Arcade Club Bury and Leeds

[MattyP]

https://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/floor-two/

Anyone been to one of these? One in Bury and in Leeds!

Look awesome....

[Rhythm]

Yes indeed!

[melkig1967]

Been to both; both brilliant.

The one in Bury even got a surpirse visit from Eugene Jarivs last year when the UK Defender players from Facebook had a special meetup.

[merman]

And the next one starting in Blackpool soon, with even more of an emphasis on classic arcade games...

[Baggypants]

I've been to Bury, It's really good. I took my kids and they wanted to go home after about an hour and a half after mostly playing Mario Kart 8 WHICH WE HAVE AT HOME . I've not taken them back.

[gribbles]

First went when it was in Haslingden, and then on to Bury. Got my membership keyring somewhere - number 45.

Not been to the Leeds one. In fact not been to any for quite a while 'cos of moving about and stuff. That needs fixing.

It is a palace of absolute delights - anyone even remotely interested in gaming should go.

The sound as you walk through the doors brings a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye. Mainly because it reminds you how fucking old you are. Then you forget that as you become young again.

[Kamineko]

I went to Bury, it's the real deal. Got the t-shirt, and a selfie with a Qix cabinet haha. I wonder if they're still in the old manky warehousey/tower building? It helped the ambience.

[Deckard]

I can't concentrate on a game of Space Invaders without punks spitting on the back of my coat me from the back tables The good old days of the local indie cafe in Trowbridge back in the day. I'd forgotten too the practice of putting your coins on the machine to say your go next

[Rhythm]

Popped in again at the weekend and grabbed a little vid to show the ambience. It's still a fucking great time there, easily the best arcade I've been to. Only experience that's ever topped it was finding the corridor of pinball at Blackpool Play Expo a couple of years back.



Note this quick vid only runs through half the ground floor and misses the top floor (consoles, VR etc) completely

[MattyP]

Popped into the one in Leeds last weekend. Great experience and machines really good variety and all in great condition and cleaned regularly!

Will be heading there again when its a bit quieter though half term and it was full of kids running about the place on Saturday. Had my 13 year old son with me and it was a bit of a birthday treat for him. He thoroughly enjoyed it!

Maybe we should have a forum meet up one day at either of these venues?!

Price wise £17 for an adult for full day entry (you get a wristband). Well worth it IMHO. Oh and they have a bar etc there too!

[Rhythm]

Popped into the one in Leeds last weekend. Great experience and machines really good variety and all in great condition and cleaned regularly!

We were there Sunday

Your comment about the quality of the machines is spot on - the folks running the place *really* look after all the cabs. They're all in insanely good condition. I have memories of going to (usually seaside) arcades during the 80s and 90s and finding upward of 1/3 of the machines being out of order. Here, though, there's never more than a single cab or two out of action

Re: half term - it's kinda always like this on the weekends now. Thursday and Friday evenings, when kids aren't allowed in, are when you need to head down to avoid the crowds