Im probably in the very very small minority of people who still love and go to arcades. Its such a great place to meet like minded nerds. We are lucky to have 2 really awesome ones in town, one of which has a lot of good old machines, and they repair them too. They have some new ones that are OK too.
Anyway, I dont like that they changed to the dumb card thing. I get it (efficiency, capitalism, it was bound to happen) but it removes another visceral experience in society that was so fun.
Anyway, my old man rant!
shout out to the galloping ghost in chicago. massive, massive arcade full of vintage cabs, some of them super rare. they charge a door fee so no cards or coins, but if you make a day out of it you’re plaging hundreds of dollars of games for like 20 bucks or something. they even have an R360 G-Loc cabinet, although you need to call ahead to make sure they have an extra hand on site to run it. i didn’t know you needed to call and when they told me i could come back tomorrow and i mentioned i drove in from out of town, they gave me a free admission card for next time, so very nice people working there too!