/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9999828
>a pair of games at the gas station general store isnt an arcade. your story/experience is irrelevant. we're talking about ACTUAL arcades.

Bro, like 70% of people don't live near fully dedicated game centers. During peak arcade era, most kids just gathered at their local 7-Eleven corner store, or Laundromat that had several machines. You could go there and see groups of neighbor kids playing. Thats how rivalries and friendships were born. You only went to the game center when it was your birthday or some special occasion.