Comments on: Farewell, Aladdin’s Castle. http://www.catchynamenews.com/2008/09/20/farewell-aladdins-castle/ More Shocking than a Dick Full of Electric Bees. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: raddevon http://www.catchynamenews.com/2008/09/20/farewell-aladdins-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-47 raddevon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:49:34 +0000 http://www.catchynamenews.com/?p=110#comment-47 Also, I'm trying to turn my house into that place where people come to be social and play crazy games. :-) My arcade cabinet is coming along quite nicely. I picked up a 19" monitor for it a few weeks ago, and Brandon is mostly done, I believe. Also, I’m trying to turn my house into that place where people come to be social and play crazy games. :-) My arcade cabinet is coming along quite nicely. I picked up a 19″ monitor for it a few weeks ago, and Brandon is mostly done, I believe.

]]> By: raddevon http://www.catchynamenews.com/2008/09/20/farewell-aladdins-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-46 raddevon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:47:30 +0000 http://www.catchynamenews.com/?p=110#comment-46 I think the places you describe exist, but they don't appeal to as many people as arcades did in our time. I think even your arcade would appeal on the basis of nostalgia. Sure, kids would come and go, but the people who would come back over and over would be the ones who are adults and did it when <i>they</i> were kids. So, since they appeal to a smaller audience, they have to be located in bigger markets like New York, LA, Tokyo, Toronto, etc. Having said that, there <i>is</i> a small arcade with some older games on 17th Street just off the strip. You should check it out sometime. I think the places you describe exist, but they don’t appeal to as many people as arcades did in our time. I think even your arcade would appeal on the basis of nostalgia. Sure, kids would come and go, but the people who would come back over and over would be the ones who are adults and did it when they were kids. So, since they appeal to a smaller audience, they have to be located in bigger markets like New York, LA, Tokyo, Toronto, etc.

Having said that, there is a small arcade with some older games on 17th Street just off the strip. You should check it out sometime.

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