Even if you weren't a gaming fan as a kid, there's a lot aesthetically to appreciate about vintage arcade games. “Vintage arcades from the '80s and '90s were art installations themselves ...

In Glendale, Gene Lewin has amassed a bounty of pinball machines and old-school video games. There are about 80 inside the Vintage Arcade Superstore showroom, with more stored in his three warehouses.

For Bashi Ale, they were the neon-tinted, dimly lit arcades of the late '80s and early '90s. ... Ale has been buying, fixing and playing old arcade games since he bought his house in Cottage Grove.

The video arcade game Tron bowed in 1982 from Midwest Games. This arcade machine is on display at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art at the College of DuPage. Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times ...

Wyland echoes this advice, adding, “You must check the controls, sounds, and gameplay. Nonfunctional arcade games are expensive to repair, so verifying their operational status becomes essential.” ...