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Instead of water parks and arcades there are private spas and secluded pools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Some 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, according to the Japan Amusement Industry Association.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

The series has spawned dozens of spin-offs in arcades and many more across home consoles.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

And while a modern Chuck E. Cheese is school-cafeteria bright, Chuck’s Arcade is dark, its black walls and low lighting recalling the arcades of the ’80s and ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Since the dawn of the OASIS, thousands of elderly users had come here and painstakingly coded virtual replicas of local arcades they remembered from their childhood, thus making them a permanent part of the museum.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline