An early and very popular arcade located in Chicago’s Loop, next to a large record store (Downtown Records) that opened in March 1974. The name was a portmanteau of it’s owners, Steve Rubin and Gary Buslik, two young entrepreneurs. Sometime in the mid-70’s, Rubin and Buslik also opened a place called Rubus Jungle, which supposedly had bumper cars and was geared toward youth. After the arcade crash of 1983-1984, Rubus closed its doors in November of 1985.
References
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-rubus-game-room-opening/169546094/
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-early-rubus-game-room-wr/169546227/
- http://forgottenchicago.com/forum/read.php?1,4662,page=2
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/388270251/?match=1&clipping_id=169545882
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-interview-with-manager-o/169537944/
- https://archive.org/details/Winners_Book_of_Video_Games/page/n231/mode/2up
