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How was your Amusement Arcade in the 70 and 80´s ? let's post the pictures here…

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#89 7 years ago
Quoted from toyotaboy:

I had about 3 arcades at various times in the 80s and 90s within a couple miles of my house, but the most memorable one that you had to drive to was Galaxy world / Brunswick zone in Carol Stream, IL that closed about 4-5 years ago. It's now a Pilot gas station (but google earth hasn't quite updated the building yet)

A bit of history: WMS used Galaxy World as a test location for new games. I used to live in Bloomingdale and I saw many prototype WMS games at Galaxy World.

#92 7 years ago
Quoted from Baiter:

I have no pics of the arcade I grew up with in the Denver, CO area which was bulldozed in 1995 and turned into a Home Depot. Let me give you a little idea what it was like: 80 bowling lanes, Bar, Restaurants, Pool Tables, Olympic size indoor swimming pool w/slides, full sized shooting gallery, skeeball, even indoor bumper cars... and of course 250 or so video games and pinball spanning multiple rooms and levels. The origin of Celebrity Sports Center is interesting...

Celebrity was gone by the time I moved to Colorado, but supposedly the Whirlwind I have in my basement came from there. As I was told, a guy in Denver bought the games when Celebrity closed. He had two arcades: one in Denver and one in Longmont. He closed the Denver location in the mid-90s and then lost his lease in Longmont and had to auction all of the games, which is where I bought my WW. I have no real proof that it is true but it's a good story none the less.

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