I was at Richie's last night and witnessed it all.
If you go back into the archives, somewhere in George's first few hours, Richie notices that George threw his backpack on top of the games power cord. The game was securely plugged into a wall outlet, but how many times has a bunch of people trying to help, accidentally tripped over the cord, and unplugged something? We all cautioned that no one should be behind the velvet ropes (literally, Richie has velvet ropes)..
The problem IMHO was that the arcade was open for business as usual and was packed. Two parties going on at once, Flashback Fridays was in the Fifties attendance wise, and Richie was home sleeping off Thursday's all nighter.