what are the hours? Jpop

I've never been to that one, but my kids and I love The Galloping Ghost in Brookfield.

How is my old space shuttle holding up? When I sold it to him he never even mentioned that he owned the arcade and was putting it in there(found out from a friend) I thought that it was weird that he wouldn't tell me

Damn, had no idea that place was there, and now I've left the Chicagoland area!

I wish he opened up earlier than 5 during the week. I'm always getting home late Mon-thurs, and friday I'm off early. I gotta just make time one of these weekends to pop in

Looks like a cool place. My brother told me about this arcade awhile ago, but I still haven't made the trek in yet. As it is right down the street, I recommend stopping in at Emmett's Ale House / Brewing Co. for both their handcrafted beer & good food. It's walking distance from the arcade, even though it is technically located in West Dundee.

scotts a great guy, I have sold him some games for there and the xenon pin.
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JT

We've been working on the pins to keep them up and running. We'd love for him to get some more, but he needs more paying customers to put money into more pins which will attract more paying customers, etc...

I checked out the place a few weeks ago and the only pin that was working was Space Shuttle. I had a good time playing all the games but I hope the next time I go, more pins will be working.

Ahh.. you guys have been helping him out. Yea, last time I was in there BK, SS and buck rogers (no sound at the time but working now) were all working. If Xenon is up it's in fabulous condition. I too wish he'd get more games, but Scott's a smart businessman and he'll get more as reasonable priced pins come up I'm sure.

Unlike some of the other "unlimited" game places, he has a very flexible admission. $15 all you can play, and then he has hourly rates I believe at $6, which is really nice if you just want to play a little.

The space shuttle in there used to belong to ssbodyman on here

I will try and make it over there soon!

bump for a good guy and a good customer of mine.
JT
Pincades

Sweet! I need to stop in the new location just haven't yet been saving money. I love Fire! We should all have a local meet up there and play some pinball and vidja games.

How do they dictate how long you've been there? Sounds like a great place!

Great place...I need to get there more often - I pass by every day on the way to work...

No limit arcade in algonquin has been closed since before thanksgiving, claiming they are still fighting with the village. Seems really hard to make $$ in arcades these days because the permits are still based on 80's profits. By the time the owner pays electricity, heat, and rent there seems to be little money left for keeping games running.

It's so hard to get over there during the busy holidays, but I swear I'm going to make it over there soon.

second bump for a good guy trying to restore some fun for all.
i heard it was over $100 per game for a sticker in algonquin. hows a arcade soposed to funtion on that. Good luck no limit!

Maybe i should open up Pincades as BEERPINFUN here in indiana. LOL

Good luck guys, ive sold lots of inventory to some of you.
Pincades
JT

The times I have been there, unfortunately, it's been empty - most recently I spent three hours there on a Friday night and only saw a half a dozen other patrons.

I don't care about the place being empty, but when I went there 2/3 of the machines weren't working. Has he gotten any better on keeping them running? I left after a few minutes because the 2 working pinball machines were getting old (I played a few video games but in the end, it wasn't worth driving to Dundee overall).

Everything was working well when I was there...

Bump - Also they posted this on their Facebook page today (Friday)...

A break from the harsh weather and opening early at 3pm today, hope that means we'll be seeing many of you tonight or this weekend! It's been a cold, snowy run since Thanksgiving and that has kept many of you away. Sadly, these conditions have left us in as precarious a position as last spring's flooding. If you haven't been out this month, or even since we reopened, we hope you'll take this opportunity to support your local arcade before the year is over!

I popped in thursday night, all 5 pinballs working great. Played a few other video games, one dude was sitting on Tron so I didn't get to fulfill that nostalgia. One thing about UR is that there are some serious gamers really trying to beat the posted high scores so you may see them sitting on a game for a while.

Common courtesy at free play arcades is to give up the machine when someone's waiting.

As someone who doesn't play video games, I haven't gone to UR because I don't think I'll get my money's worth playing pinball. The addition of Blackout might change my tune. Awesome game!

I need to pop by and visit, see the handy work of blackout.

surprised this is the first I've heard of this place. I'll make a trip out there soon. I agree we really have to support our local arcades.

Just there today and had a good time playing all five pins. I was talking to the owner and he said that he is looking into possibly buying a couple of new pins and putting them in the rotation. I hope he does it. If you have not gone and checked this place out, what are you waiting for.

I checked this out with my GF a few weeks ago. Had a blast! And the videos games were fun too! I would definitely go back! We bought a daily pass and played for a bit then went and ate some dinner next door and then came back for a nightcap of games. Good times

Those additions sound awesome

Been there a few times... No complaints... Worth a visit

No Quarter is brought to you by... The Underground Retrocade. You love these games and the way you want to play them is on the original cabinets. You want to feel the controls, you want to see the side art, and you want to hear Rush on the jukebox. So the next time you're in the greatest Chicagoland area something something 121 West Main Street, West Dundee, Illinois.

I can hear Carrington recite this perfectly in my head whenever I see this thread.