I grew up in the "Heyday" of arcades. There seemed to be one in every mall. Then, you could find a game room in every bowling alley, gas station, and convinence store in town. Sadly, video games were more common, but there was always at least one pin to play. In our metro area, there were 6 bowling alleys, 1 pool hall, and 2 major mall arcades. Then you had games at the back of every gas station/C. store so there was never a shortage of places to go play. It just seems weird that one day they were all thriving and the next day they disappeared.