15 Jul
2001
15 Jul
'01
5:42 p.m.
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
the original can cloud your perceptions though,
fortunately I live in an
area with dozens of huge arcades that include the old games in free
sections. I prefer a modern crt under emulation, to the old TV style
what area? I live in Champaign/Urbana Illinois these days, but as a kid I
lived in Suburban Chicago... there was an arcade called "Galaxy World"
that was just incredible. Probably hundreds of games. Two LONG walls of
pinball. Classics, contemporary... I miss arcades.
Any good arcades in the midwest anymore? I've heard things about one in
Chicago (with "retro" games no less) but the name doesn't come to mind
right now.
Galaxy World was sold a few years ago and now has kiddie rides & other
"family fun features". Back in the day there was the bowling alley it was
connected to, and the whole place was _very_ seedy, dark, and noisy. I
loved it.
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DoRES Computer Accessibility Researcher