Use code EXPLORE LOCAL for extra 15% off . History of Video Games: Volume 2

The Pop Up Retro Arcade has returned for the summer in a bigger unit!

Pay one entry fee and then play as many games as you like for the duration of the session.
Ticketing options:

• £10 for two (2) adult tickets (up to 50% off)
• £19 for one (1) family ticket for two (2) adults and two (2) children (up to 34% off)
• £49 for eight (8) adult tickets (up to 29% off)
• Must be 12 or older. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

History of Video Games This summer Edinburgh will see the short but rich history of video games under one roof as Future Artists bring together everything from original vintage machines such as Space Invaders and Pac Man to rare Star Wars games and classic home entertainment systems including Sega, Nintendo and Atari. Some of the classic games of the 80s, among them Afterburner and Outrun, will be played alongside Street Fighter and other 90s hits. This edition will also see the classic Commodore 65 and Spectrum 48k machines, plus rare handheld games.
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nice one

Great thanks for this

The f*** am I just hearing about this now, literally the day before!? Gutted!

Awesome. Would be there if this was London

Street fighter 2? Maybe final fight. Well jealous!

Groupon states deal on between 19th July and 11th September but link says 5th August :thinking:

If you like retro gaming you should check out tomsretroshack.com

arcadeclub.co.uk/

End of argument.

Do you have to pay £1 to play each game

I was at this the last time they were in Edinburgh. Basically it's just a pop up shop in a shopping centre that has about 10 arcade cabinets (some originals and some mock ups) and then a few older systems set up (NES, SNES, Megadrive, Classic NES Mini) then a PS4 and Xbox One, although I guess expect more from this since it's apparently in a "bigger unit".

It was fun, slightly more expensive than it was here but I felt I got my moneysworth. The one problem I had though was that it was hard to get on a cabinet you wanted since it was quite busy, plus factor in families bringing their kids in who will either just jump from cabinet to cabinet mashing buttons, or teens who will hog the cabinets for long periods of time (if you're going to this, please be considerate if someone is waiting to play the big ones like Pac-Man, Mario, Galaxian, Outrun etc).

All in all a good laugh though. We made a day of it and went to the afternoon session then out for drinks afterwards

The Commodore 65 is pretty rare...

This looks like a bit of a mess:

Groupon voucher says it's valid until Sept 12th
Fatsoma (the promoter)'s website is only offering tickets for sale up to Sat 19th August.

The Groupon voucher says no booking required - just print the ticket and show on entry. No dates or opening hours given.
Fatsoma's website says tickets are valid for a 3 hour session (either 12-3pm or 3-6pm). It claims full opening hours are at:
fatsoma.com/fut…rgh (but there's nothing there about opening hours).
There are opening hours at fatsoma.com/fut…l-2
"We run two sessions a day 12-3pm and 3pm till 6pm 7 days a week"

Groupon voucher says "Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult."
Fatsoma say "Can I drop my Kids off and go shopping - Again this is at your own discretion, only Children 12+ can be left un-supervised"

Code EXPLORELOCAL will give you 15% off one voucher, but doesn't discount more than £1.50 if you try to buy more than one voucher (I just set up another Groupon account with another email address to get the discount on a 2nd voucher).


EDIT:
It gets worse: their Facebook page says it's open July 31st to August 12th
I'm thinking piss-up and brewery.

Another EDIT:
Future Artists have confirmed on Facebook that children under 12 must be accompanied but unaccompanied teenagers are fine. Ignore what Groupon says.

Isn't Fatsuma is that weird Asian type food (but not like a nice Chinese) restaurant on the top floor? Seems like a strange venue in the shopping centre.

If that list is more or less what it is, is not a *must go* to thing for me. Where is Shinobi, Rastan, Double Dragon, TMNT, Simpsons, Scramble, Bombjack, Track n Field, and I could go on and on. As much as I like Sega and Nintendo also, is a bit too focused on them.

No gauntlet? The amount of money mates and me spent on that in early 90's. Was in our school, no wonder the teachers drove mercs.

Anyone know something like this in the Midlands?

Thank you so much for posting this deal! It made me Google similar places like this here in Leicester and i found out about Retro Computer Museum. I really hope they have Final Fight on their arcades. I would drop dead if i get to play it. That would be my life complete. And i thought playing it on the Game Boy Advance SP was cool.

Not a great deal when you consider Arcade Cloub is much bigger and is £10 all year round. In fact its the biggest Arcade in Europe and its in Bury which is accessible from a tram from Mancehster City Centre arcadeclub.co.uk/

arcadeclub FTW!

Not sure if people have posted it or not but Londoners are very lucky as they have Las Vegas Casino arcade (soho) and Heart Of Gaming (croydon)

I ve been to LVA and its pretty decent but lacks the more oldskool games I like...it does however have alot of ddr/rhythm games.

HoG ive never been to but ive heard great things about them. I will be visiting next time im around London

Have you not been to heart of gaming! It's now in Croydon after moving from Acton. Get your sweet retro kicks there

I am wondering if that is a bad typo by groupon, "the classic Commodore 65", it was only a prototype of which a handful are in existence.

Sounds like it's a pretty poor exhibition compared to the Play Expo which was in Glasgow earlier in the summer (and tours the country). Good to see some things like this in Scotchland though.

For all those saying about London doesn't get anything, we have the coolest gaming/arcade place in London! It's called heart of gaming and it's located in the whitegift centre in Croydon. They used to be in Acton like someone said before but they have retro gaming, Street fighter, sonic, dance dance Revolution, old Japanese arcade units, Ps4s, Xbox one's, almost everything you could imagine and last time I went it was a tenner for a whole day and they sometimes have offers and tournaments! I highly recommend it :smile:

I know commodore 65 too great !!! Is that the follow up to the 64

+1 for Arcade Club. Even if it seems far away, it's honestly worth making the journey. 100+ cabs all on freeplay. Never over crowded so you can always get on something. They also have the latest PS4/Xbone stuff and high end PC's along with VR setups. £10 in and you can stay for about 10 hours. Really cheap food and drink on sale in there too

No NBA Jam coin op.

Cold

Arcadeclub looks fantastic.

But Disney Quest was too true genius - such a shame it has just closed or is about to be replaced some with NBA thing.

We went to the retro gaming event at norbreck castle blackpool last month. A great day out. It was £16 each but unlimited use of all arcade machines and consoles

I miss the trocadero in London, used to love going here at weekends or summer holidays.

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