Playdium
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Playdium is a Canadian
company which operates a large Family Entertainment Center
in Mississauga, Ontario
, Canada
. Playdium Mississauga is owned by parent company Starburst Coin Machines Inc..
The Playdium FEC is situated on a site spanning 11 acres (479,160.4 sq ft) in Mississauga located directly across the street from Square One Shopping Centre
. The main building is 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) featuring more than 200 of the most popular games, amusement ride
s, and simulators. Recent major investments by the parent company has resulted in a revamped gaming floor with the newest technologies. A full-service diner is situated right on the gaming floor. The Baseball Dome operates year round and has nine variable-speed batting cage
s as well as four lanes of bowling
. The outdoors include an Indy
-Style go-kart
race course spanning 1.2 miles (1.9 km), an 18-hole Championship Greens Mini-Golf
, and Water Wars.
Arcade machines are outfitted with card readers (BLINKis), and barcode
d "PlayCards" are used instead of coins or tokens
. The card readers display the number of credits required to play. The average game requires six credits to play (the equivalent of $1.50 on an old-school arcade machine). PlayCards can be charged with credits or they can be charged with TimePlay, meaning that all arcade games (with some exceptions) could be played within a certain length of time, typically two-hour or four-hour "Time Play Specials." To prevent abuse, PlayCards with TimePlay are "locked out" if used too soon after the last swipe and were not meant to be shared between players.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
company which operates a large Family Entertainment Center
Family Entertainment Center
A family entertainment center , often abbreviated FEC in the entertainment industry, is a small amusement park marketed towards families with small children to teenagers, and often entirely indoors or associated with a larger operation such as a theme park...
in Mississauga, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Playdium Mississauga is owned by parent company Starburst Coin Machines Inc..
Summary
A new addition to the company is The Playdium Store, which retails arcade games and various other home entertainment solutions.The Playdium FEC is situated on a site spanning 11 acres (479,160.4 sq ft) in Mississauga located directly across the street from Square One Shopping Centre
Square One Shopping Centre
Square One Shopping Centre is a shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest shopping malls in Canada, with over 1.6 million square feet of retail space and more than 360 stores and services...
. The main building is 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) featuring more than 200 of the most popular games, amusement ride
Amusement ride
Amusement rides are large mechanical devices that move people to create enjoyment. They are frequently found at amusement parks, traveling carnivals, and funfairs.-Notable types:*Afterburner*Ali Baba*Balloon Race*Booster...
s, and simulators. Recent major investments by the parent company has resulted in a revamped gaming floor with the newest technologies. A full-service diner is situated right on the gaming floor. The Baseball Dome operates year round and has nine variable-speed batting cage
Batting cage
A batting cage is an enclosed cage for baseball players to practice the skill of batting.It is usually made of netting or a chain-link fence and rectangular in shape. A batter stands at one end of the cage, with a pitching machine at the opposing end...
s as well as four lanes of bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
. The outdoors include an Indy
IndyCar
IndyCar is the trade name of an American-based open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. IndyCar sanctions three racing series, the premier IZOD IndyCar Series with its centerpiece Indianapolis 500, and developmental series Firestone Indy Lights and the U.S...
-Style go-kart
Kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...
race course spanning 1.2 miles (1.9 km), an 18-hole Championship Greens Mini-Golf
Miniature golf
Miniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
, and Water Wars.
Arcade machines are outfitted with card readers (BLINKis), and barcode
Barcode
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...
d "PlayCards" are used instead of coins or tokens
Token coin
In the study of numismatics, tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. The field of tokens is part of exonumia. Tokens are used in place of coins and either have a denomination shown or implied by size, color or shape...
. The card readers display the number of credits required to play. The average game requires six credits to play (the equivalent of $1.50 on an old-school arcade machine). PlayCards can be charged with credits or they can be charged with TimePlay, meaning that all arcade games (with some exceptions) could be played within a certain length of time, typically two-hour or four-hour "Time Play Specials." To prevent abuse, PlayCards with TimePlay are "locked out" if used too soon after the last swipe and were not meant to be shared between players.