On 10 Jan 2009 at 9:45, Dan Roganti wrote:
The arcades of today may be disappearing, but the
arcades of yesterday
are actually on the rise. We have 3 here already in Pittsburgh with a
lot of the original arcades, digital _and_mechanical, including
pinballs, bowlers, baseball and shooting arcades. There's a few cities
with some more, I haven't cataloged them all yet.
It's not a "classic" arcade unless it's got some Mutoscopes,
fortunetelling machines, and Nickelodeon or two...
Yeah, I recall at some of the bigger steam festivals in the UK they often have
arcades with Victorian-era systems* in - it's a good way of wasting a few
hours :-)
* 90% mechanical of course, with a smattering of simple electrics...
cheers
Jules