By Britney Pease
Savins Mill Way, Unit 3, Abbey Retail Park, Leeds LS5 3RP
Retro gaming is a nostalgic throwback to everyone’s childhood. Ever wish games like Pacman, Space Invaders, Mario kart were available again to fulfil your childhood dreams. Well, your wishes have come true.
Located in Kirkstall Abbey Retail Park, The Arcade Club offers everyone of all ages to enjoy retro gaming from a low cost of £16 for adults and £8 for children, you don’t need to worry about paying anymore because once your in, all games are free to play. With a choice of three floors to choose from, people can choose any game they want without getting bored; no time limit means they can play for as many hours as they want. What’s not to love. The Arcade club lets adults relive their childhood and kids to get a chance to delve into their parent’s world and see what it was like for them back in the day.
Open Thursday through Sunday, it can always get busy with many games’ enthusiast wanting to play the classic games they have to offer, but never fear, with three floors, you have a variety of different games to get your money’s worth and get you through the day.
The three floors give you a range of games to choose from. The first floor allows you to play classic games from Frogger, Donkey Kong, Hard Drivin’ and many more. The second floor allows you to play old-school retro games from Pac-man, Space Invaders and Super Sonic whilst the third floor allows you to play modern games from Minecraft, Mario kart as well as virtual reality and xbox.
With old-school graphics, you can see why people like retro games. While children today play on modern gaming systems, retro gaming can sometimes be a completely different world to them, and therefore, the need to explore is what makes The Arcade Club a great place to hang out with friends, parents or even on your own. The Arcade club uses simple graphics, games such as Space Invaders uses ‘sprites’ to represent the characters shown on the gaming system.
In the photographs below, they show old-school showing simple yet textured graphics displaying coloured lines on a slightly minimal screen with the scores either at the top or bottom. Using smaller screens than modern gaming, people can still get hours and hours of playable gaming out of it because they are exploring a new territory.
As well as retro games, modern games have made an appearance in The Arcade Club with the top floor full of games with slightly better graphics and modernised gaming systems. With a row of games to choose from, any game will be a step-up from the old 80’s classic games on the first floor.
all photos taken by britney pease
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