Did Arcades ever operate 24 hours a day?

[CoogarXR]

I know there were a couple in a 24-hour laundromat that I used to live near. I remember Street Fighter II in there, and maybe TMNT, those suckers were on 24/7.

[zenith2134]

Cool. I am interested in this stuff...Do you guys think that some of these games used special tubes, perhaps ruggedized cathodes for longevity, or vibration-resistant? I know some mil-spec tubes were made, for raster-graphics color monitors, but what about the gaming sector? I mean, before the crash of '83, the video arcade industry was a HUGE money maker..

[MIPS]

If they run arcades 24/7 in Japan right now with modern LCD based cabinets I have no reason to believe that they were not doing the same with CRT cabinets back in the 90's and early 00's.