Various Arcades, NJ Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maibock Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Space Port - King of Prussia Mall Aladdin's Castle - Granite Run Mall There were machines littered all around the town I grew up in - both pizza places, a Wawa, the Acme, a sandwich shop, the hardware store, and in a pharmacy.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Last arcade I played... I was in a fishing pier in Oak Island, North Carolina, Galaga. When I passed the place owner's high score, he got pissed! LOL Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1665909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar302b Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 PLEASE anybody who remembers these in the Beaverton, Oregon area give me a shout. Innerspace - The best, and a hotty by the name of Candy operated it. Electric Palace - Great while it lasted, in the Beaverton mall. Chuck E. Cheese - Hi Molly. Uncle owned the Beaverton franchise and she always hooked me up with tokens. Malibu Gran Prix - Still going strong. but games most of their games suck now. Wunderland - Still going strong, but caters mostly to little kid gambling (tickets). Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1666228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 The Spa - Brookfield CT Showcase Pizza / Rollerland - Danbury CT Time Out - Danbury Fair Mall All gone. Went to as a kid and still go to now: Quassy Amusement Park (but they are all ticket games now) Ocean City Maryland Boardwalk Found as an adult - The Fun Spot Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1666262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) I was deprived as a kid. Grew up in the states til age 9 in 86, but folks didn't have money to let me plug arcade machines. Closest I ever got was after we moved to Africa (We lived in a 3rd world country north of Zimbabwe)... in Harare, Zimbabwe in the mid 90's. Arcade in a waterpark there had loads of vintage 80's machines. Even had an original Asteroids machine. Guess the guy who owned the place imported them from the states. We went down to Harare periodically and that place even more rarely, so I got to play about thrice. Now of course, Zimbabwe has gone to hell in a handbasket. I doubt that arcade is open any more. No-one has any money there any more. They just released a 1 trillian dollar bill. My heart breaks whenever I see the news about Zimbabwe. Going there was like a trip to the States; now it's a hellhole. Fondest memory of that arcade is the Demolition Derby machine they had. It was a table top machine for something like 4 players. Man that game was cool. Didn't play when I moved back to the states to boarding school for highschool. No arcades near me. Didn't own a console til 98 when I bought a used N64. After that, I got into gaming in a big way, but mostly on PC until recently. Edited January 24, 2009 by Lendorien Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1666367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAtari2600 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Rons Virtual World Before it went to the Crapper Tank - Thunder Bay Ontario. Kind of Dingy loved it as a kid, played pacman lots!, Same with Tetris. And The Neo Geo. I grew up in a diff time, P.S. The place is pretty dingy now If they go out of buisness I shall purchase their machines ... i Hope Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1672158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Max Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) Fernandez's Fun Factory in Oak Park Mall, Overland Park,KS. It shut down about 4 years ago - one of the saddest days of my life was the day I went to the mall and found it closed. It was like my entire childhood was wrapped up in that place and was replaced with a shoe store. They didn't even have a closing; they were there for over 20 years and the mall refused to renew their lease. I'm still looking for a neon "Galaxy" sign like they had there, if anyone knows where to get one. Others of note: -Aladdin's Castle - Ward Parkway Mall, KC MO -Block Party, Indianapolis, Indiana -Student Union, Indiana University -Louie's Lower Level, University of Arizona All of these are now defunct. The student unions at IU and the U of A were revamped, and the others just disappeared. Edited February 2, 2009 by J.Max Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/137872-shout-out-the-arcade-you-grew-up-in/#findComment-1672615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.