The Arcade

This is a pretty fun place! Good mix of games and I like the flat rate for an evening of gaming on the weekends. That said, there are a couple of things that could be better.
One is that their DDR machine is right next to speakers they pump music out of for the arcade in general making it virtually impossible to hear the game’s music over the arcade’s music. It’s unfortunate. I really enjoy DDR but I find it unplayable in its current location.
Second is absolutely no Street Fighter of any kind. Not SF2, not MvC not Alpha — none of it. I recognize that their space is only so big and they can only fit so many games but no Capcom brawler of any kind like this is a pretty big omission. Also they only have one of the MK games and I think it’s just one of the more 3d ones. With their bent on more classic games I would have preferred to see Ultimate MK 3 or something to that effect.
Otherwise though the place is awesome. The staff is friendly and it’s a great way to relive the past glory that is the arcade :).

Sold alot of the good pinball machines. Alot of the arcade games dont work at all. They never refill the credits in the machines dyring free play, you have to hunt down a worker to do it all the time. Its fun for my 8 yr old though.

Attention: only open 4p-​11p fri/​12am-​11pm sat/​12p-​8pm sun. Drove 45 min to find this out. My kid is pissed

This was definitely a step into the past. Mostly in a good way. They have an eclectic mix of mostly classic arcade games mixed with pinball and few newer games. Their pay for a pass rather than coin/​token option was pretty efficient and really let you spend your time without worrying about it draining your wallet. They also have a Groupon that they run pretty frequently that cuts the price almost in half.
The staff was polite, efficient and kind of bored. Matching up with pretty much all of my memories from the 80s. ;)
Games were variable in their state of upkeep. Some were not working, many were extremely beat-​up which could be a bit frustrating. The place overall had that vaguely neglected feel of most arcades I grew up playing in.
Overall not a bad way to spend a couple of hours inexpensively.

If you grew up in the 80’s you’ll have a good nostalgic time. I played all the games I used to hoard quarters for: Galaga, Millipede, Pac Man, Frogger, Space Invaders, Tempest, etc etc. The temperature problems seemed to have changed, now it’s super cold inside. It was about 15 outside and about 50 inside. Obviously ownership is controlling HVAC expenses. Other than that my kids and I had a great time. Use the Groupon deal, it will save you $$.

On the weekends, you pay a flat price and all of the machines are on ‘free’ play. It’s smaller than Pinball Pete’s in Ann Arbor & has less of a variety of games (no newer ones, so don’t come here if that’s your thing), but a better value. And really, it was way larger than I was expecting and even has an upstairs. We stayed longer than we usually do at Pete’s because you can’t run out of money!
The Arcade is very nostalgic and you’ll find tons of games from your childhood. I should note that there were little kids there too, though, who seemed to have lots of fun. We played Frogger, Space Jam pinball, Mario 3, The Simpsons, and SO MANY COOL PAC-​MAN games. I only go to arcades on occasion, but ones that were new to us/​we had never heard of that I’d suggest are: Timber, Bubble, Mystic Marathon, and Hot Shot. It was great trying so many new games without worrying about wasting a quarter :) Some machines were down, but the staff was very approachable and you can ask for more ‘credits’ if that’s why a machine isn’t working. There was more than enough to keep me entertained, so I didn’t mind the broken ones at all.
Three hours here flew by! My boyfriend plays video games daily, but he was the one dragging me, the amateur, out when it was time for dinner. By the way, there is food available at The Arcade. If you’re stopping in, check out Tropical Smoothie Café nearby (but don’t bring outside drinks into The Arcade) before or after. Perfect little date night!

*VERY MISLEADING Unilocal PHOTOS*
Sorry, had to get that out there.
Crap man, what a bummer. I saw a Groupon for something 2/​$ 15 for an all-​day pass, so I wound up going with my friend and his girlfriend. We were looking forward to this place but it ended up being mediocre.
If you love arcade games (non-​pinball), there’s a lot to do here. There are dozens and dozens of old-​school arcade games, although there are quite a few that are turned off. For pinball, there are actually only about 20 working machines, unfortunately. The good thing is that a majority of the working ones (ones not turned off) played decently or better, so that’s a plus.
What sucked about this place, other than the fact that I was expecting far more playable pinball machines, is that it was scalding hot inside. For some reason, after a few hours, they turned OFF the ceiling fans. Not like they were doing much anyway, but at least they were circulating the air at all. It was 85 degrees outside, and it felt better out there than in The Arcade. That’s pretty sad.
So, yeah, I almost regret driving an hour just to visit this place. Fortunately, the all-​day pass wasn’t expensive at all, and there are some great machines to play here — notably a rare Black Spider-​Man machine, NASCAR (believe me), Junk Yard (plays super well for a 19 year old machine), and a few really new machines, like KISS and Metallica. Of course, who knows how long they’ll be there… very few of the machines in these Unilocal pictures are still there, just after a year. For instance, I’ve heard people complaining about the Star Wars machine not working at all since they’ve been open. Okay, is the owner aware that this is a place of business and not his garage? It looks bad and it’s a waste of space. Do something about it, guy.
I’ll be back at some point, but there’s no denying that the owner needs to actually put some effort into fixing his machines if he plans on staying open much longer.

