Member: Mattroid
Locations Visited
| Name | Address | Rating | Comment |
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| The Game Preserve - Woodlands | Spring, Texas, United States | 4/5 | Had a membership for a few years until I moved to Austin. I really miss this place. |
| Pinballz - Original | Austin, Texas, United States | 4/5 | |
| Cidercade - Austin | Austin, Texas, United States | 4/5 | |
| Pinballz - Lake Creek | Austin, Texas, United States | 4/5 | |
| Speedy's Fast Track | Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| The Brewtique | Cedar Park, Texas, United States | 4/5 | Interesting to see this here. My rating is more about the beer, if I'm being honest. |
| Dave & Busters - Houston, TX | Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| Kung Fu Saloon - Houston | Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| Joystix | Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | |
| Cidercade - Houston | Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | |
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Grinkers Grand Palace
Permanently Closed-gone |
Eagle, Idaho, United States | 5/5 | Easily my favorite place anywhere. Grinkfest was always awesome. Still upsets me when I think about it closing. Date logged was my last of many visits. |
| Gizmo's Arcade & Eatery | Astoria, Oregon, United States | 3/5 | |
| Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade | Portland, Oregon, United States | 3/5 | Most of the classics were blocked off while we were there :( |
| The Big Apple Arcade | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3/5 | |
| Pinball Hall of Fame | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 4/5 | Some great pins you won't see anywhere else, just cross your fingers they're working while you're there. |
| The 1UP Arcade Bar (Lodo) | Denver, Colorado, United States | 3/5 | Decent modern games and a row of pins. Most of the classic games were multiboards and/or had LCDs installed, and sever weren't working. Recent photos I've seen look like things may have improved. |
| Family Arcade LA | Los Angeles, California, United States | 4/5 | |
| Tilt Studio Katy | Katy, Texas, United States | 3/5 | Not the Tilt of yesteryear, more like a mini D&B at this point |
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Celebration Station
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| FunPlex | Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | Fame City was always a blast as a kid. I haven't heard great things about Funplex, but as a kid in the 80s, this place was amazing. |
| University of Houston Student Centers Games Room | Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | I haven't been since I was in college but it was a good little place with a decent selection of games at the time |
| Tornado Terry's | Keller, Texas, United States | It counts if I showed up with hulahomer to buy a game from him right? | |
| Eighty Two LA | Los Angeles, California, United States | 4/5 | Came for the Supercade 2.0 release party, stayed for the games |
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Malibu Grand Prix / Castle Golf and Games
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | My main arcade go-to as a kid since I grew up just down the road. Pretty typical putt putt golf and other rides, but at one time the game selection was pretty amazing. |
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Exhilarama
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | I had several birthday parties here growing up. While the rides and laser tag were arguably the main attractions, there was a pretty good selection of mostly [then] modern arcades and of course redemption games. |
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Malibu Grand Prix
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
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Tilt (Northwest Mall)
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | My rating is a bit skewed mainly because this was the primary small arcade I spent my time in as a kid. I recall the SFII hype and witnessed the sudden learning of specials moves there. Later, I fell in love with T-Mek at this location, which would go on to be one of my grails. |
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Tilt (Greenspoint Mall)
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| In The Game Funtrackers | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| Takadanobaba Mikado Game Center | Shinjuku-ku, Japan | 4/5 | |
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Tradewinds Roller Rink
Permanently Closed-still there |
Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | My home away from home in the 80s and early 90s. I believe this was the first place I played Donkey Kong and Mario Bros and, much later, TMNT. |
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The Game Preserve
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 4/5 | The original location was nice little place that I was lucky to visit once before they moved. |
| Kung Fu Saloon - Austin Rock Rose | Austin, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
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Mr. Pixel's Classic Arcade
Permanently Closed-gone |
Houston, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| Quasars Arcade | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | 3/5 | Pretty nice place overall. Solid selection of pins, lots of rail shooters, and a fair selection of classic arcades. Payment is similar to D&B: load up a card and swipe at each game. Exact prices are somewhat masked in this way but tend to range from about 0.60 to 2.00 or so per game. |
| RETRO | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | 2/5 | The pin selection is decent though several were either down or needed minor maintenance while I was there. Most 'classic' arcades were actually multi games with LCDs in repro cabinets. Many arcades had no audio or partially non-working controls. All told, there's very little to justify the $15 admission fee and nothing truly "retro" about this place. The bar seemed decent, it might be an okay hang out place. I didn't try the food. |
| Dave & Busters - Corpus Christi, TX | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | 3/5 | |
| Pixel Palace Arcade & Bar | Round Rock, Texas, United States | 3/5 | I attended a soft open night, so I'll revisit this review once they've officially been open for a while and have settled in. I'll start by saying it's a bar first, arcade second. Many of the games were either not on/working or had janky controls. Lots of LCDs in the classics, some with horrible viewing angles. About half the pins were also not working. Several stolen (50c) tokens but the bar would replace them. In short, the games could use a little love. Overall, a decent selection of 80s and 90s games with a handful of 00s thrown in, plus an NES in one corner. ICB was unfortunately down too. Some of the older games were on free play, though I'm not sure if this is expected long term or not. On the upside, there were no multicades that I noticed. I look forward to seeing where they go in the coming months but if it stays like it is now, I doubt I'll be a regular. That said, your kids and non arcade collector friends will probably have fun and the bar is well stocked. |