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The death of arcades threw up a cloud of fallout that subsequently killed almost everything even associated with the neon-lit caves of old. Arcade cabinets weren't the only machines that dissolved into irrelevance: classics like Whack-a-Mole and skee-ball faded away with them. There are still a few ways to get your skee ball fix, however. You can hang around a Chuck E Cheese and push ahead of the kids lined up in front of you (not recommended), or you can download Skee-Ball Arcade by Scopely.

Other skee ball apps have come and gone from the App Store, but Skee-Ball Arcade is the first officially licensed game. It honors its license, too; this is the most authentic skee ball experience you're going to find outside of some bowling alley's decrepit video game corner.

Playing skee-ball is a bit like playing on a small, elevated bowling course (if you're Canadian, picture five-pin bowling conducted on a miniaturized lane full of speed bumps and holes). You're allotted a certain number of small balls, which you roll up and over a series of rubber barriers. Behind each barrier is a hole that corresponds to a score. If your ball goes into a hole, you're rewarded with the marked number of points. Generally, the smaller and further away a barrier / hole combo is, the more points it's worth. When your game is over, you receive a string of tickets you can exchange at a counter for a comb or mustache wax.