Are there ANY arcades ANYWHERE anymore?

[Compute]

Here in Appleton, WI we have Funset Boulevard, roughly 10,000 sq ft of newer games with some classics, pin, and redemption games, laser tag, bumper cars, etc. It is attached to a movie theater.

For older games I hit up JJ's Laundromat, I'm guessing it's a dude's collection since they have ST:TNG pin, Data East Star Wars pin, Raiden 1 and 2, Pac man, some 'Classics' compilation cabs, turbo outrun, etc. Not an arcade per se, but more games than any of the other places around here.

If anyone knows of a decent place up in Green Bay maybe you could post it? It's a bigger city so it SHOULD have an arcade..

[Kalisiin]

I feel ya. I grew up in the 80's and I remember hanging out at the arcade, and pumping all my quarters into those games. and I wish they HAD any real arcades, anymore, especially with retro-80's games!!

Heck, when my mom passes on, and leaves me the house, I already plan on converting our basement into my very own private 80's Arcade...complete with all my faves...

Crazy Climber, Cruisin' Galaga, Pole Position, Moon Patrol, Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Dig Dug...just to name a few. Seriously, I have a big basement, and it seems to me I could make my own little 80's retro arcade down there. Mom would never let me do it as long as she lives, she'd bitch about the electric bill.

I rent the upstairs of her house, currently, and have my home business up there, too. but I got plans for that basement when the house passes into my name!! I'll have my own arcade down there, and I'll invite any of y'all who wanna play REAL arcade games...like, from the 80's!!

Screw the 90's and beyond, if it wasn't made in the 80's I don't want it.

[Kalisiin]

Barcade in brooklyn!! you can bring your dog drink and play retro only arcade cabs!

Holy SHIT...you just described HEAVEN!!!

Where the hell is this place?? I'm only 75 miles from NYC.

My dog, booze, retro arcade games...I could stay forever.

[Collector_Gaming]

they are all over the north east still.. just gotta know where to look is all

ones i know of

Vermont

Theres a small one in Rutland Vermont in the Diamond Run Mall (surprised the place is still open)

in burlington theres Zachary's Pizza which has a arcade within it
and Pizza Putt (kinda like vermonts version of chucky cheese...sorta)
also at the Spare Time Bowling ally in colchester theres a small arcade

New York

in Lake George theres 2 decent size arcades that i know of downtown.

Maine
I know of a alright size arcade in York Beach
and theres a fairly large one in Old Orchard Beach thats attached to a theme park.

Florida
Theres a few i remember in orlando (this is 2003) i don't know if they are still there
In fort myers theres a place thats like a chucky cheese called "King Richards" thats pretty cool. with go carts, arcade, pizza, ect ect

New Hampshire
I saw i think 2 arcades in hampton beach
and then you have the world famous Fun Spot arcade
one of the oldest still operational arcades and it is the largest in the world
It has candle stick bowling, 2 mini golf courses, pizza, and 3 stories of classic arcade goodness
you want classic cabinets? No where and i mean no where in the world will you find more except maybe at that classic game auction in colorado they have every year.

They have the pacman machine billy mitchell did his perfect game on and yes you can play on it too.. they also have his king of kongs machine... and once again you can play on that too!
they have super pac man, ms pacman, baby pacman, pacman jr, donkey kong jr, super mario bros, tempest, asteroids, centepede, millipede, i mean i can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on
Best part about this arcade is they try to keep it the way it was in the 80s
They play nothing but 80s music through the speakers.
Some of the machines have a display card that will give a brief history about the game and the cabinet. They have plastered various classic game masters and their scores.
Fun Spot is also home to a annual world wide classic game tournament.

I have 2 dollars of their tokens if anyone wants to use em! haha..
cool thing is they date their tokens.. the oldest one i got is a 1985 just to show you the age of the place

[mattimeo310]

Boardwalks. At least the Jersey Shore boardwalk has a bunch of arcades. I do know for a fact that there is a classic arcade at the Jersey Shore also with many of the older arcade titles.

[lookfun78]

There is one in virgina beach It's a huge one with two haves and a huge target game the size of a dorm room. This one updates every year with the latest games like ddr.

[Collector_Gaming]

here cause i wanna make sure you guys understand how amazing this arcade is.. Heres a video of "Fun Spot"

heres a walk through the arcade by a arcade fan (maybe someone whos on here?!?!)

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ZETgxqCos

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq5rU...eature=related

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Boardwalks. At least the Jersey Shore boardwalk has a bunch of arcades. I do know for a fact that there is a classic arcade at the Jersey Shore also with many of the older arcade titles.

