Current Events > Chuck E. Cheese files for bankruptcy

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if you like the very plain, cardboardy-like pizza, chuck e cheese had like the best version of that. so some people were into it.

the problem was that the ball pit was the most fun but also what made the place dirty and smelly and horrible to be in. the games were pretty decent, decent arcades back in my time too, but the whole atmosphere was just always kinda gross.

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BeyondWalls posted...

How many times do I have to say it? Their mascot is a fucking rat.

BeyondWalls posted...

A mascot that is literally a rat.

Yes. A rodent as a mascot. How absurd.

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All the clowning on Chuck E. Cheese itt is funny but I kind of feel bad about them going under. A lot of good childhood memories.

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Kisai posted...

Yes. A rodent as a mascot. How absurd.

Mickey Mouse isn't a restaurant mascot. Chuck E Cheese is a greasy food joint that literally has a rat for a logo.

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That really sucks for kids. One less fun place for them to go.

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Round 1 is all the rage these days.

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Charles Entertainment Cheese

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BeyondWalls posted...

Considering that arcades died like 30 years ago, how the hell has Chuck E Cheese managed to hang on this long?

"Chuck E Cheese! It's like an arcade, only everything is even stickier and gross!"

Arcades were still popular in the 90s. Fighting games in particular like Street Fighter, Tekken, and the VS series.

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Dont forget about X-Men, Simpsons, and TMNT.

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mattymad posted...

So, non-US guy here.

What's this place like? Is it actually fun and 'good enough' food? Or is it a hell whole of food violations and dangerous equipment?

It's a children's amusement center where you need a child just to get in because of the US's insane overprotective attitudes.

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BeyondWalls posted...

Considering that arcades died like 30 years ago, how the hell has Chuck E Cheese managed to hang on this long?

Arcades were at its absolute best in the 90s and started to die off around mid 2000s as home console games became so advanced that the arcades couldn't keep up.

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The Wheelman1 posted...

Arcades were at its absolute best in the 90s

Oh... I'm so sorry you believe this.

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Fuck em!!!

Theyve sucked for a long time now. When I was a kid they werent that great either. In the 90s, there were plenty of places you could get pizza and play at the arcade. Sure, some had cheap prizes but Chuckies was one of the first to adopt child gambling.

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I just found out recently that when they first were created, they had direct ties to Atari. as in one of the Atari workers I think founded Chuck E Cheese. it was a place to basically show off games and get kids hooked on them.

If Chuck-e-Cheese goes tits up McDonald's will have a monopoly on indoor playgrounds. That's not good.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CmllhtQCfA
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Zikten posted...

I just found out recently that when they first were created, they had direct ties to Atari. as in one of the Atari workers I think founded Chuck E Cheese. it was a place to basically show off games and get kids hooked on them.

Nolan. He founded Atari and started Chuck E Cheese when arcades were still a thing.

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Zeus posted...

It's a children's amusement center where you need a child just to get in because of the US's insane overprotective attitudes.

I'd honestly be worried about an adult that likes to hang out at a Chucky Cheese. There is a big difference in atmosphere compared to D&B's

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BeyondWalls posted...

Oh... I'm so sorry you believe this.

Really? Some of the best arcade games came out in the 90 and arcade joints were as active as ever. Im speaking from experience and not from whatever you read it from.

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BeyondWalls posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfOafywsfXQ

The magic is gone.

lol "What's happening!?"

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I'm not American but I'm guessing this is one of these awful bloated franchises that is too bland to be called food and too expensive to be called fast food?

I.e. is this one of these corporate eats places that should die a death but for whatever reason boomers think is important culturally because it's a name everyone knows?

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pinky0926 posted...

I'm not American but I'm guessing this is one of these awful bloated franchises that is too bland to be called food and too expensive to be called fast food?

I.e. is this one of these corporate eats places that should die a death but for whatever reason boomers think is important culturally because it's a name everyone knows?

its not a food place really. Its an arcade/playpen for kids to run around in and have birthday parties.

They just serve pizza too

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Chuck E. Cheese was always just a place for parents to bring their young kids, especially for birthday parties. The actual fun places were the knockoffs that specialized more in big tube playgrounds than just games and stinky ball pits (yes, they reeked). Unfortunately, as parent overprotection and "omg where's my kid, stranger danger" fears grew, all those places went out of business and usually became Chuck E. Cheeses, if not completely repurposed into something else.

Same thing that happened to all the cool extravagant wooden playgrounds that are now nothing more than a few plastic slides and maybe a swingset.

Oh yeah, and their pizza is genuinely garbage, like cheap off brand frozen grocery store stuff.

treewojima posted...

Chuck E. Cheese was always just a place for parents to bring their young kids, especially for birthday parties. The actual fun places were the knockoffs that specialized more in big tube playgrounds than just games and stinky ball pits (yes, they reeked). Unfortunately, as parent overprotection and "omg where's my kid, stranger danger" fears grew, all those places went out of business and usually became Chuck E. Cheeses, if not completely repurposed into something else.

Same thing that happened to all the cool extravagant wooden playgrounds that are now nothing more than a few plastic slides and maybe a swingset.

Oh yeah, and their pizza is genuinely garbage, like cheap off brand frozen grocery store stuff.

Discovery Zone was the biggest Chuck-e-Cheese knockoff and they had a good system of parental protection with their wristbands and such. What killed them was expanding too fast and getting stuck with pricy leases.

The part about outdoor playgrounds is true enough. I remember the cool wooden ones with the wide metal slides. Sucks that most playgrounds these days don't really have much for those past the age of 6.

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BeyondWalls posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfOafywsfXQ

The magic is gone.

First off, lol at the kid wanting to be picked up by the guy in the rat costume but obviously he's not gonna do that

Second off omg that falling bit was just so... damn. I felt so bad ugh too much cringe, poor guy. And poor girl who was probably so scarred to see the dude's costume head fall off. Lol talk about the illusion shattering.

Also I'm surprised it even lasted so long. Arcades were already declining with the popularity of home video game consoles, but now with smartphones and ipads as well? How the heck is dave busters still even around?
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