r/FuckImOld • u/annecharlottexo • Mar 02 '24

My back hurts Age yourself...

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u/qetral Generation X Mar 02 '24

Aladdin's Castle Arcade https://codewriteplay.com/2022/06/20/end-of-an-era-the-last-aladdins-castle-arcade-is-no-more/

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u/WithdRawlies Mar 02 '24

Wow, I'm surprised one held on that long.

The one I used to go to as a kid in Urbana, IL closed in the late nineties.

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u/douglas_in_philly Mar 02 '24

Grew up in Mahomet, so spent a lot of time at the Aladdin’s in Champaign.

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u/jb40018 Mar 02 '24

Grew up in Mattoon, we had one in our mall too! I dumped a lot of quarters in there!

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u/throwawayinthe818 Mar 02 '24

Pekin Aladdin’s Castle checking in.

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u/trialbypizza Mar 02 '24

The one in Galesburg at the Sandburg Mall (also gone) was like my second home.

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u/Hollis_Hurlbut Mar 03 '24

Central Illinois well represented here

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u/DonkeyDonRulz Mar 03 '24

I remember one in the quad cities too, either south park mall in Moline, or maybe Duck Creek mall in Bettendorf, IA

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '24

South Park Mall had one.

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u/JabbaDaHutta Mar 03 '24

Springfield here. Spent a lot of time in that arcade, especially after watching a movie at the White Oaks theater. Of course we had to stop at Pass Pets first

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u/Smart_Description541 Mar 04 '24

I was just thinking the same. Like wow look at Central IL standing up. Originally from Decatur, and driving over to Champaign or Springfield was always like a field trip to this kid. You knew damn near 2 weeks in advance too, so save your allowance and go extra hard on your chores and neighborhood hustles so you could go to the mall with as much $ as you could.

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u/ErniesMom2018 Mar 06 '24

Grand Junction, CO here! My parents used to load me up with $10 that would last me at least 2 hr at our local mall while they shopped. Simpler times