Gold Mine at the Oglethorpe Mall was an arcade that had operated in Savannah, Georgia.
Background[]
Gold Mine was a chain of arcades found inside various shopping malls (including Oglethorpe Mall) across the United States from Hawaii to New York, along with some also existing in standalone locations. They were notable for having a mineshaft theme.
Oglethorpe Mall is a super-regional shopping mall on the Southside of Savannah, Georgia, which opened in April 1969 at 7804 Abercorn Street as Savannah's first shopping mall. The main anchors were Belk-Beery, McCrory and Sears. At the time, the mall featured Savannah's first Chick Fil-A store. Other tenants included Morrison's Cafeteria (later Piccadilly, now closed), Adler's and a Piggly Wiggly. The mall was named after General James Oglethorpe, the founder of Savannah and has expanded since its opening to nearly one million square feet. Among its features are several restaurants, a food court, and 118 stores. It is anchored by Belk, J. C. Penney, and Macy's. It is owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group.
Known games[]
The games ran on quarters.
- Asteroids
- Centipede
- Defender
- Dragon's Lair
- Galaxian
- Gravitar
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Joust
- Missile Command
- Pole Position
- Popeye
- Qbert
- Return of the Jedi
- Robotron
- Sinistar
- Space Wars
- Spyhunter
- Starfox
- Stargate
- Star Castle
- Star Wars
- Tail Gunner
- Tempest
- Tron
- Warrior
- Wizard of Wor
Trivia[]
Gold Mine was owned by Nickels and Dimes Inc. (NDI) located in Carrollton, Texas. They also operated the Tilt and Electronic America chains as well until they finally decided to just focus on Tilt. All Gold Mines would either become Tilts or they were just closed down.
This arcade was featured in July, 2020.