RetroGaming

Great post, thanks

Our local arcade guy, I've known him casually for decades. He realized the DDR craze was over and the old school game profitability was long gone. He refactored and has an absolutely fabulous pinball arcade downtown, and I'm talking like 20 minty tables that he maintains par-excellence. There's an SF cab, a NEO GEO, a DDR, a few novelties like grip strength and punching bag, 2 pingpong tables, air hockey. He rolled with the punches and stayed relevant, moved to a high-rent somewhat touristy area with shitloads of foot traffic.

I love the imagery of the arcade in that article. We didn't have one like that in my city, but we had the last of the true Snooker parlours and the look was nearly identical - hand written screeds all over the place adhered with yellowed tape that welded itself to the wall over time. Rickety equipment that is barely holding on.