I disagree, those are not arcades, they are bars and nightclubs that happen to have retro games spread throughout. I live in Portland and we have a fairly well

I disagree, those are not arcades, they are bars and nightclubs that happen to have retro games spread throughout. I live in Portland and we have a fairly well known 'barcade' called Ground Kontrol. The games aren't spread out at all, there's barely room to move. When the lights are down and the blacklights are up, it's about as close as you can get to Flynn's Arcade[1]. From opening until 5pm every day, it's all ages. But the arcades started dying when somebody had the silly idea that people wanted to play cockpit games or big interactive games for more than double the price. The 2+ quarter games were an issue, but our mall arcade died out when it turned into a 'fun center' and they replaced a lot of the games with skill machines for tickets/prizes. I'm sure this was more profitable but boring as hell. [1] http://groundkontrol.com/arcade/ http://groundkontrol.com/arcade/