Funspot Family Fun Center
- Funspot Family Fun Center
Funspot Family Fun Center (also Fun Spot or Funspot) is a video arcade and self-declared "classic gaming museum" founded in 1952 by Bob Lawton, and located in the village of Weirs Beach in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA. It includes over 500 games, an indoor golf center, a 20-lane ten-pin and candlepin bowling center, cash bingo, mini-golf, a restaurant, and a tavern. Funspot was officially named the "Largest Arcade in the World" by Guinness World Records at the 10th Annual International Classic Video Game and Pinball Tournament, held from May 29 through June 1, 2008.
Integrated within Funspot is the American Classic Arcade Museum, which is the first 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to restoring and displaying vintage coin-operated amusements. The museum celebrates the origins of the arcade industry with popular games from the past. Asteroids, Pac-Man, Centipede and Gorgar are just a few of the many games in the classic arcade museum. The museum also contains static displays of game history, and the walls feature many posters of vintage arcade games.
Points of interest
*Billy Mitchell played his perfect game of Pac-Man on July 3, 1999 at this location. [cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/07/20607 |title=Gobbling Up a Pac-Man Record|accessdate=2007-09-29 |publisher=Wired News]
*Steve Wiebe set the high score for Donkey Kong in public at this location.
*"" was filmed in portions at this location.
*The high score for Burgertime, 9,000,000 points, was set here by Brian Wagner.
References
External links
* [http://www.funspotnh.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ American Classic Arcade Museum]
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