Mt. Berry Square Mall (also known as Mount Berry Mall) opened on February 13, 1991, with anchors including JCPenney, Sears, Belk, and a Chick-fil-A food court—a classic early ’90s enclosed mall setup. Although specific mentions of an Aladdin’s Castle arcade are scarce, the mall’s 2006 Yelp reviews praised “arcade-style games,” suggesting it maintained a small video-game section…
No. 44 at Oakdale Mall in Johnson City, New York, opened in 1975, and its Aladdin’s Castle arcade appeared by the early 1980s along the east wing near the Sears entrance. It boasted token machines, Skeeball lanes, and video favorites like Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Town historical society newsletters from 1992 describe the arcade…
Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville, Ohio opened in 1978. An Aladdin’s Castle arcade soon occupied space along the Sears wing, promoted in *The Intelligencer* (Wheeling) as a “Family Fun Center” in a 1988 holiday insert. Region-wide gamers remember its four-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cabinet and weekly high-score contests. The arcade closed in the…
Old Capitol Center (formerly Old Capitol Mall) opened in 1981 at 205 S. Clinton Street, Iowa City. By the mid-’80s its ground floor hosted an Aladdin’s Castle arcade, a popular stop for University of Iowa students between classes. Little Village magazine’s 2014 nostalgia piece lists “Aladdin’s Castle token challenges” among the mall’s defining memories, while…
