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Gen X sheds a tear for the death of the arcade

I can understand how they feel. I don't miss arcades, but I 'm from a different generation. I get sad when I see a baseball field or a drive-in theater overgrown with weeds. The arcade is to Gen-X as the drive-in is to baby boomers. Let's see. Video killed the radio star. VHS killed the drive-in star. PC's and internet killed the arcade star. As home computer units caught up with arcade games, and then passed them with the help of the internet, the arcade industry had nothing left but the attitude and the nostalgia - not enough to sustain anywhere near its former level of income. The arcade revenues in 2004 are about a third what they were in 1994.