Have you ever spotted one of your favorite coin-ops that you haven't seen in awhile? It's usually in an obscure place...
Some time ago, I was at the bus station picking up a relative. As always, I arrive 15 minutes early so she wouldn't have to wait. Our bus station isn't a fururistic glass and steel building like large cities have. It's merely a brick and cement building with a medium sized parking lot where people come and go on Greyhound buses. In other words, it's nothing special. But this day turned out to be somewhat special. In the bus station, adjacent to the snack bar, is a gameroom. I strolled into the gameroom; it had a foosball table and a few games that I vaguely remembered, but in the corner sat one of my favorite coin-ops. In the room sat...
Road Blasters
Needless to say, I pumped $2.00 into the machine (@ .25 per credit, it was a bargain). I felt like I was back in 1988 as an 11 year old kid. Unfortunately, my cousin's bus arrived (lol) and my time of re-living the good ole days of arcade magic were cut short. But it was nice to see that some of the older coin-ops are still making appearances in places across the city.
Where have you seen your long lost, favorite coin-ops resurface?