First off, I'm okay with the whole Massreality Marshmallow thing. Not a big fan of marshmallows, but I'd like to think of myself as a distance cousin of Stay Puft.
I had one of those mall arcades I spent most of my time at. But Putt-Putt was the site where I kicked so much butt in Outrun that I actually had a small crowd around me. Ahh memories.
There was a place in Cary, NC called Exilarama that was one of those laser tag/arcades, but also had an indoor rollercoaster called the Hurlarama. The location was broken into several retail spots with Total Wine taking up what used to be the front door to the place.
When living in Cedar Hill, Texas there was a go kart place called Ellen's I also dropped wayy too many quarters at. Ellen's is actually still open.
Also, the rec center I wrote about some had a nice selection of arcade games in Orlando back in the day. We had Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2 tournaments pretty much daily.
And finally, how can I not list all of these beloved places without mentioning all the quarters I spent at various Pizza Hut's rocking the Ms. Pacman tabletop machines or the random gas stations that I'd torture my dad at. He'd give me a quarter while picking up a few things, expecting me to die quickly, and in some cases, that two minute trip into the gas station would turn into a ten minute trip. After a while he caught on and wouldn't give me a quarter depending on the machine.
There could be a gallery inside with nothing but awesome stuff pertaining to the 70's through the 90's. And a froyo shop with flavors like Shakin Steak Strawberry, Vkimo Vanilla, Crow Caramel, Benjanime Butter Pecan, etc, etc.
This is it now...
