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As World War II concluded, so did the Sports Land fad.The #arcade became less u… |
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Small town arcades were dead.You'd only find arcades in the center of big c… |
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Enter Millman.Jules Millman was a business graduate of the University of Miami … |
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Very few operators actually attempted to make more money. They'd place a ga… |
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Chiefly: the shopping mall.First becoming part of suburban American life in the… |
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Jules pursued the idea on his own. He approached malls throughout the Midwest w… |
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Finally, south of Chicago, Millman found a mall that was having trouble filling… |
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It would be lit, floors would be carpeted, machines would be maintained, no smo… |
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There's also debate on whether Aladdin's Castle was the very first shop… |
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Hochberg makes some very, very suspect claims throughout the book.He claimed to… |
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It's still unclear when the first Aladdin's Castle opened.Profiles vari… |
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@OurLostArcade Thank you for this thread, very interesting! |
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Regardless, Aladdin's Castle was an immediate hit.With the door opened, the… |
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That wasn't just due to volume.Jules - joined by his brother Merrill - were… |
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Finally were the new video games.Computer Space was an early draw for Aladdin&#… |
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Other companies looking into the same mall arcade business followed in its wake… |
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Thus came the arcade that came to dominate the 1980s.Jules Millman exited the c… |
