My personal fave: Frankie's Fun Park

http://www.frankiesfunpark.com/

I just found this place in Durham called Wheels Fun Park. ROLLER SKATING . Hope to check this out soon

http://www.wheelsfunparkdurham.com/

What are your fave arcades?

How about some old school arcades that are no longer around? Like Exhilarama in Crossroads and Aladdin's Castle in Crabtree.

3/10/2011 1:25:47 PM

Exhilarama was fucking AWESOME

SPACE GYM FTMFW

3/10/2011 1:27:05 PM

had one in wilson back in the day when it was called parkwood mall

rocky mount mall had 'Tilt'

3/10/2011 1:27:26 PM

i wonder if we played mortal kombat at tilt together dweedle

3/10/2011 1:28:35 PM

i played hoops and that game where you put in a quarter and make lots of quarters fall ... klondike i think it was called

3/10/2011 1:29:44 PM

the last time i paid any money at an arcade was in Phoenix ... the suns' arena has an arcade on the upper level and me and Slave Famous shot hoops during halftime lol

3/10/2011 1:31:05 PM

LOL Wheels has a skateboard park


I hope to go to this place on Saturday

3/10/2011 1:32:04 PM

I used to play DDR at cyberstation in crabtree and adventure landing on capital like multiple times a week, especially on fridays when they would have quarter nights. This was most prominent back in like 2003

3/10/2011 1:32:43 PM

CYBERSTATION...I was trying to remember what the arcade in Crabtree was called after Aladdin's Castle closed

3/10/2011 1:34:26 PM

A friend of mine was a game tech there and then it died.

3/10/2011 1:35:28 PM

http://www.wheelsfunparkdurham.com/events.html

Let's go tomorrow night for "Wild Hair Skating"

3/10/2011 1:37:27 PM

i miss the crabtree one

i just bought a PGA Tour game, so i guess my current fav is my house

3/10/2011 1:51:48 PM

Come bust a move
where the games are played

It's chill, it's fresh,
it's Noah's Arcade

3/10/2011 2:23:28 PM

Quote :

"Also, why did Namco's cyberstation close? It went from the narrow hall that was Aladdin's Castle to the Cyberstation location during the early 90s rennovation (including the space that is now the Treasure Island jewelery store/repair shop) to nothing. Was the lease up or was it just not doing well? Is there any rumors as to what is going in that space? I know arcades have been in decline across the US, but the tech-savvy Triangle has seen several arcades close (or never open to begin with): - Northgate had two different arcades -- one in the old McDonalds space by the carousel in the early 80s, and another close to Sears in the early-mid 90s. Both lasted only a few years each. - South Square, Universtiy Mall, and Franklin Street had arcades that were dark and attracted a "certain crowd" which led to their downfall. - Crabtree's GC Murphy's had a small arcade section in the back of the store closest to the parking deck. - Cary Town Center's arcade was operated by Namco, then Funwerks, then closed. - Exhilirama was one of the first tenants of Crossroads and seemed to do well, but went through ownership changes and then closed several years ago. - Putt Putt on Tryon started off ok, but then went to Funwerks, and is now putt putt again with outdated games. - Jillians closed a few weeks ago. - Southpoint and Triangle Town Center were built with play areas for smaller kids, but no arcades (other than a few games scatterd at Southpoint Cinema and Champps) I often shopped at Crabtree because I knew I could pop in and play some pinball, classic games, or blow off stress with the gun game du jour. Now there Where will the DDR, Initial D and fighting game players go now? Frankies fun park? Adventure Landing on Capital? Ugh. "

that's from 2006

[Edited on March 10, 2011 at 2:41 PM. Reason : f]

3/10/2011 2:40:28 PM