The awesome photos of what arcades looked like before video games

19 September 2016
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Gaming arcades existed long before video games ever entered the mainstream.

“In the days before video games, amusement arcades like Wonderland were filled with a panoply of analog entertainment, from shooting galleries to skee-ball to mechanical fortune tellers to endless varieties of pinball,” reports Mashable.

One such place was Wonderland Arcade,  located near a major bus transfer point at the corner of 12th and Grand in Kansas City, Missouri.

Check out the awesome photos below:

Arcade 01

Arcade 02

Arcade 03

Arcade 04

Arcade 05


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  1. Grové Erasmus
    21.09.2016 at 16:41

    From way back in my youth, coin-ops used to attract a crowd.

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