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DaveD

Member Since 27 Jun 2003
OFFLINE Last Active Feb 4 2012 10:11 AM

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In Topic: Aladdin's Castle arcade chain

Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:57 AM

View Postmarcfrick2112, on Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:16 AM, said:

Years ago, there was a nice Aladdin's Castle at some Mall in Milwaukee, WI. The arcade is long gone, not eeven sure if the mall exists anymore... I also have a token or two yet.

I know this is an old post but thought I'd post what I know.

There where a few Aladdin's Castles in Milwaukee back in the day. One was in Southridge mall. I recall they were in a smaller location then later moved to a larger store in the mall and nearer the McDonald's/Arby's. In later years this may have been renamed Time-Out.

I think there was also an Aladdin's Castle in Brookfield Square that later turned into a Time-Out. There may have been locations in the other malls also including Capital Court and Northridge.

Finally there was an Aladdin's castle that moved into the old Go Banana's location on S. 76th St. This turned into AC sometime around '84/'85 I think and remained at that location until about 10 years ago I think.

In Topic: Boulder Dash(R) Label Contest!

Wed Dec 7, 2011 6:35 AM

Congrats and well done! I too love the perspective of the environment you captured. Very fun!

In Topic: Boulder Dash(R) Label Contest!

Tue Dec 6, 2011 11:51 AM

I think I guessed too. PM sent.

In Topic: Memories of where and when you first played/saw this game

Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:03 AM

I saw one of those vs cabinets once. Again, same local arcade that did a pretty good job of cycling through games and getting new content. I think I played Duck Hunt or something on it. It was a huge disappointment for me and sort of a sign of the times. By then the arcades were definitely a shadow of what they were only a couple years prior. Fighting games absolutely dominated the arcade and the only reason I played this was it was different from all the fighters. To me this was not an arcade game. Instead it was a formula to easily make money and it showed.

In Topic: Memories of where and when you first played/saw this game

Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:58 AM

Mad Planets made its debut at my local arcade when it was new. I remember liking the game but for whatever reason it didn't last too long. I seem to remember it displayed prominently in the main aisle then it was soon gone. The gameplay, sound effects, controls and whole idea of planets going "mad" made enough of an impression on me that when I rediscovered it in MAME many years later it was a treat. If you're able to acquire the proper controllers to recreate the experience it's a great game. Enough variety with the bonus astronaut rounds and a great challenge trying to eliminate all planets before they break apart and collect a big bonus. The sound effects alone make this game a classic.

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