RIP Chinatown Fair

[pakopako]

Another arcade bites the dust.

This won't mean much to anyone not in the area, but a local parlor has just shuttered its doors after decades of token-crunching goodness. To some, it was just another dark, loud hole-in-the-wall. To me, it was Street Fighter, Dance Dance Revolution, Operation Wolf, Indiana Jones Pinball, Pole Position, Gauntlet, and once, going head-to-head against a live chicken.

News article.

The news isn't surprising, as arcades have been on a steep decline for years since gaming began moving online, and the arcade owners have stated they were merely moving, but a fellow poster from another board (*cough*thatfewhereseemtolike*cough*) said it best when they compared it to when musical pit CBGB moved away. People will cope, adapt, and go elsewhere, but it just won't be the same.

[dedalusdedalus]

Wow, that place was always crowded enough that I figured it was sustainable, so this is really sad and surprising news. This place was the last of a breed -- it wasn't a corporatized and sanitized arcade for yuppies like D&B; it was a dark, crowded and musty 80s style arcade.

[AznKhmerBoi]

what about mall arcades or movie theatre arcade, its still thriving around where i live. The one even had an MK2 machine it was awesome, i was just showing off too all these lil youngster the coolness of fatalities lol.

[CRTGAMER]

A shame another Arcade dying.

I remember going to an Arcade called Nickel City. A couple bucks to get in and the Arcades only cost a nickel. Most of the cabinets are Retro in the late 90s era, but there are a few new ones. In fact there are some older Retro Cabs that are set to Free Play! This is where I discovered Puzz Loop, the original that inspired Pop Cap's Zuma series and Magnetica on the DS and Wii.

Holy crap! This arcade is still alive, its an hour drive, I have got to get back there before they shut down.

Nickel City Arcade

[benderx]

I thought this was another Nickel Nickel arcade eventhough its a different name.

They just Closed down Nickel Nickel 5 Cent Games.

I was at chinatown Fair Arcade got to play a little of Super Street fighter 4 Arcade edition. I chose Akuma new evil version ... kinda hard because I don't know his moves. They had about Six unts of SSF4 A ed. of course they have the other ones.

[Bradtemple87]

I saw a tribute video to this the other day.