Do arcades exist where you live?

If you live in anywhere expect Asia (and maybe South America), arcades are like 2-door cars: a dying breed. This puts them in a similar place to comic book shops. If you do happen to have one near you, what do they have? Is it actually an arcade arcade or a low-rent Chuck E. Cheese? Can you add pictures? How long has it been there? Do you frequent it?

Nope

Does Dave & Busters count?

@novarichrider: eh, I guess. Sadly, it is usually the closing thing to an actual arcade. It is to real arcades what Bayformers is to Transformers.

Yep, they are still at Chuck E. Cheese !

Yes.

@king_saturn: eeeeeewwww chuck e. cheese

although Ive heard that they have some decent chicken wings

@glitch_spawn: ........and?

@glitch_spawn: lol where at

I consider a legit arcade one that has street fighter machine. That being said, I live in NJ and I think the closest legit arcade is in Brooklyn.

used to till it got robbed 15 times then sadly had to close

Most arcades around York,PA are closing. Can't think of any.

We have a huge place called The Colliseium but it's not in York. It's like, 20-40 minutes away. It's huge though. It has a nice sized arcade, a pizza resturant, a bowling alley, and pool tables.

The arcade in the closest mall just closed. We have a Chuck E Cheese that still runs great, but the machines are just ticket grabs honestly.

Arcades are becoming close to non-existant. And it's sad.

There's a decent one in the mall in my area. Has a few decent cabinets like Tekken, MvC, etc. But mostly shooters and claw machines.

There's also this place called Nickel-A-Play. Name is pretty self explanatory. Its kind of run down and its mostly classic cabinets like Pac Man, Galaga, etc but you its fun to go with like 5 bucks and kill an afternoon.

There's also a bar called The 1Up that is an arcade. Its easily the best. Has every good cabinet you can think of. Same with pinball machines. And each play is a quarter. Beer is decently priced too.

@king_saturn: damn you i miss Chuck E. Cheese and it's glow-in-the-dark stamps...

We had one that would be open until 2am. I no longer think it's there. But we do have Dave and Busters.

@kingjames447: fail.on.a.stick.

@redlantern23: if by shooters you mean shmups, then that is a true blue arcade

We have an arcade bar!

Yes but I'm in Asia so I guess I don't count, huh? Booooooo!!!!

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Yes. Not as much as there was when I was lil but still a good amount

There's an "arcade" in most movie theaters near me. I don't count that, though.

I do know of a bowling place that also has arcade games, however. So that probably counts.

@kingjames447: the fact that it went kaput

I live near a few Chuck E. Cheeses and Dave and Busters. Like, 3 hours a way or so, there are a ton of arcades at the closest beach. The main one with the haunted house and everything else big has been there since I can remember. No sign of it closing down anytime soon.

I don't know of any dedicated arcades close by, but there are arcade games at amusements and bowling alleys etc, usually in amongst grab machines, penny pushers, puggies and stuff.

Ehhh there used to be one but nowadays it's more focussed on gambling.

There's a few in the Chicago suburbs... All of them are really good, but the best one, which I filmed a CV video for, years ago is Galloping Ghost Arcade.

Here's a vid from two years ago where I talk about Judge Dredd arcade.

Eh, does the bowling alley count?

i could care less once the arcade closed they built a chick-fil-a so i say it was a big improvement

noooooooooo

I see them in restaurants, but other than that, no.

Not really, but there's a Dave 'n' Buster's. But, to be honest, arcades nowadays arent really that fun anymore, based on the experineces i have had in them in recent years. Half of the games are Apps you can get for the iPhone or iPad, and I never want to see, or have to pay to play,Fruit Ninja in an arcade ever again. What ever happened to the great arcade style games like; C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa, Battle Toads, Double Dragon, The Neo-Geo Machines, Metal Slug, Bushido Blade, MK and SF, TMNT: Turtles in Time, X-Men, Area 51, Rush, Tekken, Gauntlet Legends, NFL Blitz, NBA Jam, Cruis'n USA, Crazy Taxi, Time Crisis, Marvel v Capcom, The Simpsons, Captain America and the Avengers, Soul Calibre, House of the Dead, Carnevil....you ge the point.

Games are just not very adaptable to an Acrade format any more. T'is a sad sad realization.

I only go to arcade when I visit Japan

Arcades are mad popular here in Asia. Nearly any mall will have one. Nothing beats Initial D racing, House of the Dead, or that dance thing that people love.

I live in Atlanta, and there are 2 that I have seen. I've only been to one. It had some pretty standard things. I saw: Super Street Fighter IV, Tekken Tag 2, a billion racing games, a pinball machine, Pac-Man, some old space shooter, and some first person shooter.

I've never been to one but recall my brother and his friends would go to one nearby. It's been closed for a few years though.

yes my local truck stop plaza has a small arcade, plus one of my local malls has an arcade

There is a Playdium (think superhuge video game emporium) and like other people mentioned, Dave and Busters and Chuck E Cheese and bowling alleys with dedicated arcade rooms and even little kid playhouses which usually have a bit off to the side for the older crowd. Back home there used to be a lot of them (in malls or strip malls) but I haven't noticed if they've disappeared or not.

Also, hotels here have arcade rooms for supposedly younger guests. Especially in the Niagara Falls area.

Two left where i live, very small

Sadly no.

@ciriel: i must go here!

Oh, service stations seem to have little arcades in them.

Only the bowling ally. The last arcade place was re-made as a casino.

i remember going to the bowling ally or to the theatres for the sole purpose of playing TMNT or Tekken Tag Tournament... damn those times...

Time crisis, house of the dead, crazy taxi, tekken 3 on the arcades was the s***.

nostalgia train just hit me hard

There's arcade games where I live, but only in a few restaurants.