Anyone been to Pop's arcade in Turkey Point?

[jasonec]

91 Cedar Drive, on the water in Turkey Point?

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[Hammerhead]

Not recently, but was there last summer.

5 pins and a bunch of arcades in generic cabs

[silverball]

Yup, I've been there many times. Like Steve, I haven't been there this year though.

They usually have a pretty solid and well playing pin line up there.

If you go a little further out the point to Long Point there is an arcade there as well.

[jasonec]

Very cool - thought it would be a nice day trip - drive down to the beach, get hammered at the outdoor restaurant, play some mini-golf and arcade machines......

The only other summer arcade that I've been to in Ontario that is worth going is the Georgian Grill & Family Arcade (http://georgiangrill.com/)
They've got a lot of pins, as well as some nice modern and classic arcades (including Galaxian, MsPac, JrPac, and a few others all in great working order).
It's a cool atmosphere too - big place with about 10 garage doors that open up to let people in. The food is edible too (just not spectacular) - they DO have poutine and ice cream though....

[scoltx]

Hmm guess it's Turkey Point the next time we head to the beach, any good campgrounds near there?


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[jasonec]

Hmm guess it's Turkey Point the next time we head to the beach, any good campgrounds near there?


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Yeah, Turkey Point Provincial Park (it's right behind the town)

[awhite2600]

Wow. The last time I was at that arcade was as a 12 year old in August 1979. My family rented a cottage at Turkey Point for the month. I played the crap out of Royal Flush that summer. I don't remember any "video" games, just pins.

[jasonec]

OK - I just spent all of today here at Turkey Point.
Lots of pins and 5 vids, most of the vids are 90s titles or drivers, the others are 60-in-1s in Aladdin's Castle cabs with only one game enabled (Frogger, DK, Galaga, MsPac, 1943, etc.) as well as one boot MsPac (hearts challenge - only Aladdin cab with a CRT still).
Surprisingly, the games seemed to be kept in good working order (not too pretty, but everything was functional, including the pins), and there was just the right amount of burger grease on the controls to bring back real arcade memories.....and the food at the arcade was actually very good and very reasonably priced for what you get.

Just to the left of the garage door entrance is a fenced in outdoor area with metal roof over it that serves as the repair area - it had some rotted cabs and projects/parts laying around (one of the cabs was a badly converted Blasteroids that had a birds nest on top of it )

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It was freaking hot out, so there were these big metal fans that cooled everything down (which worked surprisingly well )

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Mortal Kombat was the only game out-of-order (notice the masking tape X on the screen?)

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Check out that sexy metal strapping used to secure the cheap-ass LCDs in place

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And, of course, they have the authentic milk crate steps for the kiddies

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[trueno92]

Wow nice photo docu trip. Looks good!!

I want that champions pub pin! Played it a bit on my phone, with pinball arcade...

[brad808]

Nice! Haven't been in a couple of years but certainly have some memories of playing there.

[scoltx]

Musta been a fire sale on Aladdins Castles


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[stayjacked1]

Might not be the nicest arcade. But any arcade that's still running is a plus in my books.


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[jasonec]

Yeah - it was nice to see a "real" arcade running today - although it may have appeared pretty empty in my pics (I didn't want people in them), it was fairly busy today - at one point, there were probably about 15 people in there putting money into the machines....

[trueno92]

That's awesome. Is everything coin-play? What's the average pricing? I lost interest in arcades as 1. I got older and into consoles and 2. Most games went to a loonie - only making it harder for me to accept the decline of the $1 bill.

[jasonec]

Wow nice photo docu trip. Looks good!!

I want that champions pub pin! Played it a bit on my phone, with pinball arcade...

They also had an Williams Earthshaker on the other side too