The Last Play-For-Cash Fascination Parlor

[@TomScottGo]

UPDATE: In 2019, the Fascination Parlor was hit by storms, and the building didn't survive. The games have been stored, and hopefully it'll reopen somewhere at some point!

[@dannywhite648]

ok that a turn

[@nyarlat8455]

RIP

[@Arbrax]

ah, massive shame, hope everyone is ok

[@fareedik]

A day ago update! Shame about the parlor though...

[@Zetagipp]

nah, the storms didn't wreck the building, that was actually just construction. They've been remodeling that area for a while now. Now there's an outdoor restaurant and New Zealand ice cream there. ( I know because I live here)

[@maxwellplotkin4821]

The problem with Fascination is that you eventually run out of Tom’s money

[@TheRealPrunebutt]

You deserve way more likes for this comment, Maxwell! :D

[@MattHydroxide]

you made me laugh i thank you

[@samstudios9908]

That’s gold right there

[@satyris410]

It's like you almost can't be a carnival operator without being a bit cheeky. Lovely manoeuvre taking both bills there. Wonder if Tom would have noticed if it was a 20 or 100 note. Could be a scene from Hustle

[@strider04]

@BLAIR M Schirmer state laws are responsible for that not the US Congress

[@aDifferentJT]

British equivalents of Hull like, for example, Hull

[@TamzinHadasa]

And of Boston like, for example... not Boston.

[@imnotstpid]

@@TamzinHadasa Or Boston, Lincolnshire. Not quite coastal though

[@samatkins5168]

But hull in the UK is somewhere no one wants to go 😂 I've been there I know lmao

[@will9788]

Hull bois represent

[@jamesmatthews291]

Spent a week there one afternoon...

[@lucadivine3862]

2:39 I thought the goal was to light up the whole board, not to make space invaders pixel art.

[@Shinigami13133]

Well spotted

[@BlenderBeanie]

pixel art of space invaders? holy cow...

[@WobblesandBean]

BAAAA HA HA HA that is too perfect!

[@deadvodka]

That is always the real goal actually

[@bigclivedotcom]

I love that. So technically simple and the gambling element will add so much to it. I also noticed that unlike the British Kentucky Derby style game the balls can't roll back, so if one sticks somewhere you have to whack it with another ball. That's almost an accidental feature, since you have to get that ball back into play to remain competitive. The biggest electrical issue those machines will have is dirty contacts. That will affect things like latching or registering a win properly. It would be so easy to renovate a machine with new relays or even make an electronic version with extra features and sounds.

[@itcha2channel]

bigclivedotcom Clive 🙌

[@aliciacarr9014]

Having worked on lifts with similar relays another, but related, problem would be getting spare parts for the relays. They’re probably not made anymore for the most part or there’s maybe a small manufacturer doing limited production.

[@AssassinAgent]

But, but... The old hardware and nostalgia that comes from it. That's why I don't like the idea of modernization of these games.

[@bigclivedotcom]

@@AssassinAgent If the technical issues with worn contacts affect the game adversely, like failing to register a win then it could damage the popularity of the game. The players don't care about the vintage relays in the back. Just that the game is playable and fun.

[@neonte13]

@@bigclivedotcom I wonder if one could build in a backup system of detection, so that the false negative problem gets sorted, but done in a way that the old hardware remains in operation for historical/coolness purposes. I do think there's always bound to be some people who care about the technical or historical aspects, and they might even help drive traffic, but I imagine a few false negatives or a quite inopportune one could really put a bad taste in a person's mouth.

[@xXFaZe_DoNgLeXx]

Damn $2, your production value getting a bit too high

[@mickles1975]

Tom: "I'm in Hull. A small seaside town near Boston..." Me: "What? No it's not" Tom: "...in the United States" Me: "Doh!"

[@Jono1982]

Looks just as depressing as the real Hull.

[@christalbot210]

@@Jono1982 "..the real Hull" I love it. Like the one near Boston is an audio-animatronic facsimile of the one in England. On the nerd front, isn't Hull (the English one) where Kathy Nightingale ended up in 1920 in the Doctor Who episode, "Blink"?

[@Luxim1]

Just saying hello from Hull, Quebec, Canada! ;)

[@BaldMancTwat]

@@christalbot210 Well technically it is the real Hull since it was named that hundreds of years before the US one was even founded.

