Retro Arcade Museum on a sluggish corner

Once a raucous collection of hat factories and red brick warehouses, Beacon is now one of those would-be Brooklyns on the Hudson, selling art and a rehabbed, post-industrial downtown.
And Mr. Bobrow’s childhood infatuation with vintage arcade games never flagged.
First he bought one for his own use, then three, then five, eventually more than 150. In May 2008, he opened his Retro Arcade Museum on a sluggish corner of Main Street in Beacon, away from the hot spots on the east and west ends. click here for cheap dvds
The place soon caught on; it was nostalgia for adults who remembered when, and revelation for younger visitors who had never been able to experience a place where games meant interacting with genuine humans in a public space.
Only four or five of the 50 machines in use at any time were classic pinball machines from the 1960s and 1970s. Some of them were early video games like Atari’s Pong and Nintendo’s Popeye. Others were just marvels of ingenuity and miniaturization, playing off baseball, submarines or Wild West shootouts. click here for cheap dvds
It drew private birthday and anniversary parties, random fans, and classes from New York University, Vassar, Marist and other colleges.
Mr. Bobrow charged a flat fee for groups from the start and then added a $10-per-hour-per-visitor charge with unlimited plays — more or less on the honor system.Local inns and bed-and-breakfasts recommended it to customers. People came from around the country, Europe, Japan. He got rave reviews from customers, and growing online buzz.
And then, like the last ball sliding between the flippers, it was game over. The city building inspector notified him in June that the business was being closed down because the city had an ordinance banning amusement arcades.
Mayor Steve K. Gold said that the museum was an enormous asset to Beacon, but that laws could not be selectively enforced.
imothy Dexter, the building inspector and zoning administrator, said that Mr. Bobrow’s business was out of compliance from the start and that inspectors took notice only after reading a newspaper article about the museum last spring.
He said Mr. Bobrow erred in not inquiring about the legality of the business before he opened it.
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