Last weekend my little sister and I hopped in the car for a long two hour drive to Santa Cruz with little planning other than a few minutes out in the sun and a visit to the old Casino Arcade. I had originally been to the arcade when I went to SC with pixel7 in the spring, but it was late at night when we went and we only had a few minutes to stop in.
This time the large room full of arcade cabinets, pinball machines, dance/music games, and laser tag, was filled to the brim with salty tourists from the boardwalk. I couldn't necessarily tell whether people were just milling in and out aimlessly or whether they were actually playing, but it seemed like there was a good amount of people gaming around. Along with you're expected DDR's, Time Crisis, and racing games, Casino has a large collection of old pinball machines as well as a pretty large collection of retro gaming cabinets.
I couldnt help but lust over the retro game section in which they had crowded the last of the Punch Outs and Marble Madnesses together in a dark unlit cavern. Like a secret treasure trove, the lighted titles gleamed bright in all of their out-dated glory. Some of them worked perfectly, others blinked rapidly in a seisure-like state. I fawned over the retro art from Gorf and other lost titles.
After many a photo was taken, my sister and I played House of the Dead 4 for a few rounds and then proceeded to get our photo taken in a revised version of the old-timey carnival photo booth. While walking to the photo section, I noticed this mammoth computer that would calculate your love. I didn't have anyone to try it with, but I'm sure it's calculating capabilities are as massively successful as it's size.
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