[@thinfourth]

You can tell it isn't the UK Hull No rubbish

[@imagedezach]

When I was in high school, I used to work in an arcade that had a couple of machines just like this, and unlike the other games, no one knew quite what to call them, as they had no name plate anywhere on the machine. They were so old they would break down constantly and I would be the one to fix them. In spite of their constant issues, I developed a certain fondness for them the same way you might develop a fondness for a piece of junk car you have to work on constantly just to keep running. One day the owner got tired of them and had them taken outside and set by the dumpster, where they promptly got rained on and damaged beyond repair. Kind of broke my heart when I drove into work that day and saw these 40-50 year old machines sitting out there, so out of place in the parking lot next to these mid-2000s cars. Anyways, thanks for the video, at least now I know what they were called.

[@imagedezach]

Sir, this is an Arby's

[@Xezlec]

Damn! Should've replaced the relays with more modern circuits to improve reliability! Either use modern relays or just replace the whole shebang with transistor circuits.

[@matthewmontgomery7520]

Oh what memories... I grew up in this tiny town from 1988 to 1994. Your video brought back so many good memories. Thanks, Tom! Keep up the great work!

[@TheOnlyInformant]

64-player before computers.

[@samholmes558]

Battle royale 100 years ago

[@harveyh9034]

Not liking the comment just so it keeps 64 likes

[@joshuahadams]

Like Bingo, the easiest way to get your grandmother to swear

[@ThatSilentGuy]

@@harveyh9034 Currently the comment has 256 likes

[@Mentat13]

@@ThatSilentGuy Curently the comment has 436 likes

[@SpencerTwiddy]

This genuinely looks really fun! It's almost like a skill version of bingo?

[@randomcreek]

Extreme bingo connect five

[@FryGuy1013]

They are a lot of fun, even when playing them for stuffed animals instead of cash. I have fond memories of playing this game on machines like this at Circus Circus in Reno.

[@OrangeC7]

@@FryGuy1013 It's Bingo 99, they made Bingo into a battle royale before video games existed

[@Multibe150]

OrangeC7 *Bingo 64

[@TheXev]

This was exactly my thought!

[@TheDarkPledge909]

It looked like Tom had some genuine fun with this one. I also really liked the bets were so low so it keeps that competiveness and good sportsmanship alive together.

[@bjarnes.4423]

Did you get one dollar back?

[@jelletje8]

the people need to know

[@Arlae_Nova]

@Agent J If you are playing against the house, the house cut becomes, well, let's say potentially more than the normal cut.

[@Cruxador]

Doesn't seem like it. Classic masshole move.

[@margaretwilson8736]

Masshole probably stole his identity too. 🤣

[@evancain4906]

You have 999 likes. I’m not gonna like.

[@paratrooper6]

That really looks like a lot of fun to play in large groups

[@12799MaDeuce]

This and the old Bar Billiards video have to be two of my all-time favorite Tom Scott videos

[@TheRealPentigan]

So you have a singular fascination with Tom Scott putting balls in holes. Good to know!

[@ivedied6582]

I live in Boston and have never heard of this. definitely checking it out this summer

[@oliverhees4076]

same (but not 18 yet :( can't go for another 2 years)

[@chriskraus]

I wish I knew when Tom was in Mass.

[@jeffrey44]

@@chriskraus Are you a nutjob?

[@burdizdawurd1516Official]

SAME dude, I'm totally going this summer

[@jedkronfeld6948]

@@burdizdawurd1516Official well you really couldn't have predicted what the summer would look like in 2020 but I'm curious, were you able to go?

[@MediumDSpeaks]

You could call Tom's channel a "Fascination Parlor" of sorts

[@EssOneFive]

Medium D Speaks *fascinaton

[@AspenSnowfox]

@@EssOneFive No, it's fascination.

[@NyanyiC]

Parlour 😜

[@beware_the_moose]

Huh. I guess hull does freeze over after all.

[@charliespinoza1966]

+

[@burdizdawurd1516Official]

I've seen freezing similar to that on the Nantucket side of Yarmouth

[@blaydCA]

It sure does! (It also gets badly flooded in a Nor'easter)

[@roguishpaladin]

@@burdizdawurd1516Official And I've seen it frozen like that up near Revere. Frozen ocean water is really cool to see.

[@Becky_Cooling]

😆

[@magnusbruce4051]

This looks like a lot a of fun. So much that I've added it onto my list of places to visit on my (currently entirely hypothetical) road trip in the USA.

[@ziaq2779]

parking during the summer is at least $10 or more, depending how many spots are left

[@disjustice]

Grew up going to Nantasket with the family. I've sat in that exact parlor. Brings back some great memories from back when Paragon Park was still a going concern.

