In Which Arcade Did You Hang Out in the 80's?

[Riffster]

Fun and Games- it's still open

[wilbs518]

In town we had Toma's, Cumberland Farms and The Gamma Room.
I also frequented Barrel of Fun, The Game Room(both at Latham Circle Mall), Aladdins Castle(Colonie Center), Park Place(Crossgates Mall), Sega Arcade(Northway Mall), Funplex, and any other arcade I could find.
Sadly there are not any open around me anymore.
I go to Funspot in NH a 3-4 times a year.

[huedell]

I might have sold you a pair or corduroys while I was working at the Gap downstairs

Ha. Good chance as I spent a LOT of time in that mall.
I was in Philly this past weekend and I actually asked my dad about how that
mall was doing and he said that there was a lot of TARGET/WAL-MART type
stuff popped up all around it but it's still there.

[Zemo]

In the 80"s? The topless ones.

[toys2cool]

3 places in Miami -Malibu grand prix, the pirates and fun o rama and midway mall

[ScottA]

The place in the Mall was called Aladdin's Castle, which we hung out at alot. But there was a place in the late 70's we hung at in another strip mall down from Baskin Robbin's Ice Cream Shoppe but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.

[WannabeMego]

Late 70's...maybe early 80's...The Galaxy Game Room, South Shore Mall, Bay Shore, NY...

It was also the place where I found out that there really is a Truant Officer...not just in the Little Rascal's...

[jwyblejr]

Nearest one when I was in Burlington Flats,NY was in Edmeston. Had it downtown next to a small diner. Had maybe five or six games and a pool table. If you wanted anything major,you had to go to Oneonta or New Hartford.

[jimbutsu]

Galaktican arcade in Westgate West- San Jose, CA... ah, those was the days. I miss that place.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Mine was from a chain of Arcades called Time Out. There was also a locally owned store front down the road, not in the mall that lasted for a long time, but it was also known as a place of danger and to be avoided by upstanding kids.

[HardyGirl]

A bowling alley in Lake Forrest, CA. Or Shorty's corner store in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Other than that, it was just playing Atari.

[Sideshow Spock]

Mine was from a chain of Arcades called Time Out.

Time Out for me too.. in the mall right next to the theaters. My friends and I would always get to the movies early so we could hit the arcade first

[spamn]

Space Port in the King of Prussia, Pa. Mall, also occasionally the game room in the basement of the Valley Forge Sheraton, and, while it was open, I spent practically every day after school in Junior high in the local arcade in the Gateway Shopping Center along 202, which doubled my commute home.

EDIT: and of course, there was a Space Port in the King of Prussia mall, too.

[Goblin19]

Space Invaders was just across the street from us. It was a great place. Dark and atmospheric.

[mazinz]

I realize this is not a 70's question, but I was reminiscing about my favorite classic video games and thought back to where I spent WAY too much time as a kid. Ther was a place near me with the great name of Cosmic Cave, but I spent most of my time at the Oxford Valley Mall's version of this place-

http://www.freewebs.com/scottepatrick/spaceport.jpg

If you're really committed to walk back to hese dark places, here are two links to training slideshows for Space Port workers. I imagine there was some sort of narrative given live. Ther a re great machines in the background and some outfits I distinctly remember wearing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKBtQ6t9hbw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-kjm...eature=related

I am so glad you posted this. We had a Space Port (which was my main arcade) in the Newburgh Mall, Newburgh NY. I had no idea it was a chain until I saw your pic and the youtube video