Where once every arcade on the Seaside Heights boardwalk had arcade machines, now very few have any, one being the "Flashback" arcade in the Carousel Arcade on Casino Pier. And the repair/maintenance on those games is downright terrible. Most have monitors that are SORELY in need of re-capping and some have controls that are poorly functioning (if at all).

[otaku]

we have a few arcades here but they're tied to amusement centers and the machines tend to be in disrepair

[Rendclaw]

There are a couple in the Chicago area, and here in Ann Arbor there is Pinball Pete's, which needs more old school machines IMO. Run a google search and you might be surprised at what you find.

[BydoEmpire]

New Hampshire is the Mecca - you've got Funspot in Laconia, and the new Pinball Wizard that just opened in Pelham.

[old_skoolin_jim]

New Hampshire is the Mecca - you've got Funspot in Laconia, and the new Pinball Wizard that just opened in Pelham.

Pinball Wizard is pretty sweet, and it's only a 40-minute drive from Boston, for you tourists. Lots of old-school goodness, but I've ranted & raved in greater detail in other threads (and in my Yelp! review).

[mikey167]

Barcade in brooklyn!! you can bring your dog drink and play retro only arcade cabs!

Great place. I went there when i was in new york afew years back.

[atari2600land]

There's one in my town: Wunderland. It's been there forever, and it appears to not be closing any time soon.

[Rendclaw]

I'm planning a little getaway to Illinois to see what the Galloping Ghost Arcade is all about... $15, free play, no waiting (aside from waiting to play a game).

[stalepie]

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[Fontaine Le Funk]

Phoenix has several. One of the largest is at Castles and Coasters which has maybe 70 games and about a dozen pinball machines too. This is where I first played Asteroids(!), so awesome... The mall it is near is kinda slowly dying, but last I saw they were renovating the CnC entrance, so they must be doing ok.

Update: I went back after the renovation, and they changed every machine first from coin doors to thin plastic cards to store credits and now to more permanent swipe style doors. Even the pinballs are changed. It's kinda weird with the green glowing, but Asteroids still rocks.

[peter_gunz]

At the Santa Monica Promenade there's an arcade with 90s fighters and early stuff like Super Mario Bros. arcade and Donkey Kong. Little Tokyo has an arcade, but mostly Japanese stuff and nothing 80s

[BydoEmpire]

My wife and I spent a long weekend in Daytona Beach a couple years ago and I went into 2 or 3 arcades. Each one a massive disappointment. They did have a handful of classic games, but lots of games weren't working, and most that actually ran had really bad monitors. Most of the floor space was redemption and skee ball.

The big McDonald's on I-Drive in Orlando advertises they have 100 arcade games, but it's 99% redemption. They had one Ms Pac Man/Galaga. The rest was all amusement stuff.

I have seen a number of laundromats here in Orlando that have relatively classic games (Galaga, Outrun, some early 90s Namco racer, etc). That seems to be one of the last holdouts.

[lookfun78]

I have one here in waldorf MD called game over. They have a facebook page. All I have to say is that they have some games that don't work and for some reason will not replace them with working machines. The great games they have working are rambo, terminator and my favorite itg 2. Facebook page found here http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001458864041 Oh they do have the three latest counsels for you to play and play movies.

[Rogmeister]

I went up to my mall today to walk for excercise (it was too cool to walk outside). There was an arcade there for a bit but this is the first time I've been there in months and it's long gone. There is, however, some sort of miniature golf in one store and I saw they had some arcade machines. I meant to go in and see what they had but I forgot to go in and see once my walking was done. Maybe I'll go back tomorrow and check it out.

[darthi8nt]

In Manassas Va we have a small mall and it has a time out in it with a few games. Tekken 5 and some of the oldies like Galaga and ms Pacman. I just got finished repairing a multicade and a ms pacman in a pizza parlor.

[Oldskool]

There are several here in Vegas, including the Pinball Hall Of Fame and Sega's Gameworks. I love this place.

[ganondorf]

In wisconsin, there was an arcade about 20 minutes away from me known as fun world. It was huge, had classics and modern games, and had a ferris wheel and miniature golf course inside. Sadly, the place closed up in november and there was a big auction in december, and I was to broke to attend at the time.

I seem to remember an arcade that served ice cream and played alot of queen music up north from when I was a kid. I believe it was in minocqua, not sure, I'll have to ask my parents to see if they remember the name of it, I hope its still around, but this was 10 years ago, so who knows.

[jesus666]

Wow, is the state of the US arcade business really this bad? here in my home town in England we have 11 arcade parlours in a row, each with over 30 games machines, mainly new stuff though and a lot of Lightgun games and dance machines.

I do live in a seaside resort though, which would skew things a lot, but most normal towns I go have a parlour or two from what I can remember.