For Amusement Only: the life and death of the American arcade

From Atari to Dave and busters, we dig into the rise and fall of the video arcade in America.

Read the article on The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/374...

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[ArticBeatle]

The Barcade concept is awesome! I love The Verge and their style of reporting... It's head and shoulders above everyone else.

[Daniel Bazurto]

Did anyone else roll their eyes when one guy said his kids bought almost all the games available for the iPad for thirty-fourty dollars?

[Transam4000]

Umm no it isn't man, the arcade is always the best in graphics, look it up

[SeventhSun]

It's 'Galaga' Ah Fat.

[SeventhSun]

Of course it is.

[SeventhSun]

It is.

[SeventhSun]

Sama sama.

[SeventhSun]

Nah arcades are yesterday's news. You have to be brave and let them go.

[Razohead2]

It's neat to see people keeping the spirit of the arcade alive I grew up around arcades, My father managed one for over 20 years so I witnessed first hand the rise and fall that particular arcade which steadily lost business after 1998 or so and finally closed it's doors in 2005 however just recently someone has bought the name and has reopened a revamped more modernized arcade with a rec-room something I had suggested years ago I have yet to check out the new arcade though I wish them well.

[kazora1001]

i can safety say that arcade machines are not dead in my country

[funkywoofwoof]

All those old machines rotting away in that warehouse makes me cry.

[Transam4000]

The home console isn't the same