A popular arcade in downtown Ithaca from the height of the arcade video craze. References https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-opening-of-great-game/170009406/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-the-big-arcade-bust-i/170009685/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-great-games-still-in/170009794/
Time-Out was a chain of arcade centers established in 1970 by Tico Bonomo, with locations primarily in shopping malls across the United States. These arcades were known for their distinctive tunnel-like entrances and vibrant interiors, designed to attract patrons. This location was inside the Center Ithaca mall in downtown Ithaca and opened sometime prior to…
Just Fun was a small arcade adjacent to a theater in the Berkshire Mall, formerly located in Lanesborough, MA. It was part of a much larger company called Weyman Enterprises (New Rochelle, NY), that operated 96 locations in the Northeast in the late 1980’s. Just Fun opened with the mall in 1988. It’s 53 games…
A well-known Chicago arcade formerly located on Chicago’s North Side. This was a test location for Midway Games during the late 80’s and 90’s. It opened in 1987 and closed sometime between 2002 and 2007. References https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/12/30/after-pac-man-video-arcades-today/
Originally located on the South Wing of Evergreen Plaza mall. Came and went sometime in the 1980s, most likely. References https://charlesperformingarts.blogspot.com/2013/05/lessons-learned-from-eventual-farewell.html
Game room at a popular resort in NW Illinois at Starved Rock State Park.
Galaxy World was a beloved arcade located inside Gala Lanes North in Carol Stream, Illinois. It was a hotspot for gaming enthusiasts, especially during the 1980s and 1990s. The arcade was part of the Brunswick Zone bowling center and featured a wide variety of arcade games, including some that were used as testing grounds for…
Sister bowling alley to Gala Lanes North/Galaxy World. Gala West also had an arcade but it likely wasn’t called Galaxy World. It was not as large as Gala North. References https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/what-happened-to-former-galaxy-worlds-games.233712/
Friar Tuck’s Game Room in Calumet City, Illinois, was a notable arcade during its time, particularly in the early 1980s. It gained a certain level of infamy due to an incident involving the arcade game Berzerk. In 1982, a young man named Peter Bukowski tragically passed away from a heart attack shortly after achieving a…
Galaxy Game Center was an arcade located in Palatine, Illinois. It was known for its amusement tokens, which featured a spaceship design with an atomic symbol in the background. The arcade had its grand opening in 1986 and was owned by John and Jannina Poulos. It closed sometime in the late 1990’s, when the strip…
