Memory Lanes is a chain of bowling alleys in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars based in Liberty City.
Description[]
In Grand Theft Auto IV, Memory Lanes operates one alley on the Alexander Boardwalk in Firefly Island, Broker; one in Golden Pier, Westminster, Algonquin, off Union Drive West; and another at Pier 45, Fishmarket South. They are all accessible save the latter. Players can play a round of bowling on their own, with a friend, or a girlfriend. In Grand Theft Auto IV, Niko Bellic takes Michelle to the Firefly Island alley on a first date.
In addition to bowling facilities, Memory Lanes alleys contains a mini Burger Shot restaurant where players can buy food and replenish their health. In The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, an Air Hockey table is also incorporated into the bowling alley.
Panorama of a Memory Lanes interior in GTA IV.
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- The signs in and outside of Memory Lanes light up at night to look like male genitals. The logo itself also looks like male genitals (the bowling pin being the penis and the two bowling balls being the testes).
- Memory Lanes is a pun on the saying 'A walk down memory lane', referring to witnessing or experiencing nostalgia.
- The alleys are tuned to Liberty Rock Radio in Grand Theft Auto IV and to Radio Broker in Episodes from Liberty City.
- Inside Memory Lanes, the player may occasionally hear a pedestrian shouting "Gimme a White Russian, please!" or "I'm The Dude!" upon scoring. This is a reference to the film The Big Lebowski in which The Dude is an avid bowling player and relishes White Russians.
- The opening times are 9:00 to 9:40 everyday as indicated on the entrance doors, yet the player can go there anytime.