Do you think 80’s arcades were dark rooms with colorful carpets and neon lights? That was hardly the truth. This video does a fantastic job covering the diverse aesthetics of several chains of amusement centers as they tried to distance themselves from the seedy establishments where teenagers would skip school.
I don’t know man, I was in a lot of arcades in the 80’s and most of them were either the cliche dark rooms with neon or kid first places like Chuck e Cheese or the (more fun) arcade plus go kart-style places. Can’t watch much of the video because Youtube has been intentionally crippling my viewing on Firefox.