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| - EDIT: They've recently made a huge change. No more are the 25 - 50 cent machines. Now you pay 15 dollarydoos for unlimited play. For some, this is great - especially people with young children that could go all day on these machines. However to me, it has made me not visit nearly as frequently. I understand they need to start raking in some real money, but I enjoyed stopping by after work and pumping a few bucks into the machines for an hour or so before I went home. Now I have to make it a planned event to go there, and even still I never feel like I've gotten my money's worth. There's an option to go later in the night at a discounted price, but it's still not really worth it for me. It also encourages groups of people to hog machines for hours at a time since there's no longer a need to pump in more quarters when you lose. I recommend you check it out at least once, but they really need to change their pricing. Dunno when I'll be back.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Yo, this place is sick.
There was that pizza joint in Monona that had an arcade, which was pretty novel, but this place blows it out of the water. There's a HUGE selection of cabinets to play on, and the vast majority are the real quality ones. You'll find all the staples, like House of the Dead, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, X-men, and the classics like Galaga and Donkey Kong. Every game I played was either 25 or 50 cents, which is exactly how it should be.
Employees are really nice and welcoming, and even when they started closing up shop for the night, they weren't rude or obnoxious about it. Instead, they just slowly started turning off the cabinets that weren't being used while allowing those still in the middle of a game to wrap up at their own pace, which was awesome.
I only have a few small complaints:
-I know there's probably not a lot that can be done, but it gets HOT in there real quick. It will be a lovely hideout during winter, but right now it's absolutely sweltering. 5 minutes in, and I was drenched in sweat. Perhaps get some more airflow going somehow?
-I feel the lighting is all wrong. A good arcade is dimly lit or almost completely dark (maybe with a blacklight on somewhere). The lack of surrounding light mixed with the brightly glowing screens draws in the attention and focus of players, and creates a warm, cozy feeling of complete immersion. Here, the lights were almost all on, and it didn't quite feel as immersive. I would suggest getting a few blacklights that you can hang from the ceiling or put in a corner and just shut off the lights in the arcade room. Might cut down on the heat of the place too.
Anyways, really really cool place. This will quickly become a staple for me and my friends when we are trying to figure out something to do.
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