Dee's Amusement Co. - Gautier Ms.

So back in 1991 when I started collecting old arcade video games, one place that proved to be great for buying old games was Dee's Amusement Company in Gautier Mississippi. The first time I went there I was greeted by a crochety 60-something year old man with a large stinky cigar, who rode around his complex on one of 4 golf carts. There were several warehouses on the facility that were packed to the roof with games. My first 'warehouse raid' was from here. For $680 I scored 17 video games and a Kiss pinball machine. One of the games was a Discs of Tron (which I have sold since), along with a bunch of Midway cocktail games(Gorf, Galaxian, etc). I ended up going back to Dee's many more times over the course of the next 15 years. One of the memorable scores from there was actually a pinball machine score, where I got a Twilight Zone for $500, two Cirqus Voltaires for $2600 total, and more. Also made several trips just buying up video game motherboards for $5 each. About 4 years ago, I passed in front of the place and saw that it was for sale(the picture above). Tried calling but all of their numbers were disconnected. Such great collecting memories from Dee's.