I was down visiting a friend near the beach today and we made our way over to the pier. They had a massive old arcade there with a ton of machines... (mostly redemption but some vids tossed in here and there)
I didn't grab any pics but just picture any pier arcade and you pretty much know what it looks like.
Lots of busted rides, candy machine things, some carnival games, and indoor tilt a whirl type ride... I saw a busted to hell Simpsons cab and a nice Qix/Space Invaders combo machine. They had weird puppet show things that danced for a quarter. It was an interesting experience as I had only been to one other pier arcade a few years ago.
I gotta say, the place was bumping but honestly about half of the machines were out of order... Lots of coin slots with screws drilled into them or gummed up to prevent play. It's really odd to have so many machines not working so I'm assuming the owner probably just uses them as storage and to make the place look like it has more stuff than it does.
Saw quite a few old chicken egg vending machines... an old Chuck E Cheese merry go round that was extra creepy... some newer redemption games that were half working.
Overall it was a good hour of fun just checking out the stuff. Anyone been to any of these lately? Are any in decent shape or all they all in a state of disrepair like this one was?
I didn't grab any pics but just picture any pier arcade and you pretty much know what it looks like.
Lots of busted rides, candy machine things, some carnival games, and indoor tilt a whirl type ride... I saw a busted to hell Simpsons cab and a nice Qix/Space Invaders combo machine. They had weird puppet show things that danced for a quarter. It was an interesting experience as I had only been to one other pier arcade a few years ago.
I gotta say, the place was bumping but honestly about half of the machines were out of order... Lots of coin slots with screws drilled into them or gummed up to prevent play. It's really odd to have so many machines not working so I'm assuming the owner probably just uses them as storage and to make the place look like it has more stuff than it does.
Saw quite a few old chicken egg vending machines... an old Chuck E Cheese merry go round that was extra creepy... some newer redemption games that were half working.
Overall it was a good hour of fun just checking out the stuff. Anyone been to any of these lately? Are any in decent shape or all they all in a state of disrepair like this one was?
