I remember being a kid back in 1981 or 1982 and playing Gorf at Aladdins Castle at Willowbrook Mall in Houston, Texas. I was doing great in the game and got a really high score and I had a bunch of people cheering for me, after I was done I went outside of the arcade and this lady came up to me and told me how great I was and she bought me some candy and drinks, it was one of the best moments of my life, I'll never forget it!!!!
I managed one of these arcades. There was a really awkward period around 1999 when the mall personally handed ME the rent bills that weren't getting paid by Namco because they were in the process for filing chapter 11. At that point, I knew how much money the rent was, how much each employee made and the daily/weekly/monthly income. The particular store that I managed was profitable at that point, but not by much. I know our store would usually get privilege over receiving the new latest games.
Wow, thanks for sharing the inside details on the store. You had a better view of the overall health of the store vs being a casual employee who just showed up for their shift. Nice. Thanks for that!
I remember every Saturday morning my aunt would pick me up and take me to the mall. This is one of the many places that I’d go to during the day and we’d spend the whole day until the late afternoon. Best time to be alive in the 90’s.
I was born in the 90s and remember going to Aladdins Castle 26 years ago at the Del Amo Mall in Torrance CA. It was the best spot to go to as a kid and always try to get as many tickets i can get to a big prize. Loved this place and it broke my heart after i found out it shut down and the spot was being demolished to make more room for the new Del Amo outdoor village in 2002. Thank you for the memories this video is great.
Never saw Matty Mo's video. What is their channel? I would love to see their video. Just so you know, many people do videos on the same subject. I personally do not watch other people's videos until I finished producing my own take on the company. Then after I am done, I will watch others. I like to be objective and not influenced by other UA-cam channels. So, if I did a word by word creation, maybe we both found similar sources on the topic.
@@AarOnCoasters Thanks for commenting and I checked out your channel. I love watching drone footage as you can see in my videos. Those shots remind me of movies when they illustrate locations of where the actor is in the movies.
@@EricCProductions76 Wait, how did you never see MM's video or know of his channel when you're using the very footage from his channel in your vireo? 😒
@@utubepunk thanks for noticing that, I went back to my video and you are correct. I do go back and watch other's videos for visual content...such as footage of the store, I use other resources when I am giving information about the store. I want to put my own spin on the company history, not copy word for word the other person's video. If that was the case, I would simply repost that creators video with the same audio which I wouldn't do because then I would be simply doing a commentary or critique on their video like some other creators do to other channels. Thanks again.
One of the best small arcades I went to as kid. It was inside a mall between a Montgomery Ward & a Music Land. They had Killer Instinct, two Sega actual hologram cabinets, & was the only place that had Ninja Warriors on 3 screens.
2004 I remember playing hooky to get an Oreo MCFlurry and play Tekken Tag Tournament House of the Dead with my older brother. I was only 10 but I'll never forget those days
Thank you Emily. If you have any suggestions for a future company or mall...leave it in the comments and you might see your suggestion in a future video.
I remember being a kid back in 1981 or 1982 and playing Gorf at Aladdins Castle at Willowbrook Mall in Houston, Texas. I was doing great in the game and got a really high score and I had a bunch of people cheering for me, after I was done I went outside of the arcade and this lady came up to me and told me how great I was and she bought me some candy and drinks, it was one of the best moments of my life, I'll never forget it!!!!
Thanks for sharing that nice memory. Nothing like being the center of attention at an arcade. You are like a rock star. Thanks for watching.
@@EricCProductions76 ya it was a special time, I get emotional just remembering it
@@EricCProductions76 I should describe the lady, she was an older woman, blonde with a white fur coat, she looked rich
Having or going to a birthday party at Aladdin's was maybe *the* most exciting thing as a kid.
Awesome, thanks for sharing your memories
I managed one of these arcades. There was a really awkward period around 1999 when the mall personally handed ME the rent bills that weren't getting paid by Namco because they were in the process for filing chapter 11. At that point, I knew how much money the rent was, how much each employee made and the daily/weekly/monthly income.
The particular store that I managed was profitable at that point, but not by much. I know our store would usually get privilege over receiving the new latest games.
Wow, thanks for sharing the inside details on the store. You had a better view of the overall health of the store vs being a casual employee who just showed up for their shift. Nice. Thanks for that!
I managed the one at the Crossroads Mall in Raleigh County West Virginia from 1984 until 1994. This video brings back fond memories.
