OregonPacman
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I was briefly in my hometown of Columbus, NE today. I stopped at one of my old haunts, Westbrook Lanes and visited the arcade (what was left, anyway). Pretty sad state. Down to 3 vids. About a year ago there was still another pair of drivers (forget what) and another vid or 2. They had a crane that had the carriage missing and a blow up diagram of the carriage sitting on the toys. It sat that way for 3 months.
A little background, this is a 16 lane alley. No idea how old it is but its been around as long as I can remember. The arcade area used to be an indoor mini golf originally until some time in the late 80s or early 90s. At the time, the only vid they had was a speed up Ms. Pac at the far end of the building. After the mini golf was removed, they put a bunch of vids and pins in there. I remember a Double Dragon in a DK cab and several pins like Addams Family and G'N'R. The air hockey has been there a long time. Up to a few years ago, there had been other good pins like Congo, Demolition Man and No Fear. Hard to remember everything but its all degenerated into mostly redemption junk. Didn't even check the redemption counter but it looked pretty sparse. The Light House had a mere 2 prizes left in it. The 3 compartment candy machine was totally empty. DDR was out of commission. The left Daytona unit has major jail bars. The Skee Ball seemed the best working of everything and one of two games that I actually played. The cover of the start button is missing but it does play. Altogether a pretty sad state for the place. The best part is the awesome murals which seem pretty new. Looks like the DK one is not yet complete. However, the ironic part is that none of the featured characters appear in any of the games that are present. I guess its still a working arcade, if that counts for something.
A little background, this is a 16 lane alley. No idea how old it is but its been around as long as I can remember. The arcade area used to be an indoor mini golf originally until some time in the late 80s or early 90s. At the time, the only vid they had was a speed up Ms. Pac at the far end of the building. After the mini golf was removed, they put a bunch of vids and pins in there. I remember a Double Dragon in a DK cab and several pins like Addams Family and G'N'R. The air hockey has been there a long time. Up to a few years ago, there had been other good pins like Congo, Demolition Man and No Fear. Hard to remember everything but its all degenerated into mostly redemption junk. Didn't even check the redemption counter but it looked pretty sparse. The Light House had a mere 2 prizes left in it. The 3 compartment candy machine was totally empty. DDR was out of commission. The left Daytona unit has major jail bars. The Skee Ball seemed the best working of everything and one of two games that I actually played. The cover of the start button is missing but it does play. Altogether a pretty sad state for the place. The best part is the awesome murals which seem pretty new. Looks like the DK one is not yet complete. However, the ironic part is that none of the featured characters appear in any of the games that are present. I guess its still a working arcade, if that counts for something.


