Anyone ever considered or went with a Circus/Clown/Funhouse Theme for their Arcade?

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Anyone ever considered or went with a Circus/Clown/Funhouse Theme for their Arcade?

I watched Killer Klowns From Outer Space the other day and I was hit with how fucking cool the imagery used in that movie is. Especially the interior shots of the Circus Tent ship and the huge clown-faced facade of the fun house down at the beach side amusement park. I went with a space theme, I have also seen others go with that as well. Anybody consider the fun house theme? Did you go to an arcade when you were a kid that used this theme? let's see some pics.

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I have considered a circus corner for my gameroom. I already have a Midway Clowns machine, should be picking up a Goofy Hoops redemption soon, and really would like to get my hands on a couple of circus esque pins. I like to have my games grouped into themes...
 
The arcades I went to were dark and dingy with no theme whatsoever. I would've taken any theme over the cigarette smoke that filled the room.

Dude, don't lie- you're secretly re-thinking your theme. Soon you'll be looking to add Carnival, Mr. Do, etc. to Circus Blue...
 
The arcades I went to were dark and dingy with no theme whatsoever. I would've taken any theme over the cigarette smoke that filled the room.

Dude, don't lie- you're secretly re-thinking your theme. Soon you'll be looking to add Carnival, Mr. Do, etc. to Circus Blue...

Get out of my head you goddamned key-chain crafting devil-boy!!
 
"Bazooko's Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing Saturday nights if the Nazis had won the war. This was the Sixth Reich."
 
There was a toy store where I grew up called Circus World, it always had a video game there and it happend to be where I first played Dragon's Lair. I think all those stores were converted to Kay Bee. I personally would not use the Circus theme.​
 
I have a Carnival in the gameroom, and a Circus Charlie clock hanging on the wall in there. Eventually I'll have a Circus Charlie cab in there, too. Add a nice Kick machine and we'll be well on our way....
 
This is the facade I was referring to:

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That would look sweet on the outside entrance to a home arcade like Shanman's or Hirshburg's. Do it up in blacklight reactive paint and watch the children melt down outside the doors.
 
Clowns creep me out. But if someone was to do a carnival/circus theme I would think Circus Charlie, Carnevil, Funhouse, Simpsons (for the theme park level) would be must-haves. What other related games are there? I'm blanking out.
 
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