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Phoenix Area - Recommendations for Places to Play

By TakingupSpace

4 years ago



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  • Latest reply 4 years ago by pkrobin
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    #1 4 years ago

    I'll be in the Phoenix area in early March for Spring Training and will have a couple of evenings free to check out a few arcades/barcades. Ideal is a place that has or is right next to a place with some food and drinks, but an exceptional spot exclusively for pins could be worth it. We'll have a car, so we can get just around no problem.

    The places I've come across online that look interesting (in the order of likely interest):
    - Stardust (401 W Van Buren, Phoenix): Maybe 15+ pins?; pay per game
    - Electric Bat Arcade (25 W. Southern Avenue, Tempe): 15 pins, 10 arcades
    - Cobra Arcade: (801 N 2nd street #100, Phoenix): Only maybe 4-6 pins with lots of arcades; pay per game
    - Bonus Round (24 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix): Mainly arcades w/maybe 4 pinball
    - Tilt Studios (5000 Arizona Mills Circle, Suite #669, Tempe): No other info on games
    - Arcade at Castles n Coasters (9445 N Metro Parkway East, Phoenix): No other info on games

    Thanks!

    #2 4 years ago

    Electric Bat has expanded and has 20+ pins right now, pretty wide variety, from all 3 Elvira machines next to a monster bash to a Cleopatra with a powerball next to a Stern Dracula, itself next to Bram Stoker's Dracula.

    Tilt Studios also has roughly 20 pins. We had over 70 players there at our last league night! About a 75% modern stern lineup.

    Level 1 Arcade Bar is new in Gilbert, AZ, 10 pins, pay per game (https://www.level1arcade.bar/). Small plate menu has some tasty stuff on it. Off the top of my head, JP Premium, SW LE, Munsters Premium, Batman Forever, Creature, IJ, No Fear, Fish Tales, T2, Addams Family.

    Starfighters Arcade, Tempe AZ, only open on weekends, but $11 flat entry free, has the largest collection (45-50 pins -- https://www.starfightersarcade.com/). Most if not all of the pinside top 10 is there, game mix is pretty varied. Food isn't super close but many of us meet up at a nearby place called The Monastery (https://themonasterybar.com/) for pre/post gaming food and drink.

    I have not been to Castles N Coasters recently, but have heard that either the pins aren't there anymore or are poorly maintained. Was a great place for gaming in 80s. Not so much now.

    Edit -- A couple more places with smaller selections of games but some things I don't think are on location anywhere else locally --
    https://hopcentralbrewery.com/, Chandler AZ, I haven't made it there yet, I want to say 6 pins, including an Oktoberfest.
    https://www.makutusisland.com/, Chandler AZ, 7 pins, including a Tron.

    #3 4 years ago

    New to the area but 2nd HOP Central - they've got great beers and great pins owned by a Pinsider. Went there for a tourney recently and had a blast!

    #4 4 years ago

    Thanks for the ideas! Looking forward to visiting a few of these.

    #5 4 years ago

    Electric Bat is my favorite just for access and sweet collection but if you haven't seen Stardust Pinbar downtown on VanBuren it is a must see. Super hip place, some pretty high end games. Cobra Arcade bar is cool and not far from Stardust - but only a couple pins, focus is on arcade/video games.

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