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Originally Posted by Rathji
The Cove closed last year. Guy who owned it was making virtuallynothing at all.
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What a joke, that place went to the dumps when they remoddelled Mac Hall. They put a cold and boring corrider through the basement - the only place that had any soul. Cut right through the cove and shrank it into a little cubby behind the stench of baking yeast that is Subway. The cove lost all it's character (the dark alley of arcades and the recessed pool table area. The renovation of that whole area is part of the things I hate most about the U of C. Eventually it started shrinking more and more. Tried to have a lan area for computers which failed and turned into a fast food place. Then it disappeared entirely. The guy who owned the cove did his part in getting the newest arcade games though, from Japan, etc. though.
I wonder what happened to their Star Wars sit-down cabinet. I played that a lot. $0.25 for great vector graphics goodness.
What has really been lost with the death of arcades is the loss of the whole atmosphere. The aureal experience was amazing when you were in a lively arcade and all the amazing sounds and music you heard at once. It's sort of like a casino but really cool instead of lame melodies and the clinking of coins.
I count myself fortunate enough to have visited the cove enough times back in highschool before I ever was in university because by the time I got there, they had already totally messed the damn place up totally.