Aladdin’s Castle, Berkshire Mall (Wyomissing, PA) opened upstairs near Bon‑Ton sometime in the late ’70s and quickly became Berks County’s quarter‑drain of choice. The room was famous for two things: an animated neon sign that flickered in sync with Galaga explosions and the “no‑hassle birthday” package advertised on local kids’ TV.
Yelp lists the branch as closed but preserves the 610‑area‑code phone number, while Facebook’s BerksNostalgia page hosts a lively thread debating which cabinet sat closest to the fountain (consensus: Dragon’s Lair). After Namco’s 1990s rebrand push the arcade morphed into Cyberstation, survived until the mid‑2000s, and finally ceded its balcony‑view real estate to a Challenge Arcade satellite.