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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}     In the 1970’s Iwas a teen-ager growing up in a small town in the mid-west.  Though video game systems for the home hadjust come out, they always seemed to pale in comparison to the kind of gamesthat were available in the local arcades that were springing up at thattime.  I don’t remember what our firsthome game system was called, but it basically had three different versions ofpong.  Don’t ask me why, but the pongwhere we each had two paddles was called “Hockey”.  Go figure. The only other thing I remember about the system was that it came with abig red pistol with which we were to shoot the frantic bouncing pong square asit ghosted across the screen.  Lookingback, it seems crazy that we were so fascinated by the movement of those simplewhite squares.  But there began thehunger for a weekly trip to the quarter consuming video game arcade.     Actually, thepredecessor to the arcade was probably the local pizza joint or gas station. Inthose days, the owner would invest in only one game, usually Pac Man orAsteroids, and then tuck it away in some dark corner of the store in hopes ofgenerating a little supplemental income. There you were sure to find a gaggle of spastic adolescent boys inhooded sweatshirts with fingers flying in the flickering light of the newestrelease from Bally.  I hate to think ofhow much money I spent wasting away the hours jockeying that joystick at ourlocal 7-11, the left hand wielding the big red ball and the right franticlypounding the dirty white button.  But thesticky soda pop soaked floors of the gas station soon gave way to a slew oflocally owned and operated video arcades.       I’ll never forget when they opened the first “Play Land Arcade”in my hometown.  Looking back, it waslittle more than an abandoned laundry mat that someone had gutted so they couldmake room for a dozen or so games and line them up against the back wall.  We didn’t care that the drop ceiling wascovered in water stains and that only half of the fluorescent lightsworked.  And though the owner was a scarybeer swilling troll who spent his day watching a little black and white TV inthe closet he called his office, every Saturday we would somehow find our wayto what we fondly esteemed as a veritable Meccaof entertainment.  As long as none of ourquarters got stuck in the machine and the bill changer was working, we would trydesperately not to disturb the surly oaf. But if his skills were required, only then would we be left with nochoice but to hasten the beast from its lair.  As he knelt down to open the little door thatrevealed the magical compartment holding all the change, we would do our bestto avoid gazing upon the part of his anatomy that would be revealed as, likeclockwork, his tool belt would prove too much weight for his dirty jeans.  Some images are just too vivid to suppress.     Nonetheless,titles like Galaga, Donkey Kong, and Centipede will always hold a special placein my memory.  Not because they weregreat video games, but because they represent a simpler time of life.  Though I’m fairly confident most gamers wouldcontend that modern video arcades have drastically improved the public gamingexperience, I will have to respectfully disagree.  In short, we’ve been visually over stimulatedand thus no longer appreciate the value of a good ol’ 2D game requiring onlybasic hand eye coordination and a little imagination.  Besides, who needs tickets, tokens, and a boatload of cheap junk in a glass showcase? Give me a monochrome monolith like the ones in the old arcades anyday.  If you’re trying to find a good listofvideo arcades, visit www.arcadepages.info/  Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}ArcadePages is a directory for locating Californiavideo arcades and LosAngeles video arcades