Neat little arcade, lady at front desk was friendly. The owner? (he had the glass off of a pinball) was taking photos of a pinball, said he was going to put it up on craigslist to sell. Seems like something you’d do after hours, but whatever. There was at least 2 other pinballs that were stripped (star wars and space jam). I’m cool with an owner shopping out a pin, but why would you do 2 at once (and leave them on the floor). It was fairly hot inside even with fans running, but I realize arcades aren’t making 80’s money so they can’t run the AC. Unfortunately that also meant having half the arcade games off to keep extra heat low. Seemed like ANY DMD was $ 1 (even data east wrestlemania). I’m good with new Sterns costing $ 1, but how about a 3 games for $ 2 deal, that’s pretty standard. All the pins were clean, nice LED lighting, often mods like LED strips on the apron of iron man, side decals and LED flashers on metallica. Most played very well, though wizard of oz did have a video display error in the crystal ball, and the up-​post for blocking the ball on the orbit shot wasn’t working.

Any fans of pinball and old school arcade games will really like this place. We came here on a Saturday during a free play event. Lots of different games to play on 2 different levels. One question though: what is up with having a bunch of games laying around that aren’t being used? There were a lot of these games taking up room on the second floor. They sell pop and other drinks and I think I saw a vending machine too. There are plenty of tables and chairs if you want to take a break. Also there is a guy there who seems to do regular maintenance on the machines. I’ve heard there are pinball leagues and you’ll definitely find a few of the hardcore pinball fans in here. Everyone’s good about sharing the machines though. They have Frogger, Ms. Pacman, Pacman, Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat 2, the Simpsons, Donkey Kong, the original Super Mario Bros, and the pinball selection is great: Wizard of Oz, Walking Dead, Lord of the Rings, Terminator, Jurassic Park, and a lot of classic pinball games.

Love the arcade. Best selection of pins in Michigan. Close to 70 pins. Everything in pretty good condition. I always make a special trip when I am in town.

Stopped in to The Arcade to check it out and I have to say I’m pretty impressed with the condition and selection of the video and pinball games here. The pinball games are in immaculate condition. Somebody here really cares. The video games on the second floor are a trip back into time to my youth at the arcade. Lots of 80’s video games here. A couple of drawbacks to this place… it’s really tight space wise. If you stand a bit back from the game you’re playing if it’s busy you’re likely to play the bump with someone else’s behind. Also, as much as this is a really cool place it’s not cheap. The pinball games start at a buck a play and the video games are less but at least a couple of tokens to play. That said I’d probably take advantage of their one price all you can play events.

I just had a terrible experience at the Arcade, and I won’t be back. We went for the all day free play event that took place today, and didn’t arrive until 8pm, mistakenly thinking that it was for the full hours of operation and not until 9pm. No one warned us that we were buying wristbands for only an hour, the signage was not clear, and unless you had checked this Facebook page, it seemed like there was no way to clearly be informed of the hours of the event.
We paid $ 40 for two people to play for an hour, and when we realized that all the machines would be turned off of free play at nine and requested that we receive a refund for *one* of the wristbands, as we had misunderstood and hadn’t played even $ 20 of games in the time we were there, we were denied that request — which seems to me to be poor customer service, and nothing short of it.
Why not have a full day of free play for $ 20? Why switch free play off all the machines as soon as 9:00 pm hit? We were honestly some of the last people in there — we had stepped out to the car for a moment, and when we came back in, no one was there. I was puzzled by this until I realized that with the 9pm curfew in effect, everyone had left.
It’s greedy, that’s why not. It’s the same reason why Rollergames, and Hurricane, and 8 Ball Deluxe are all $ 1.00 to play, when in any other reasonable arcade, games of that age would be $.50 or less. It’s the same reason why paying $ 2.00 for three plays on a new Stern, as advertised, only gives you 2 plays.
I won’t be going back to the Arcade. I’m utterly disappointed in the attitude, the environment, and the lack of character that they’ve displayed.

I really enjoyed my experience at The Arcade. It was fun to be able to play many of the games that I played as a kid in the 80s. I also really enjoyed all the 80s music that was playing on the sound system.