For my 50th birthday, my wife rented out our HOA's clubhouse, and she brought in Steve's Retro Arcade. The guy basically has a air-conditioned trailer that he loads up with a dozen or so retro arcade games -- you get to pick and choose which ones you want. It was a complete blast.

Some games I did quite well with, but I hadn't played Dragon's Lair in a LOOOONG time, and I sucked royally at it. But it was a blast! My only disappointment was the "pinball" games were digital pinball emulators, not actual honest to goodness pinball games.

That sounds like a really cool business!

The thought of arcade games brings back memories! Didn't really have many games arcades here (at least not like the US ones) but there were usually a few in sports centres, the university students union etc. and they were always a good laugh.

I remember spending far too much money on the streetfighter 2 arcade machine back in the day and being very excited when a special joystick was released for the Amiga that let you replicate all the buttons for the home version!

For my 50th birthday, my wife rented out our HOA's clubhouse, and she brought in Steve's Retro Arcade. The guy basically has a air-conditioned trailer that he loads up with a dozen or so retro arcade games -- you get to pick and choose which ones you want. It was a complete blast.

Now that is AWESOME!

I just looked up their website. This is really cool!!!!

The website says, "Our service area is limited to a 25 mile radius of Dacono, after which a travel fee applies."

I wonder how much a travel fee they would charge to come to Watertown, New York?!?!?!?

Totally get what you mean, Ken. Also, I just looked up Zorbaz - looks fun. I see they are a regional chain in Minneapolis. Always interested to discover new regional chains when we travel.

The brand has grown since I was a kid, they are well known across Minnesota.

Haha, I totally meant to say Minnesota when I typed Minneapolis. Forgot which one was the state, I guess.

For my 50th birthday, my wife rented out our HOA's clubhouse, and she brought in Steve's Retro Arcade. The guy basically has a air-conditioned trailer that he loads up with a dozen or so retro arcade games -- you get to pick and choose which ones you want. It was a complete blast.

That's awesome. I'm also not much of a fan of the digital pinball machines. I get it - cost and maintenance-wise, especially, pinball machines can be so expensive - but it just doesn't feel the same.

The thought of arcade games brings back memories! Didn't really have many games arcades here (at least not like the US ones)...

I hadn't actually thought that hard about arcades outside of the U.S., so I'm glad you brought this up.

There is a great one in Reno, Nevada called the XP Arcade. It is inside the Circus Circus casino, which is located downtown, nicknamed "The Row" where several Reno casinos are on Virginia Street. They have many games including "The World's Largest Pac-Man" game. You can play PACMAN on a big screen. I played it, pretty cool. They have kind of an arcade and carnival mix, with a free circus show periodically throughout the day. Worth going to if you are an arcade fan and visiting Reno.

Edited July 31, 20242 yr by KarateKen

Thanks for adding that, Ken!

Patrick,

Don't you own several arcade machines at home??

I loved Mortal Kombat (played MK 1 and I wasn't really impressed) 

Also loved Zelda, Mario . I have not been to an arcade in years honestly. It's something my friend suggested a month ago, but Ill bring it up again maybe they will want to go