[@elektrokinesis4150]

I bought an arcade game from the arcade next door to this fascination parlor, small world. As soon as I saw "last play for cash fascination" I immediately knew where this was.

[@jakefroatz6352]

This arcade is a 5 min walk down the street from me! didnt even know there was so much history right there. Thanks for visiting this humble seaside town!

[@floydian06]

Thanks for visiting my small corner of the globe, Tom. I grew up south of Boston, probably half an hour from Nantasket. And yet I had no idea this existed! I'm definitely checking it out!

[@brendanbedard1605]

Same! Moved 5 minutes down the road and never had a clue

[@CapnSlipp]

I love Tom Scott's coverage of all kinds of fascinating places & things, whether European or American. There's a lot of beauty throughout the US and it's fun to see a foreigner bringing light to little-known treasures both here and elsewhere. Thanks for doing what you do, Tom.

[@lagoboy2000]

That is really interesting. I live a few miles from Hull and have gone to this beach many times and have walked past this place on a few occasions. I might make a stop next time I am over.

[@TheHotBoxOfficial]

Tom: “Argue about parlour/parlor” Comments: “Why the hell are you in Hull-ooooohhhhhhh”

[@zetty6460]

Tom was scammed out of a dollar

[@SpencerTwiddy]

Out of $2, actually

[@itaybron]

hustled, bamboozled if you will.

[@moooseman3]

That's the house cut

[@sdmitch16]

@@moooseman3 50%. Nice cut

[@toogaytofunction3029]

200 pence*

[@maxthomas6686]

"It is so bitterly cold here that the ocean foam has frozen" Yep, sounds about right. Welcome to the Northeast in winter. It's even worse if you go inland.

[@burdizdawurd1516Official]

So you also understand the -11 degree mornings when school somehow wasn't cancelled but the bus wasn't warm yet.

[@trainboyben7718]

I’m in hull... more bitter words were never spoken in England

[@magnusbruce4051]

It's never dull in 'ull, as they say.

[@wallingj68]

I had heard that Slough was just as bad. I think I recall Tom doing a video there.

[@Balsiefen]

Hull's been renovated a bit now though. You have to cross the water to Grimsby or Scunthorpe these days if you want to experience abject depression.

[@itaybron]

I'm in Blackpool

[@woodfur00]

"I'm not in Hull! Stop sayin' Hull!"

[@waltertebbetts2568]

I have family near Hull, and I visit there often. I never knew what the Fascination parlor was until this video popped up in my feed and I randomly clicked on it, (as a part of a Tom Scott binge) and finally learned what this place really is. Thank you Tom, I'll have to check this out this summer.

[@NixillShadowFox]

Are they still open? I'm seeing non-conclusive evidence they're permanently closed, and no evidence to the contrary.

[@Voicelet]

It's like an internet cafe but without internet.

[@Pseudynom]

So a café?

[@SassyP17]

Dont think people outside of america know what those are. It's a quasi legal gambling in states that strictly regulate gambling. You play on a computer and win a cash equivalent. All 3 in my town got busted. Also there were three in my 2.5 square mile town.

[@Tahgtahv]

@@SassyP17 What what are? If you're referring to Internet Cafe --- That's just a place that generally has internet (duh), and usually computers where people can come in and use the internet. Sometimes food and drink I guess but not necessarily. Gambling is certainly not a given. Much less common these days with cellphones and such. As for gambling. MA doesn't have as strict laws as some other places for gambling, but it's different still if you have an entertainment license such as this place does.

[@Eric14492]

@@SassyP17Café is very commonly used outside of America. I have never heard of it used for a gambling site. It is similar to a coffee shop, although usually fancier, typically serving cappuccino etc., instead of just coffee. Starbucks is a well-known example.

[@moneyn100]

What the hell are you talkin about weeb?

[@edwardphilibin3151]

The happiness you feel when you're rewatching old vids from a KZbinr you like and the algorithm serves up one you missed.

[@daleykun]

Tom: "I'm in Hull." Me: "Oh no you poor soul whatever did you do wrong to end up there?"

