omegadot Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 The Flying J truck stop near us had a respectable arcade area. We'd stop there after school quite a lot. Truck stops are always a little strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Around '81 or '82 the supermarket near my house had a Donkey Kong upright near the entrance/checkout. The store is still there, but now there's a Coinstar where the DK used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskar42 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 the supermarket by my house growing up had a tron machine. my mom wouldn't let me play it because video games were evil. by the time i was was of walking around age- it was gone. There were a few games around the neighborhood i would walk to. None of them were particularly strange. Laundromat- Strider; Final Fight Electronic store - Moonwalker; Neo Geo w/ Nam 75 and Ninja combat Drug Store- Western Express Liquor Store 1- Double Dragon Liquor Store 2- Street fighter 2 - which i only played once due to the constant lines - also this one kid would would handcuff everybody Movie theater: Mr do, Aliens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Probably my uncles basement. I remember when I was about 10, he had an Atari but before I could play it I had to drink this funny drink first that made me sleepy and when I woke up my clothes were on inside out. He told me it was part of the instructions for Space Invaders but I never had to do that in the arcade. Reminds me of the fun times I had with my uncle and his two friends: Father O'Mally and Scoutmaster John. Nothing but wholesome, video gaming fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Used to visit my nearby convenience store just to play R-Type... Used to play my Atari 2600 and 800XL in the Mallard trailer we had in the backyard... Used to play Dungeon Master for the ST in my summer school class... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algus Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Hmm, by early 90s it seemed like most places had at least one machine. Some of these (gocery stores, pharmcies,etc.) don't seem real strange to me. That's where I played most of my arcade games. I lived in a small town though so there wasn't an arcade unless my parents took me thirty minutes away to the closest big town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 If Mame counts..... I used to drive semi a few years ago, and I would deliver envelopes to the IRS up in Detroit. After I was done unloading, I would drive a few blocks to old Tiger Stadium (when it was still standing), and sit outside the stadium and play Mame while waiting for a load going back to Cleveland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyyaknow Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 In the late 80's I remember playing one of the old sit down Pac-Man games at an old seafood restaurant in Massachusetts when my grandparents would bring us once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 There was a restaurant my mom and I used to go to which had an arcade room tucked in a corner near the restrooms in the back. Anyone who never used the restrooms probably didn't ever even know there was an arcade room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I remember seeing an upright Asteroids cabinet in the "please-wait-to-be-seated" area of a Chinese restaurant, around 1983 or so. My parents gave me a quarter and I think my game lasted about 30 seconds. That was probably the only time in the 80s I ever saw an original Asteroids cabinet. I remember being familiar with the 2600 version, and thinking the arcade version was really intimidating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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