What country are these coins from, dad???

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WileyCoyote7@reddit

Arcadia. A mythical land lost to time.

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Festeroo@reddit

I used to go to Aladdin’s Castle in the Granite Run mall in Media, PA back in the day.

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sp0rk_walker@reddit

We had an Alladin's castle. I remember when they switched to tokens.

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RudyRusso@reddit

Come bust a move where the games are played. It's chill, it's fresh, it's Noah's Arcade.

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Much_Usual_3855@reddit

Didn't you see the movie? Aladdin's castle is in Agrabah

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BobSki778@reddit

Wait…. Aladdin’s Castle was a chain? I never knew. Then again, I think I was 15 or so when the one in the mall near where I grew up in Brookfield, WI closed down.

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Head_Effect3728@reddit

Same revelation. We had one in a mall in Virginia

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ActCrafty@reddit

Yup. They were in pretty much every mall until the end of the 90s beginning of the 2000s.

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Grogaldyr@reddit

Whoa! I never knew Aladdin's Castle was a chain! It was the best place to hang out (as a kid, in my opinion)!

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Luckinflux@reddit

Man, I used to go to Aladdin's in Mountain View, CA back in the 80's. Total memory unlocked! Thanks OP

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banksy_h8r@reddit

What is the relief on the second one?

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uid_0@reddit

Looks like the other side of the 3rd one.

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banksy_h8r@reddit

Found a website, that speculates it might be a stylized Aladdin's face. What a strange design.

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SunshineAlways@reddit

Emphasized the facial hair a little too strongly for one thing.

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NegScenePts@reddit

Uh, it no longer exists.

PUT IT IN 'H'!

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mfhandy5319@reddit

The ones at Galaxy World had two slots on one side.

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redbanner1@reddit

That first one isn't from a country. It's from a station.

A NAMCO Cyberstation!

It was one of my early jobs. It had been a few other arcades over the years it was in the mall, including Aladdin's Castle, and we had five gallon buckets of tokens from all the old iterations in our back room. We used to take bags of them and travel to other parts of the state to dominate arcades without spending any money in them.

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AdLeather8285@reddit

My parents told me that the naughty kids went to Aladdin’s Castle. I was disappointed when I finally went.

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HoleSheBang@reddit

Former naughty kid here - your parents were right

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Beaufinngus@reddit

The Putt-Putt theme song is now stuck in my head. Ahhhh....the good ol' days.

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Mudlark-000@reddit

Don’t forget to bring your grade card for free tokens!

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rab-byte@reddit

There was an Aladdin’s Castle in the town I grew up in. Man core memory unlocked!

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DeadManAle@reddit

Where I grew up we had Replay and Replay II

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HarryHaywire@reddit

I have a token sitting in a drawer next to me, but it's from a bowling alley nearby that still uses them (or DID still last time I was there, which in retrospect has been well over a decade now. so maybe not STILL, but fairly recently)

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SXTY82@reddit

Was Aladdin's Castle a chain? I spent too much money there.

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Garth_W00kz@reddit

Yup! We had one in Akron OH

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SXTY82@reddit

North of Boston for us.

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HanzoTheRazor333@reddit

Yes it was. It was owned by Bally's.

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ShyChiBaby@reddit

They're from the United States from an arcade called Aladdin's Castle. I'm not sure if they were national but they were all over the Chicagoland area

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Baxtir@reddit

There was one in AZ too! Used to frequent it when I was younger.

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Anonymo123@reddit

They were def in Colorado as well lol

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

Lol I know what they are. They are my tokens from my childhood. My son found them in my old footlocker.

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ShyChiBaby@reddit

Lol I thought I was on r/whatisit. Getting old and not paying attention.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

No worries! Chi? Chicago? I grew up in joliet!

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ShyChiBaby@reddit

Close enough I was in Orland Park.

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ShyChiBaby@reddit

Put that token on the machine you got next match. I used to love playing street fighter, coins lined up on the glass from the next challenger.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

Check the post body text!!❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I spoke about exactly that!! Was there a more rad feeling?!

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

Spent time at Mojo's out there back in the 90s.

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yanknga@reddit

I think it’s called Arcadia

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offthegridyid@reddit

Not to be confused with the Duran Duran side project of the same name.

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Lucky_Chaarmss@reddit

Pacland

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stevecooley@reddit

Arcadia Antiqua

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

No Chuck E. Cheese?

