I’m sure some of you are reading this and thinking I should quit my whining and just be thankful that I still have a local arcade at all. In many places, the local arcade is the lone Ms. Pac still in the neighborhood pizza parlor and not an entire location designated to gaming. My local arcade is a Namco-operated Time Out in Colonial Mall Lakeshore – Gainesville, GA:
Through my getting to know Bob (the former op whom I wrote about in the previous post), he has told me several stories about the good-ole days of the golden age of arcades. Being far removed from that era and being so innundated with modern technologies like iPhones, laptops, X-boxes, and more, we forget how cutting-edge the arcade machines were back then. (more…)
Before I type anything, I’ll let the picture speak for itself:
Warehouse Raid - Gainesville, GA 2008
If you have been an arcade collector for any length of time, you have no doubt had a dream of finding a whole bunch of classic arcade games that have been stashed in a warehouse somewhere and forgotten. That dream has been realized for me as I have uncovered a cache of games that have been locked away for over 10 years! (more…)
