Arcade Appreciation Post

[Dynaknights]

I decided to go on a little adventure to a local retro arcade after work today (because I need to get out of my house more...), which got me thinking: do other people still like arcades, or did I just reread Ernest Cline's Ready Player One too many times as a tween? I tend to hear about arcades in the same breath as liminal spaces, but do people still go to them?

So, what are your favorite (and/or weird) memories? Favorite games, food, prize (if your arcades have/had those), etc. Places with arcade machines (I typically see them housed at bowling alleys) also count. :)

[oro_junestar]

I really wanna go to a retro arcade! There was a local one near me and I really wanted to take my best friend there, but when we got there, it had been closed and turned into a trading card store

Every year, my family goes to Wildwood, New Jersey for vacation, and the boardwalk has a retro arcade in it. It has a Ms. Pac-Man cabinet, and I'm getting so good at it, I keep setting the top high score every time I play :P