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

My man, there was no chuck e. Cheese back then.... it was SHOWBIZ PIZZA.... come on!!!🤦‍♂️

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

My man...Chuck E. Cheese first opening in 1977. The one in my home town opened in 1982 and I started working there in 1984. Come on...if youre going to act all smart, get your facts straight first before making yourself sound like an idiot.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

But, my man....

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

Look again idiot

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

I'm at a loss guy. You're check came from SHOWBIZ pizza. It wasn't called chuck. E. Cheese until 1990. So... what am I missing?🤦‍♂️🤣

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rmhoman@reddit

Chuck e cheese filed for bankruptcy in 1985 show biz bought them that same year but then started rebranding thier restaurants in late eighties back to chuck e cheese.

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hkusp45css@reddit

Chuck E. Cheese and Showbiz were direct competitors for years, before the merger in '90.

Showbiz didn't "become" CEC, Showbiz BOUGHT CEC, their long time rival.

LOTS of people worked for CEC, long before Showbiz was even a thing.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

Damn. I totally conceed. Never knew that. Was CEC called that since it opened? does idiot dance I'll be double dog dipped!❤️‍🔥 thanks for the information and not just getting mad at me without explanation.

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SomePeopleCallMeJJ@reddit

There were two similar, but separate, "pizzas and robots" chains that competed with each other for a few years: Chuck E. Cheese's, which was started in 1977 (by the guy who founded Atari), and ShowBiz Pizza Place, founded in 1980.

ShowBiz did rename all its locations to Chuck E. Cheese, but that was because Chuck E. Cheese filed for bankruptcy in 1984 and was purchased by ShowBiz.

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storm_the_castle@reddit

CEC existed before SB and SB slowly got rolled into CEC.

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

I just posted the link from Chuck E Cheese's website you fucking moron! I guess im dreaming that I fucking worked at Chuck E. for 3 years 84-87. Jesus you are an idiot.

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SXTY82@reddit

You are very wrong. I grew up on the East Coast. We never had a ShowBiz Pizza but we had a Chuck E Cheese sometime in the 70s. We were too poor to go there so I really wanted to go. By the 80s when I had a job and made my own money, they wouldn't let teens in without parents.

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CanIgetaWTF@reddit

Billy Bob or GTFO!!

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

Good lord. The name! The name ya luddite.🤦‍♂️

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

I give up. Its like arguing with a 4 year old about if he brushed his teeth before bedtime. Go off to your fantasy land and live in an illusion of your own making.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

You've been a pig for too long. I don't know what your problem is, honestly. I'm TELLING you that if you worked there at the time you claim, then the place you worked at was called Showbiz pizza... this isn't an alternative reality, it's just a fact. It was NOT called chuck e. Cheese until 1990. Everything ok?

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

Your facts are in fantasy. It WAS called Chuck E. Cheese starting in 1977. The company was acquired by Showbiz in 85 but the locations continued to operate under the Chuck E. name, fucktard. And if you want to start calling me names because of my job, you can fuck off.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

Pretty sure the FIRST person to call someone a name was you when you called me an idiot. You could've explained this at any point along the way. I get it though, pigs don't like explaining so, no worries.💓😘

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RetiredPoPo10-8@reddit

Fuck off IDIOT. I did explain but you chose. Us "pigs" do like explaining things, we just dont like wasting our time with ignorant asses that ignore reality.

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MadRhetoric182@reddit

I use my ChuckECheese token for Carts at Aldi.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

You're giving away historical artifacts for a shopping cart? You crazy!❤️‍🔥😂

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MadRhetoric182@reddit

Nah, I always get it back. Every Time.

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No_Maintenance_9608@reddit

I miss arcades. Not just for the games, but it was a social meeting place. I don't remember having an Aladdin's Castle where I lived, but games were everywhere whether the local shopping mall, in a drugstore, or one of my favorites at the local miniature golf place. There was a Chuck E. Cheese's but didn't last very long.

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Lloyds_Voids@reddit (OP)

First time I got robbed was at the token machine!💓🤣🤦‍♂️

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I LOVE IT!

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FormerCollegeDJ@reddit

Videoarcadia

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caucasian-shallot@reddit

I spent many a 7 dollar special at Aladdin's Castle haha. Great find!