# Memory Lane Arcade

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**Memory Lane Arcade** was an arcade [amusement park](/source/Amusement_park) located in [Frankenmuth, Michigan](/source/Frankenmuth,_Michigan). It was opened on April 29, 1975[1] by Dennis R. Atkinson and his wife Irene. It closed on November 28, 2004.[2] It is notable for its collection of old-fashioned activities, including coin-operated fortune tellers, arcade games, roll-playing instruments and attractions. Many games were pretty cheap to play.[3] Admission in the arcade was completely free.[4]

Apart from 100 years worth of penny arcades, the place also offered modern services including 3D movies, sports and computer games.[5] In 1984, Atkinson won an [Association de la Sommellerie Internationale](/source/Association_de_la_Sommellerie_Internationale) award for the "Taito America Elevator Action Kit".[6] By 1995, there was a trend that children were not getting their money's worth from playing games and winning prize.[7]

## Highlights

- 200 year-old [Orchestrion](/source/Orchestrion)[8]
- [Buzzy Buzzy Bee](/source/Buzzy_Buzzy_Bee)
- [Grandmothers Predictions](/source/Fortune_teller_machine)[3]
- [Kiss-O-Meter](/source/Kiss-O-Meter)[4]
- [Laffing Sal](/source/Laffing_Sal)'s Funhouse[9][10]
- [Mystic Swami](/source/Mystic_Swami)
- [Personality Indicator](/source/Personality_Indicator)[4]
- [Pinball](/source/Pinball) games[4]
- [Play Golf](/source/Play_Golf)[4]
- [Player pianos](/source/Player_piano)[4]
- [The Egyptian Mummy Answers Your Question](/source/The_Egyptian_Mummy_Answers_Your_Question)[4]

## References

1. ["Open Corporates - Memory Lane Arcade"](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_mi/800045049). Retrieved March 30, 2021.

1. Caulfield, Matthew (December 27, 2006). ["Mechanical Music Digest - Memory Lane Arcade in Frankenmuth is Closed"](https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/200612/2006.12.27.05.html). Retrieved March 30, 2021.

1. ["Your Daily Guide"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/97704283/). *[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press)*. August 5, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2020.

1. Hunt, Mary (1994). [*Hunts' highlights of Michigan*](https://archive.org/details/huntshighlightso00hunt/page/376/mode/2up). Midwestern Guides. p. 376.

1. Zavatsky, Michele & Zavatsky, George (2000). [*Kids Love Publications*](https://archive.org/details/kidslovemichigan00geor/page/12/mode/2up). Midwestern Guides. p. 13.

1. ["Industry News - Video Game Winners"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-03-24.pdf#page=39). *[Cashbox](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))*. Vol. 46, no. 42. George Albert. March 24, 1984. p. 39.

1. ["Letters - Unsettling Trends"](https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-21-number-13-december-1995/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2021%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201995%20%28Compressed%29/page/10/mode/2up). *[Play Meter](/source/Play_Meter)*. Vol. 21, no. 13. Carol P. Lally. December 1995. p. 10.

1. ["A Trip Down Memory Lane"](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/62/ca/a2/62caa2feb75ce5f481d1094c729dc72f.jpg). Retrieved March 30, 2021.

1. ["The Many Faces of 'Laffing Sal'"](https://mksgrist.wixsite.com/playlandatthebeach/laffing-sal-?fbclid=IwAR21FbZ7sG_qXOXA6AUppB-DgcjYzCmJ1-gIgjgkp3Qq2AmZr1J5XuoAmgY&lightbox=image1699). Retrieved March 30, 2021.

1. ["My Gal Sal"](https://laffinthedark.com/articles/sal/sal8.htm). Retrieved March 30, 2021.

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/19991128233759/http://www.memorylanearcade.com/)

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