The Retro Arcade Museum, Beacon, NY

[zipthepinhead]

If it were me, I would have just employed civil disobedience and refused to shut down the place, especially if I was allowed to open it in the first place, bring money and tourism into Beacon, NY through a unique nostalgic establishment, and after having put all that work into it. I would have turned the tables on the morons in the city council and made them the bad guys and made a huge negative public relations headache for them so as to force them to change that idiotic ordinance.

[techstyle123]

wow cool

[caincan111]

so marvelous oldies place. shame on local politics ! :(

[LewKaplanski]

If anybody here leaving comments gets to Las Vegas, check out the pinball museum located on 1610 E. Tropicana, Las Vegas NV 89119. It is a great place! They are a nice staff, and all the money goes to charity. And you will enjoy yourselves very much!

Here's to the old school arcade games. As a friend of mine once stated: "We live in a throw away society". My reply was: "Can't we keep the good old stuff and throw away the society?"

[LewKaplanski]

Isn't it amazing that all the great old stuff gets shut down, and replaced by some worthless crap! I never got to go there, but I can truly sympathize with anyone who was able to go to a great place like this and have some real fun and then have it close down leaving nothing. And all for a stupid meaningless reason. All the cool places in the Greater Los angeles area (yeah Los Angeles was great at one time) that I liked (amusement parks and arcades) have been shreded and replaced with crap!!!

[StaciAutumns]

They closed the place!!?? What????? That sickens me. Damn, where else can you find that kind of collection? As a collector of EM games I'm finding it increasingly difficult to find games like these, especially in large numbers. I'm bummed out now. This whole XBOX gen has no concept of these games. Everytime someone asked me how to play pinball, a little part of me is appalled. "You have to pull the plunger back first"... 'What's a plunger' Uuuuugggghhhhh...

[mailjoegreen]

It really bothers me that they closed this place down. It was great and innovative there was nothing else like it around here. I guess we need to take more money from the Dia and lower the speed limit, so they can give out more tickets to help support our city. I know who I am not vote for !!!

[MaxPencil]

They passed a law a few weeks ago allowing "vintage games before 1980" allowed on Main Street in Beacon, NY. Just in time, too.. the owner apparently lost enough money to stay shut down, and sell some of his collection to get back in the black.

[CrazedToTheExtreme]

Such a shame it got closed down. 

[Warriorwolf1114]

Guess what? They just banned pinball in Beacon and forced the museum to close. Is this rediculous or not???

[MaxPencil]

@Warriorwolf1114 .. Some old person found a law just as old about the ordinance in Beacon that prevents arcade operations from being in Beacon. They let him open it, shouldn't they have known about the law beforehand? Before this guy spent his money, set everything up, and got going for, what, almost a year before they forced him to shut.

[stilleavy]

@MaxPencil , welcome to communist america. pinball is the enemy of the state

[Jimkaider]

Get on the horn with Beacon officials and save The Retro Arcade Museum kids. A law that has no bearing anymore closed it down.

[Dt0x75]

@Jimkaider only in Beacon....lol.

[MarioMario1009]

I went here and I played most of the games shown here :D

[rigormortizzz]

ill make sure i go there when in ny, AWESOME!!

[RetroVGamer]

This is amazing! I love finding out about all this, thank you for posting it.