46 Boomer Things That Have Slowly Disappeared from Our Lives

Why have arcade games vanished from movie theaters and restaurants? Most people love playing pinball and Pac-Man, so what’s the deal? Seeing a claw machine or any other arcade game at the entrance of a restaurant gives us all a certain edge of nostalgia. Who would have thought that these once-ubiquitous consoles would become a thing of the past? 

There’s no single reason arcade games have vanished from these places. Maybe venues don’t want to pay for the upkeep because it’s too expensive. Maybe more people were breaking into them to steal the coins. Whatever the reason, it’s a real bummer. We should all start carrying around extra coins in case we run across a vintage arcade game in the wild.