Christopher Borrelli also had a brief guide of where you could still play some of the "ancient arcade favorites-- in their upright coin-op form, as God intended." These are all in Illinois. He didn't include any of the Pac-Man variations (Ms Pac-Man) or Galaga. However, he cautions that you should call before driving out to play.
PAC-MAN-- released 1980-- play at Nickel City in Northbrook
DONKEY KONG-- released 1981. Italian plumber jumps barrels. Star Worlds Arcade in Dekalb.
DIG DUG-- released 1982. Inflate monsters until they burst. Repeat. Game Works in Schaumburg.
CENTIPEDE-- released 1980. Think Space Invaders with bugs. Dave & Buster's in Chicago.
ASTEROIDS-- Released 1979. Landmark black and white shooter. Pretty tough. Replay in Niles.
What, no Space Invaders???
Of these, I liked Space Invaders and Asteroids the best. Guess I was into the Outer Space attacks.
Gotta Quarter? --Coot
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Goodbye Arcades
From June 5, 2008, Chicago Tribune. "Get your Frogger fix fast. The game room is down to its last quarter" by Christopher Borrelli.
I never was a big fan of them because of lack of reflexes and quarters, but just one more of the old things passing away from us with all this new technology. And that is arcades. It used to be that every town had one and definitely all tourist spots.
You'd walk by and find lots and lots of young folks hard at work spending their quarters. But those days are on their way out.
Gameland in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, closed in the fall of 2008. The building still sits empty today, but something appears to be going on inside.
It's machines, some dating back to 1982 will go silent. The place opened way back in 1944, the games will be auctioned off, a victim of XBox, old machines, big electric bills, and an overwhelming lack of youthful interest.
The manager said most visitors in the last years were older folks looking to reconnect with a memory.
There are still a few places remaining with the arcades, but these too will be going the way of the mom and pop or even the bigger record stores, a victim of the times.
Always Missing the Old Days. --DaCoot
I never was a big fan of them because of lack of reflexes and quarters, but just one more of the old things passing away from us with all this new technology. And that is arcades. It used to be that every town had one and definitely all tourist spots.
You'd walk by and find lots and lots of young folks hard at work spending their quarters. But those days are on their way out.
Gameland in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, closed in the fall of 2008. The building still sits empty today, but something appears to be going on inside.
It's machines, some dating back to 1982 will go silent. The place opened way back in 1944, the games will be auctioned off, a victim of XBox, old machines, big electric bills, and an overwhelming lack of youthful interest.
The manager said most visitors in the last years were older folks looking to reconnect with a memory.
There are still a few places remaining with the arcades, but these too will be going the way of the mom and pop or even the bigger record stores, a victim of the times.
Always Missing the Old Days. --DaCoot
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