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To have witnessed the crowds in it's hayday and now this.

This is really where the passion for pinball started for me.




Not sure on this pic. It used to be much wider at the front. I was there awhile ago with TOPL and it was a complete disappointment when I witnessed the state it was in.



Wish I could find some older pics.



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That's so crazy, a real Younge Street staple.  I was planning on dropping in when I head to Toronto in August but it looks like I'll be a week too late.

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It would have been a crying shame had they kept it up. To be honest I would have preferred not to see it in it's current state.


Now here is a place that harkens back to the glory days.

http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/museumphotos.htm



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use to work right across the street from it.   always took off from work saying i would right back after a quick game...  sometimes i wouldn't come back till near closing.
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I have hunted for pics on the internet from the glory days. Couldn't find any. I am sure lots exist in print format but not digital.

What you see now is quite lackluster from back in the day. First Defender I ever laid eyes on sat near the front there..... with a lineup out the door!



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The thing that gets me is why is everyone so suprised this is closing?  I mean seriously that place is a HOLE!  It most likely hasn't changed in the 42 years it has existed, what buisness in it's right mind thinks it can keep doing the same thing for 42 years without updating itself with the changing times and not end of having to close it's doors is beyond me.  


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It most likely hasn't changed in the 42 years it has existed, what buisness in it's right mind thinks it can keep doing the same thing for 42 years without updating itself with the changing times and not end of having to close it's doors is beyond me.  


Oh it's changed alright. Even with me being a glossy eyed little kid going into this place, I never got the impression it was the hole it is now.

Mind you there were some scary looking clients back then.



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Quote :

" Funland's classic arcade and pinball games will be auctioned off at a future date. Read Marc Saltzman's weekly Game Guy column in these pages for details as they come.  "

[ vultures circling...  ]

Let me  know if anyone gets a date for this.

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Mind you there were some scary looking clients back then.


   don't pick on me.  i use to go from trenton to toronto to visit all the punks back in the 80's.  some of my fav times are playing in the arcades on younge st. back then.  scare old punk rockers....

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Quoted from Vengeance
The thing that gets me is why is everyone so suprised this is closing?  I mean seriously that place is a HOLE!  It most likely hasn't changed in the 42 years it has existed, what buisness in it's right mind thinks it can keep doing the same thing for 42 years without updating itself with the changing times and not end of having to close it's doors is beyond me.  



I believe that they said they couldn't update themselves due to the lack of new games, and from what I know, the sheer cost of recent games.

A Ms.Pacman when it came out cost about 2000$ in today's money, and cost nearly nothing to maintain. Today, a recent popular game like DDR costs in excess of 10000$ and is very expensive to maintain. This, combined with very little choice of new titles out there, pretty much kills it for all arcades.

Places like Funspot in New Hampshire survice due to them catering to a different crowd, classic gamers.


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Does anyone know when the very last day is?
I was hoping to go just to say good bye to the place.
Is anyone else interested in the final visit?
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