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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Arcade machines

Arcade video games are experiencing a huge nostalgia run that is still mostly untapped. Anybody who was a child during the golden age of arcades will light up on seeing a really popular game from his or her childhood. Did you know that you can buy used arcade machines for as little as a mere $25? Auctions all over the place move hundreds of machines per week, and most of the competition for them is hobbyists.

Melbourne Arcades

While Melbourne is known as fashion capital, it is cherished for its atmosphere of its lanes and arcades. The Royal Arcade, built in 1869, is even older than the Block Arcade. It connects Little Collins and Elizabeth Streets with the Bourke Street Mall. It is a distinctive Victorian Arcade with high glass roof and windowed stores filled with fashion and specialty shops.

Arcades losing their appeal

If you talk to an owner of a game arcade these days, he will tell you that the business is not as lucrative as it used to be. The glamorous flashy image of the game arcades are being largely outcast by the more easily accessible and much cheaper free online games based on flash and shockwave.

The bright and colorful game arcades boasting of beautiful display of flash games in different colors and shapes, outshining each other in their visual appeal, are losing their place and giving way to the online game mania.

CONCLUSION

Real arcade games are very popular in the public places where people are likely to be waiting for something. They are a great way to kill time, and can be found in video arcades, restaurants, bowling alleys, college campuses, laundromats, movie theaters, supermarkets, shopping malls, airports and bars. Many people also choose to place real arcade games in their homes, so that they can entertain themselves as well as their guests at any time, in the comfort of the home.