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I grew up near a seaside resort on the S Wales coast, so had access to many other resorts. I also lived in student digs next door (well, about 4 doors down) from Morecambe Amusement Park or whatever it called itself. Main memory of there was being woken on a Sunday morning by the awful recording of a seal barking... Anyway, I saw those games you showed and it took me back to a great childhood. I played that game you did! Usually against my dad or little sister. It was crazy and great fun! I won't go into the reasons now, but I'll never (probably) be able to go to my 'home resort' again, but instead of bringing back sad memories, this brought back so many happy ones. We'd save our coppers for the summer and so would our parents. We'd start the summer with a huge bag of pennies and tuppences and would play till our hearts' content at the various arcades, as well as being treated to rides (Dad's excuse to go on a roller coaster!). Holidays away were rare, but we didn't care, we had miles of sandy beaches - many of them hidden from the tourists because it was a good walk over the dunes and unless you knew where you were going, you could easily get lost back then (it's greened over now, which is quite weird!). So many hours swimming and playing at the penny arcades. I think this is my favourite video of yours. Each is interesting, there isn't a dud, but this one has left me smiling. And there are definitely onions around somewhere... Thank you x

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Tom has been to Hull and back, more than once

[@ditzfough]

Audie Murphy.... RIP

[@okeoi]

I absolutely love Fascination! There's a parlor at the coast here and I always have to visit it when I'm there. It's not play for cash, but thankfully that means I have fond memories going there with my grandparents.

[@digitalwindrider8015]

This game looks fun as hell!!! I could see this making a comeback at arcades; I'd certainly try it.

[@hingedelephant]

I worked on a Fascination Parlor as a maintenance technician at an amusement park in the 80s. All of the machines are interconnected. The holes have open contact fingers in them to detect a passing ball. Whe that happens, open contact relays associated with that hole are closed. When the right combination of relays is set for the pattern your playing, a win relay is activated which sets off the win alarm, lights up the winning table’s top light to show the winning table and the rest of the tables go dark. When this happens there’s a very satisfying “clack” heard throughout the parlor as all those set replays reset. All of these relays were open to the air, not sealed. The contacts on these relays needed frequent cleaning and replacing (all soldered in, no sockets). I don’t recall exactly, but each table had about 35 relays, a combination of 2 pole and 3 pole relays. The parlor had about 40 tables, as I recall. They were both a nightmare to keep working and yet a joy to work on. Fun to play, too.

[@retro_jojo3159]

I play this when I go to the arcade in Seaside Oregon. Classic

[@TheM750]

What?! There's one in Seaside? Sweet!!

[@PatrickRyan150]

Loved playing Fascination at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio in my teens when my family went on our annual trip. Thanks for bringing back those fun memories!

[@FreeOnGoal]

"do you have 3 balls"... a bit personal

[@nitehawk86]

Butt-head: "Testes, testes... one, two... three?"

[@sloanemactire8780]

I remember seeing a Fascination parlor at an amusement park my family used to go to (probably either Conneaught park or Kennywood). I never got to play because I was too young, but this brought back memories of hearing the bells and the shouts inside. Thanks Tom!

[@araylaurence6220]

damn you are rolling out quality videos after quality videos close together lately

[@DadNinjaGuy]

I genuinely had a smile on my face throughout that whole story...thanks, Tom

[@bradley4615]

“I’m in Hull...” Why on earth would you go there “...in the united states” Oh okay that is significantly far away from the bad Hull.

[@garret1317]

great comment bradley

[@LetsGoGetThem]

@@garret1317 Good reply Garret.

[@oz_jones]

@@LetsGoGetThem Adequate response, Devix.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

What’s bad about Hull? :(

[@-_.Melody._-]

@@oz_jones Splendid retort, Jones.

[@revmpandora]

I grew up going to Nantasket beach in Hull. They also have a 100+ year old carousel complete with calliope music. Rides are like $2 or so. Had a friend that worked there years ago so I got to go "back stage " and see the amazing mechanical works making it all go Very 19th century jules Verne feel to it

[@BlackMesaEmployee]

How do you find all these places?

[@nate6386]

I think they email him and tell him hey if you are ever near my town come over to my business and I'll give you a tour you can film.

[@TheGoodWario]

If I had to guess...Atlas Obscura.

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@TheGoodWario Great website

[@guksack]

I never thought I needed to visit a seaside town that looked like a British one on the other side of the world, in a place called "Hull" no less, but my god that looks like a lot of fun.

[@roguishpaladin]

It looks nicer in the summer.

[@ShawnTempesta]

From Massachusetts. Never heard of it. Unreal. I want to go!

[@domman00016]

I go to Hull every summer love it there!

[@cedrick2537]

I'd love to see the Tech Diff crew play something like this

[@Stephen-Fox]

Touring the world playing various traditional arcade and pub games seems a bit higher budget than sitting in a kitchen (or studio, these days) and doing a panel show... ...But it would be such a good watch...

