The machines here are token-based, each one a quarter a pop. The beer flows aplenty, with special craft brewery nights and 25 rotating daily taps, but the food options are limited to basic snacks. Read more.
A bistro menu with clever section titles like “Multi Player” serves Italian and American foods (with a Taiwanese touch), sometimes tricky to find in the Asian island nation. Read more.
Meltdown bars have free and easy access to computers souped up with Alienware chips, Logitech sound, and the hottest games, fueled by all the Monster Energy drinks and alcohol you can guzzle. Read more.
A true gamer haven, all the rotating selection of arcade consoles and pinballers are free of charge, along with more analog games of skill like Super Chex, Skee-Ball, and classic Italian foosball. Read more.
Capcom is an absolute mecca for fans of the Street Fighter, Mega Man (or “Rockman” as he’s known in Japan), or the Resident Evil series. Read more.
Chomp on gamer-themed burgers like The Triforce (beef, bacon, chicken) while immersed in gamer décor at EXP. Read more.
Trade in gaudy mascots and brightly-colored amusement parks for a whole other level of flashy, pixel-riddled entertainment at Player1, where craft beer is the main attraction. Read more.
Air hockey and foosball tournaments are a regular thing. The Wicker Park location breaks retro conventions with a 20-foot HD TV for watching the big (sports) game and appropriate gamer flicks. Read more.
Serving craft burgers, steak, and beer, Game Over doubles as a nightclub. Come for hip-hop night on Wednesdays. Read more.
Billed as the West Coast’s “premier classic arcade,” the bar preserves the “golden age” of video games with dozens of arcade games and pinball machines. Read more.
Swig 40s of malt liquor while pumping quarters into arcade games, go wild with six lanes of skee-ball, get tipsy with giant Jenga on the patio, and pick your own jukebox tunes. Read more.
FIFA tournaments, both real and digital versions, are in frequent rotation at the sprawling Level Up in Warsaw, where soccer is a religion. Read more.
Loading has become something of an indie-gaming institution in London with two locations, a podcast, and even a zine. Read more.
The historic selection of pinball games (or machines à piastres in French Canadian lingo) at North Star lend themselves well to warming up frozen fingers during long Montreal winters. Read more.
Contained within two floors are 54 different rotating machines (placed in chronological order) that range from the 1930s up to present day, some 80s arcade games, and a bar. Read more.