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Working Stiff Builds 1980s-Style Arcade On the Side

by Evan Shamoon on February 5, 2008 at 08:54 AM



Oh no he didn't. Oh yes he did.

After two years of tracking down, buying, and restoring old arcade games, Linden, Virginia resident Peter Hirschberg has opened his own private Luna Arcade next door to his home. The collection is up to 65 games at the moment, with another three on the way.

Hirschberg's days are spent working for AOL (Switched's parent company, FYI), and many a night recently was spent designing computer animation for a 2007 documentary called Chasing Ghosts, about classic arcades.

And yet somehow, amidst all of this, Hirschberg was able to put together one of the sweetest arcades east of the Mississippi. It's full of blacklights, classic '80s movie posters, and a blacklight-compatible, space-themed carpet. And the soundtrack is straight '80s rock.

"This is what heaven looks like," Hirschberg told the Washington Post at the arcade's unofficial grand opening.

Looking at the pictures -- we don't necessarily disagree.

From Washington Post

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