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No. 44 at Oakdale Mall in Johnson City, New York, opened in 1975, and its Aladdin’s Castle arcade appeared by the early 1980s along the east wing near the Sears entrance. It boasted token machines, Skeeball lanes, and video favorites like Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Town historical society newsletters from 1992 describe the arcade as a key youth spot, drawing teenagers after school and hosting…
Mt. Berry Square Mall (also known as Mount Berry Mall) opened on February 13, 1991, with anchors including JCPenney, Sears, Belk, and a Chick-fil-A food court—a classic early ’90s enclosed mall setup.Although specific mentions of an Aladdin’s Castle arcade are scarce, the mall’s 2006 Yelp reviews praised “arcade-style games,” suggesting it maintained a small video-game section…
Mountain View Mall in Ardmore, Oklahoma opened in 1987 and long included an arcade operated by Namco under the Aladdin’s Castle banner. A 2006 Yelp reference mentions “arcade-style games” as part of the mall’s family entertainment offerings.Though specific cabinet line-ups aren’t documented, local recollections confirm a typical collection of redemption and video games through the late…
Miller Hill Mall, opened in 1973 in Duluth as the city’s first enclosed shopping center, featured a vibrant Aladdin’s Castle arcade near its food court for decades.Vintage Facebook and Reddit recollections describe the arcade as a ‘wonderland’ of classic cabinets—Tempest, Asteroids, Centipede, and pinball—where Duluth teens lost hours after school.The arcade thrived through the ’80s…