I remember every Saturday morning my aunt would pick me up and take me to the mall. This is one of the many places that I’d go to during the day and we’d spend the whole day until the late afternoon. Best time to be alive in the 90’s.
Thanks for sharing those nice memories
Interesting... I miss the old arcades
me too, except I used to go to watch other people play.
I miss mall culture completely. I still try to go to the mall every holiday season. It's just not the same.
I was born in the 90s and remember going to Aladdins Castle 26 years ago at the Del Amo Mall in Torrance CA. It was the best spot to go to as a kid and always try to get as many tickets i can get to a big prize. Loved this place and it broke my heart after i found out it shut down and the spot was being demolished to make more room for the new Del Amo outdoor village in 2002. Thank you for the memories this video is great.
thank you for sharing your memories. I did a video on the Del Amo Mall: ua-cam.com/video/yDWHAuYofVk/v-deo.html
@@EricCProductions76 Thank you I will check it out.
I used to go to that location.
I remeber Aladdins Castle being in the mall in the 2000s but shut down in the late 2000s. My friends had many birthday parties there.
We had one in the Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio. It was fun playing there.
I remember the canned sound out in the hall in front of Aladdin's castle. The games came and went, but the sound was always the same.
This video is nearly a word for word creation of matty mo's video 2 years ago.
Never saw Matty Mo's video. What is their channel? I would love to see their video. Just so you know, many people do videos on the same subject. I personally do not watch other people's videos until I finished producing my own take on the company. Then after I am done, I will watch others. I like to be objective and not influenced by other UA-cam channels. So, if I did a word by word creation, maybe we both found similar sources on the topic.
@@EricCProductions76 that's true
@@AarOnCoasters Thanks for commenting and I checked out your channel. I love watching drone footage as you can see in my videos. Those shots remind me of movies when they illustrate locations of where the actor is in the movies.
@@EricCProductions76 Wait, how did you never see MM's video or know of his channel when you're using the very footage from his channel in your vireo? 😒
@@utubepunk thanks for noticing that, I went back to my video and you are correct. I do go back and watch other's videos for visual content...such as footage of the store, I use other resources when I am giving information about the store. I want to put my own spin on the company history, not copy word for word the other person's video. If that was the case, I would simply repost that creators video with the same audio which I wouldn't do because then I would be simply doing a commentary or critique on their video like some other creators do to other channels. Thanks again.
Retro is coming back in a big way. Arcades are the way to go.
One of the best small arcades I went to as kid. It was inside a mall between a Montgomery Ward & a Music Land. They had Killer Instinct, two Sega actual hologram cabinets, & was the only place that had Ninja Warriors on 3 screens.
2004 I remember playing hooky to get an Oreo MCFlurry and play Tekken Tag Tournament House of the Dead with my older brother. I was only 10 but I'll never forget those days
thanks for sharing your childhood memories
Loved that place. Saddened me when it closed down at my local mall.
thanks for watching
Spokane Washington Franklin park mall had Aladdin's Castle video arcade
That particular location in the opening seconds looks like the one in my hometown in Mercer Mall.
it could be
We use to have one in our mall
We had an arcade at our mall but I can't remember if it was an Aladdin's Castle.
Had a few in Colorado back in the 1980’s
nice! good times back then
I just subscribed and I don't just sub to anyone. This guys channel is very intriguing to me!
Thank you Emily. If you have any suggestions for a future company or mall...leave it in the comments and you might see your suggestion in a future video.
Polybius was real, one was in a Drug Fair game room in Warren Twps, Somerset County , NJ.
Some of my best memories growing up too place at Aladdin's Castle at the battlefield mall in Springfield and Tilt in South county Missouri.
thanks for sharing your memories
I still have my purple velvet drawstring token bag from this arcade
that's awesome, thanks for watching
I was cleaning a closet and found an aladdins coin.
Will you do Chuck E Cheese's Showbiz Pizza video together and May Co Bally's total fitness and Shopko ps do you like going to the arcade🎮🎰¿
The background game noise made it very hard to hear what you were saying. Might want to work on sound levels.
thank you for letting me know.
Who's first bad idea was this "game" ? #cia #Iran #sony #disney
do u rememember water country?
Added to the list. Thanks.
"And there go the Iraqis." Yikes.
C-c--could you find a worse, um n-n-narrator?
Actually I fired the narrator. Now I got a new one, ME. Thanks for watching.