Benny's Arcade Life
The ongoing saga of a retro-gamer building his home arcade dream.
The History of Arcades: Lincoln, Nebraska
I wanted to create a page dedicated to my hometown arcades. Despite Nebraska having a fairly avid historical society, based mainly in Lincoln, there's not much there for documentation in regards to amusements businesses, etc.
What I have here is a result of personal research on the subject, which includes the dates of openings & closings of several major arcades in the Lincoln area. Unfortunately, I currently don't have any photographs of the arcades back when they were in operation. I did however, take some shots of the buildings where the arcades did reside.
I'm forever in the process of trying to accquire more info and pics on the subject, and will update this page as often as I can.
The Major Players:
There were about six major arcades within Lincoln from the mid-70s through the early 90s. They are as follows:
The Red Baron
Game Gal-Ry
Pinball Pete's
WC Franks
Sluggo's (2 locations)
WC Franks actually did have a second location, but it was more of a sports-type bar / resturant with several games lined up on one wall, and not a dedicated arcade.