An indoor cricket/soccer centre around the corner from my parents opened when i was 12. This was the first time i had somewhere close-by, before that having to ride for 4kms in either direction to play arcade games with no money 
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Anyway, they had a Star Trek that was there for years, Six Million $man for a while (hardly ever worked), Future Spa for a while (never worked), Xeviuos (my favourite arcade game), a coffee table Gyruss that i trashed by shaking it to try get free games (my second favourite arcade game). About a year after that they bought in a KISS which was there for years. Replay was on the Kiss was 120k, so, i'd ride around with 20c, score a credit (most times), and just keep racking credits and play all day, then leave the machine full of credits to the younger kids. Besides that just a some scattered machines around a couple of take-away stores, and that's where i met Gorgar. I use to also love playing ALI, i'll hopefully own one oneday 
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Brad,
Was that in Wollongong?
Which Indoor centre was it?the one at North Gong? I'm sure I know the ones - John Medin used to be the operator there
This was in Fairy Meadow called Howzat! when the indoor cricket thing became the craze. A guy with blond hair ran the place. The building in still there now on the highway, gutted and for sale. I nearly took a photo of it today to post up but i'm flat out with work. I'm sure you'd remember it a big yellow and green building i use to nearly live there playing cricket and soccer for free when the place was empty. Never made it to the North Gong one don't know why
, I think that place came along a bit later. There was also a take-away shop on the highway in Fairy Meadow nicknamed 'The Pom Shop', an older 'rougher' crowd hung out there it was great. Don't know how the name came about, but it had 3-4 arcades and a pin. LOVED these places how cool.
Also a question for you Wollongong guys. Remember a place called 'Flashback' in Keira Street? I sure that was the name. I was way too young to go in there, almost like walking into a pub for me back then, i would have been about 8-9.
