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By: Codefenix to All on Fri Jun 19 2020 10:05 am

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

For me, when I was a kid the only arcade in town was in the Bowling Alley. My dad would drop me off there while he went into the bar. (Thanks dad!). There were maybe 10 games and a few pinball machines. 2-3 of the games were always broken, and although you weren't supposed to smoke in there the "big kids" always were.

The quarter rule was in effect here, if someone put a line of quarters on the ledge above the controls they would get the next game when you lost.

I remember once I was playing some game, probably Spy Hunter, and there were two older teen girls slumped against the wall, probably stoned. It was pretty classy.

Bob Roberts

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