[@Cosmic-Crow]

I haven't even gone here or played this but just watching you play has given me an addiction that I need to satisfy.

[@Mr_Roomba]

There’s one like this in Knoebles in Pennsylvania.

[@jpe1]

Theassassin kLng good to know! I’ve been meaning to schlep out to Knoeble’s for forever, never seem to get ‘round to it, this will give me incentive (only 2 hour drive, vs 5.5 for Hull). It’s still free admission to the park, right?

[@seanc.5310]

Hull has a ton of cool history. It was a playland for New Englanders in the 19th century and all the way until the amusement park closed in the 1980's. Loved going there as a kid to play games

[@craig8608]

The city of Seaside in Oregon has the same one

[@squareski]

Great story. Reminds me of seaside arcades, just as video games were being introduced, where many of the arcade games were highly mechanical with, what I can imagine, lots of chunky wires and basic circuits :)

[@cooperdunn5171]

Tom, you should look into Knoebels. It is a park in Pennsylvania that is free to get into, and they have a lot of these machines. -A friendly Pennsylvanian

[@cooperdunn5171]

I do believe that you play for money at this place.

[@jimdavis1576]

yes, you do pay to play, but you get tickets that can be redeemed for prizes now.

[@o_manam]

Love Tom Scott, never had any idea that he has a video from my home town. Awesome.

[@AfterDark33]

I know who Tom reminds me of. James May. And that’s a good thing.

[@strati5phere]

I grew up visiting Hull. Glad you got to see it. I lived in mid west USA. Now I live in Kent UK :)

[@sayethwe8683]

so tom lost $2 there

[@MichaelMossmanNZ]

Fascinating ... thank you @TomScottGo for another entertaining video =)

[@Zepdos]

God I can’t believe you came to Massachusetts, and I missed it completely

[@ziaq2779]

ikr

[@cakeman58]

I’ve been in Hull many times and never knew about this place.

[@Marshydarshy]

Couldn't tell you why: I read this title 4 times in a row and every time it was Fornication Parlor. And needless to say, I wanted to find out what the hell that was.

[@bob_._.]

But it sure wouldn't be the last one where you play for cash.

[@ThatSilentGuy]

Last year I visited a flipper museum in Schwerin, Germany, and played all the flippers with different themes, 18 years after I played its digital equivalent in Windows 2000.

[@steveteichman4199]

Fascinating story about playing with balls.

[@djisar]

And borrowing money to gamble and not repaying it

[@bdf2718]

Now you've said that, I keep hearing Eddie Waring's voice in my head saying "It's an up and under." Where's the mind bleach? The visual image accompanying Eddie saying that, about Tom's three balls that he's playing with, is very disconcerting.

[@kingpin123rcs]

They have this is Seaside, OR (but not for cash, as said) and I love playing it.

[@zwete]

So does the place serve beer?

[@M1stersupersonic8]

I worked at one of these parlors in Sylvan Beach, NY. Very fun, still popular last time I visited.

[@JDeWittDIY]

Did Chas pay back the dollar?

[@jetison333]

This is an important question

[@oz_jones]

House needs it's cut :)

[@dave900575]

I appreciate all of your videos, but this one in particular. My folks would take my siblings and I to Nantasket Beach as kids. Paragon Park was an amusement park that closed in 1984. I remember that Fascination location well.

[@verdatum]

Every time I've done gambling I was just bored, but I must admit, that game looks like it might actually be fun. Sort of like skee-ball.

[@judesquier1391]

There’s a Fascination in Seaside, Oregon and it’s a play to win points. You spend them in the arcade or in the parlour. It’s 25¢/play, and if you win, you get a 99pt coupon. I really love this game and strongly recommend it, even though there are few left in the U.S. It really is good-ol’-fashioned fun 😁😁👍

[@perspii2808]

I wonder where that place got it’s name from?🤔

[@bdf2718]

Kingston.

[@Dawt_Calm]

@@bdf2718 Plymouth?

[@shen1671]

broooo i grew going to nantasket beach walking by this!

[@samlauer8855]

Damn I live there... wish I knew you’d be around

[@mitchokeefe3260]

Same

[@bostonvontugeln7325]

Same

[@lavender.lemonade]

Rhode Island and Massachusetts are really into having old amusement things. There are so many old carousels and things of that nature in the bistate area and we really like preserving them.

[@popcornchicken9762]

pinned by Tom Scott 2 weeks ago... Someone has been keeping ahead of schedule.

