06-02-2010, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by hkstylez
Wish they still had the arcade at Eau Claire.
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That one was great. I think I still have a bunch of tokens from there.
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06-02-2010, 09:17 AM
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#22
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sector 7G
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Originally Posted by profiler
Laser Illusions was in Marlborough, I believe it was also in Eaton Center Downtown. Easy Street was pretty cool too! haha extra tokiens if you change a $20 and any left over coins could be used at the local esso car wash. Does anybody remember Bullwinkle in the south?
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I most definantly had birthday parties at both bullwinkles with the awesome mechanical band and easy street.
I remember at easy street if you got your ball in the whole on the last whole of hte mini golf you'd get a free game, so I would always lie down under the screen and throw it in with my hand haha. If I remember correctly there was a giant tree with tables around it for birthday parties. Before the Renovations it was at the top of the escalators where hte present sport check is right?
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06-02-2010, 09:20 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Moncton NB
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Originally Posted by Raekwon
I had 4 options growing up.
Marlborough Mall (Can't remember the name of the arcade)
Tom's Billiards
Local Laundromat
Or lets see if anyone remembers this place (Forest Lawn)
Momma's KO Arcade (very shady but I was younger)
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I always liked the arcade in the grocery store near Minimall and Rollerland in 87, 88...Mat Mania is and still is an addiction.
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06-02-2010, 09:22 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Not in Calgary, but I always remembered the big arcade in West Ed Mall when we would visit up there. Can't remember the name though.
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06-02-2010, 09:46 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Ctown
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Adam's Billiard and arcade was awesome back in the day. I remember going there during my lunch hours in junior high. It was on northmount and 14th st right by CB's drive in.
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06-02-2010, 09:56 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Chuck-E-Cheese?
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06-02-2010, 10:02 AM
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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Shakers has Skee Ball, Air Hockey and a bunch of other old and new games, plus a billion of those ticket dispensing game. In the summer it has mini-golf, go karts and bumper boats I think. The website shows what they have. It's good for an afternoon when you're bored and want to waste some time.
It's a little out of the way (take Glenmore eastbound just past 84th Street) but it's the only decent arcade left in the city aside from Chinook Theatre.
http://www.shakerscalgary.com/
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06-02-2010, 10:06 AM
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First Line Centre
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Great memories of walking to the Mac's store a block from my house when I was young with a pocket full of quarters to play Street Fighter 2. I also remember loving SouthCentre Mall's arcade for the Royal Rumble WWF game they had. Good times.
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06-02-2010, 10:14 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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I remember playing Mortal Kombat at the Food For Less on 32nd Ave NE. I liked going there to play because it was 50 cents to start, and ony a quarter to continue. The only bad part was they had a setting in place that took out the blood and fatalities. My brother and I would go and play every Saturday afternoon when my parents went there grocery shopping. Ah, good times.
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06-02-2010, 10:16 AM
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Franchise Player
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All this arcade talk makes me want to buy an old multicade system with the 80s classics.
Where was there a Bullwinkles in Calgary? I remember my parents taking me to the one in Edmonton when we went up there.
The old Wizards Castles you could find in the larger malls were fun too.
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06-02-2010, 11:01 AM
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#31
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
All this arcade talk makes me want to buy an old multicade system with the 80s classics.
Where was there a Bullwinkles in Calgary? I remember my parents taking me to the one in Edmonton when we went up there.
The old Wizards Castles you could find in the larger malls were fun too.
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I think the Bullwinkles in Calgary is now the Schanks Macleod location.
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06-02-2010, 12:09 PM
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#32
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: The Red Mile
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Quote:
Originally Posted by profiler
Does anybody remember Bullwinkle in the south?
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Oh man did I ever love that place as a kid. *sigh*
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06-02-2010, 12:28 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: DC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BurningYears
I most definantly had birthday parties at both bullwinkles with the awesome mechanical band and easy street.
I remember at easy street if you got your ball in the whole on the last whole of hte mini golf you'd get a free game, so I would always lie down under the screen and throw it in with my hand haha. If I remember correctly there was a giant tree with tables around it for birthday parties. Before the Renovations it was at the top of the escalators where hte present sport check is right?
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I remember the last time my family tried to go to Bullwinkle's. It was my sister's third birthday. We arrived and the place was closed. Oh what a depressing day that was.
Easy Street was good, but never really captured the awesomeness that was Bullwinkle's. They have one in Portland (Beaverton) still, but it is newly built and just doesn't have the magic that Bullwinkle's on Macleod had.
Calgary was better in late 80's early 90's than I think it ever will be again.
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06-02-2010, 12:33 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Funny thing about Bullwinkles; in the late 80s a buddy and I came to Calgary for a visit and somebody suggested we go to Bullwinkles if we were bored. Now Winnipeg had a "Bullwinkles" but it was a night club. Needless to say it wasn't quite what we were expecting.
I seem to recall seeing an arcade along 7th ave; like near 2nd street SW. I see it from the train. I just checked Google, but of course the Streetview car never made it down 7th ave.
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06-02-2010, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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Anyone remember the arcades in Brentwood and Beddington? Now those were arcades. Both died in the 90s IIRC.
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06-02-2010, 12:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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If anyone knows where any pinball machines are, my 4 year old would love to see a real one. We've been playing Pinball Hall of Fame lately and he's loving it.
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06-02-2010, 12:37 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Im pretty sure I have heard the new theatre being built at Crossiron Mills is supposed to include a "large" arcade...this was about a year ago that I heard this so maybe it has changed
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06-02-2010, 12:39 PM
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#38
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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We had a Lasy Illusions here as well in Saskatoon.
All of our Arcades have shut down besides Ruckers as well.. I think we still have one on Campus but it is budget.
Dave & Busters I have heard is a really good time from multiple people. I'd like to check it out some day.
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06-02-2010, 12:56 PM
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#39
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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This thread is just another reason why someone should give me $1M so I can bring Scandia to Calgary.
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06-02-2010, 01:19 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I seem to recall seeing an arcade along 7th ave; like near 2nd street SW. I see it from the train. I just checked Google, but of course the Streetview car never made it down 7th ave.
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Last time I was down there (a few months ago) it still was. Weather or not it was actually open I'm not sure. That place was always a little sketchy. I never bothered to stop in there.
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