Backtrack: Pizza Arcades
About This Episode
Video arcades did not suddenly spring up overnight. They started small, with a machine or two scattered here and there in pizza parlors, convenience stores, and gas stations. They grew into the full arcades and ultimately moved on to create places like Chuck E.Cheese’s and ShowBiz Pizza. In this episode, we talk about our experiences growing up and seeing this happen firsthand and how they are still evolving and around today!
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Show Notes
- The Life and Death of the Video Arcade » bit.ly/2wYVwPj
- Arcade History » www.wired.com/2014/05/arcade-history/
- Origin of Chuck E. Cheese’s » bit.ly/2rq7cuS
- A History of Chuck E. Cheese’s Animatronic Band » bit.ly/2Y1GPcm
- Rock-afire Explosion Documentary » www.imdb.com/title/tt1327599/
- Gruesome Rock-afire Explosion Conversion » youtu.be/GXCrVNEwGxM
- It’s true: The ShowBiz Pizza robot band is back, at a retro arcade bar » bit.ly/2TaOktW
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Dave & Busters » bit.ly/2JizAJK
- The Decline of the Arcade » bit.ly/2FiFGWn
- Rise of Barcades » bit.ly/2TLdoN2
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About The Author
New listener but love your show and videos. Just wanted to say that we still have Pizza In here in Rocky Mount,N.C..Why have pizza out when you can have pizza in?
Thanks, Jason! Glad to have you along for the ride!