[@haxhxm841]

Tom is that kind of guy who makes the world better with new things i never knew existed

[@Poldovico]

New old things

[@burdizdawurd1516Official]

Hold on a second, there's a quirky arcade about an hour's drive from my house? I know what I'm doing this summer!

[@roguishpaladin]

If you're an hour from Hull and you are a fan of quirky arcades, you should also go up to the Funspot Arcade in New Hampshire (at Weirs Beach). It is a heaven of retro cabinets.

[@Zetagipp]

I can walk there 8)

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

The light switches are simple enough for me, but the fact that the bell rings when they're all lit, or when any line is completely lit, that is amazing.

[@dsenti]

Tom Scott I hope you all enjoyed this video! Fascinating machines. Posted 17 years ago.

[@MarkBlease]

hull mass, jeeze i haven't been down near there in years. I love those old style parlor games, I wanna go check that place out now.

[@LemurMaster]

I feel like this guy needs a couple of Bar Billiards machines tucked into a corner of that parlour :)

[@nicflatterie7772]

I was born in Hull! Well Hull Québec... i did not know about that Hull, I will have to check it out.

[@FloydBunsen]

A schematic for the wiring of this would be amazing

[@bingola45]

It would be fairly simple. It's mostly the same diagram repeated for each playing position.

[@EoRdE6]

I saw this in r/Boston and as a British seaside native living in the US I have to agree there is just something about seaside towns in Massachusetts that can feel so much like home. And I mean beyond them all sharing the same names. I'll have to head out to Hull on the commuter rail soon

[@Tae-47]

1:02 you're*

[@tact1calbanana388]

You can use either form

[@tact1calbanana388]

At least be correct if you wish to a grammar nazi

[@shitmultiverse1404]

@@tact1calbanana388 no you can't, ignorant. I'm not even a native speaker and even i know the difference between your and you're. Also, *you can use both forms *if you wish to be

[@aboynamedmadi]

I worked at a Fascination Parlor in Seaside Oregon for a little more than a year. One of my favorite jobs, very fast paced, and a constant workout. After starting the game, I'd have to run around the entire room, collecting quarters from each player (we could have up to 60 if I remember right). I'd honestly still be working there if I didn't decide to move to Portland last year.

[@MyoticTesseract]

TOM WAS IN MY STATE AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT? AAAAAA

[@ardrek_]

Absolutely loved the sheer joy you gave off playing that game :-)

[@RatoneroGris]

So this is Fascination Parlor: Battle Royale?

[@sundhaug92]

No, because until the end all players are in

[@nicsho_alt3885]

In Boston, absolutely gonna check this out. Thanks, Tom!

[@thatdarlo]

Good ol Hull, whatever country

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

This is a very cool looking game. Simple, but elegantly so, with the kind of physical interactivity video games don't give. And I love that this parlor still uses vintage "things that go clunk and buzz" machines. Don't really need more than that for this kind of game, and so long as you keep the contacts clean and the insulation intact, well... Such other arcades as are still running here in the US might want to look into getting some Fascination machines, whether old or new. That "interactivity home video games can't properly replicate" aspect is one of the things that still pulls people to arcades, after all.

[@makatron]

If bingo and connect-five had a child

[@BacchusGames]

I honestly wish there were more things like this nowadays. Places that you can go and maybe spend 5, 10 bucks, and know you are going to have a good time for the next 3 or so hours. A place that everyone says you should go to for some fun when you are visiting. Something truly creative, because sure you have arcades and things of that sort, but even those are dying out. And not to mention the price most of them hold to play.

[@Dawt_Calm]

I play there about once a year. It's around $12 an hour give or take, games take 5 min each on average. It depends on how many people are playing, the more people that are playing the faster the games tend to go. They slow it down a bit by playing different games like "postage stamp, which is four in a corner, or doing a coverall every so often, but it all averages out. A coverall costs more but take longer and the payoff is bigger. So all together $12 an hour. You can get up at any time and take a walk on the beach right across the street and come back to stretch out your night. The beach there is amazing BTW, very fine grey sand. Go there on a summer afternoon and hit the beach. Finish off the day with dinner and Fascination. It's not a bad date, especially if they've never heard of it. It's fun and different.

[@cypherusuh]

so this is basically the oldest Battle Royale arcade game?

[@theletsplayprincess3894]

I'm originally from Dorchester, and have been around that area so many times. I've climbed the rocks at the south end, I've been to the haunted fort, but I have never once been inside of Fascination. It is still one of the places on my bucket list, as I have played in the arcade that's next door way too many times to count.