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Wow. I don't remember this at all.
Very likely because only rich people would have been able to afford these back then.
Nah I'm pretty sure every Chuck-E-Cheese had something nearly identical to this during the 1980s and '90s. They even went up in the air and only cost a nickel.
$105,000 in 2025 money.
Could probably buy a house for that back then.
Easily