Yeah sure there were some urban arcades that were rough stuff, but there was also fucking Chuck E. Cheese's with ten-year olds and ten-year old games. These were the most common 'arcades' in the suburbs of Orange County, where I grew up. The only other place you'd find them were laundromats, liquor stores, and pizza parlors. The stereotypical arcades were found in LA and boardwalks. The only place I remember having new games was a place called Camelot Golfland (if you like miniature golf I recommend, it still exists and is probably the cleanest of its kind). If you were lucky you had a Disneyland pass and could go the arcade in Tomorrowland (which is not dark and doesn't have any smoking), but then I'm thinking 90's now so whatever.
By the way, 80's games aren't even hard. What's the hardest? Gradius? I can beat that game in like five seconds. The hardest game from the 80's has to be Super Mario Bros. 2 and that's not an arcade game >.>
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