PIU no longer in Bloomington...?
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:19 am
I realize this isn't a DDR location, but it IS (or rather, was) a location for PIU, so I figure this goes here.
Classic Lanes here in Bloomington has evidently decided to trade in their PIU Exceed machine for a new game in lieu of trading in Shaq-Fu the pinball game or the ghetto Ms. Pac-Man cabinet. And what did they trade it off for, you may ask?
Gauntlet Legends of all things.
I realize the machine was like a fish out of water over on the west side of Bloomington at that redneck bowling alley, but I liked it there nevertheless. Imagine my surprise walking in there tonight, expecting to hear Chad and Merk stomping away, only to see a tiny little machine in the place PIU once stood. I'm sure they were equally shocked.
However, I remember that the owner of the establishment came and spoke with Jim and I one day while we were playing. He said that they get their machines through the same distributor as the IMU and that PIU actually almost went to the IMU to begin with. That being said, I wonder if the machine has actually left the city or has simply been sort of "rotated" to another arcade furnished by the same distributor, or if the IMU might get it soon. Perhaps Bloomington isn't pumpless, but rather Pump has decided to go back into hiding after giving us a taste of its sweetness.
I dunno, that's just a theory I'm clinging onto for hope. Regardless, it still sucks that it's gone now. =/
Classic Lanes here in Bloomington has evidently decided to trade in their PIU Exceed machine for a new game in lieu of trading in Shaq-Fu the pinball game or the ghetto Ms. Pac-Man cabinet. And what did they trade it off for, you may ask?
Gauntlet Legends of all things.
I realize the machine was like a fish out of water over on the west side of Bloomington at that redneck bowling alley, but I liked it there nevertheless. Imagine my surprise walking in there tonight, expecting to hear Chad and Merk stomping away, only to see a tiny little machine in the place PIU once stood. I'm sure they were equally shocked.
However, I remember that the owner of the establishment came and spoke with Jim and I one day while we were playing. He said that they get their machines through the same distributor as the IMU and that PIU actually almost went to the IMU to begin with. That being said, I wonder if the machine has actually left the city or has simply been sort of "rotated" to another arcade furnished by the same distributor, or if the IMU might get it soon. Perhaps Bloomington isn't pumpless, but rather Pump has decided to go back into hiding after giving us a taste of its sweetness.
I dunno, that's just a theory I'm clinging onto for hope. Regardless, it still sucks that it's gone now. =/
