There is a pretty amazing photoset up on flickr showing an arcade back when the coin-op machines ruled the gaming world. Some of the images are pretty amazing, and they can all be found here: Retro Arcade on flickr.
Here are a handful of my favorite shots:
Man those must have been the days. I’d have loved it.
I even remember when the arcade that was in West Acres in Fargo, ND was pretty good which was about the early 90′s.
Then it slowly became a haven for DDR and other games like it and any good games were few and far between. Now it is officially dead.
I remember the tail-end of the arcade glory days, but I wasn’t old enough to hit the arcades when games like Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Galaga, and other classics were the top dogs.