We do play video games, but usually at home.īut arcades are fun because they’re the perfect mix of retro and modern gaming.
I’m a little bit sad to say my kids are unlikely to have similar memories with me. Mike would get a couple of rolls of quarters – or more – and we’d spend hours playing the classic games like Pac-Man, Dragon’s Lair, Joust, Kung Fu, Donkey Kong, Tron and more.įor that reason, the trips to the arcade with Mike remain among my fondest memories. Sure, a few people had an Atari system at home, but Atari couldn’t compete with the major consoles. These were the early years of arcades and for people of a certain age, the world revolved around them. Part of our routine, for instance, would be to break away and find an arcade. But to me, his 9-year-old nephew whose parents had split up, Uncle Mike was just fun. Uncle Mike is a lot of things – artist, inventor, master gardener. It was the early to mid-80s at the height of the arcade era.īack then, every summer, I’d spend a few days in deep Southern Indiana – they call it Kentuckiana – with my Aunt Beth and Uncle Mike.
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