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The Rise and Fall of Arcades, will they ever make a comeback?

May 28th, 2009 refugee 2 comments

 The Rise and Fall of Arcades, will they ever make a comeback?
Arcades have been around in various forms since the 1920’s. They evolved from Coney Island amusement parks featuring shooting galleries to ball tossing. Through the 20th century they took on alternate forms with pinballĀ  and fortune telling machines taking the lead. In 1972, Atari was formed and created the infamous “pong” coin op game.

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