GameWorks

Not crowded. Drink were good but a bit over priced I thought. We went after 10 and we were in with the right set of crowd. Bathrooms were a bit dirty but only used it once. Lol

Most of the machines dont work. Old weird boring games., not worth it. Place stinks and floor is sticky. Terrible Customer service. Broken machine took 20 credits and manager would not give us a refund. Waste of money and not a friendly or fun place.

way too overcrowded. walked around the entire place twice before finding any open machine, and we had decided to just wait for one.
Eventually we got on this game, and were rudely hurried out by children while their parents just looked and gave dirty looks.
The WORST part however, I just recently found out this week. That is that I caught CHICKENPOX.
STAY AWAY!!! Adults, Parents, stay away! do not bring kids! this whole place was filthy dirty, with a staff that didn’t seem to care about anything. Whether it is machines that take credits, or machines that do not award tickets like they should. I was there for a few hours, and did not see any employee cleaning anything even one time.
I just cannot highly enough recommend that people stay away. Do not be fooled by their «deals» or offers. You would be better off downloading a game on a smartphone — at least it would be new and work.

Husband and I were bored so we decided to check this place out. Spent $ 25 on a card and proceeded to throw that money away on broken games. The majority of the 2-​player games we played had something wrong with one of the players. Huge waste of money. Will not be back.

I come here occasionally with the husband. Saturday we came with 4 other people. I was not impressed. The place was a zoo but I guess what can you expect for a Saturday night. It was a little better at 9pm when it turned to 21 and older but you still couldn’t get to the good games.
A lot of the games don’t work, the 2^nd player doesn’t work or are just faulty. The basketball game wasn’t giving out basketballs, the air hockey was not keeping score correctly and only 2 of the 4 Mario carts were working. It was quite a bummer.
I bought a giant $ 20 margarita and I drank the whole thing alone and was fine. I feel like there was no alcohol in it.
Our group got quickly bored and we went to our house to play games instead. If I do go back it will be on a week night when hopefully the games are working.

This place is your average arcade. Pretty clean and up to date on their games. The thing I like most about this place is that it’s 21 and up after 9pm on Saturday nights.
Good date night to act like a kid with your other half.

Went here about a month ago with a couple of friends. We did some sort of eat and play deal which was decent. Drink prices are decent but was somewhat disappointed in the selection of games. Food was also good for the price.

A date dragged me here on a Saturday afternoon :groooan: because he wanted to play air hockey. (I could go on and on about how this was the epitome of my own personal hell, buttt I’ll try to stick to the deets…)
You approach the counter with some disorganized semblance of a «line,» choose 1 of 3 workers/​cashiers, and hope you’ve made the right choice. The cheapest deal is $ 5 for 20 credits. If you don’t have an existing card, you’ll have to pony up a few extra bucks for a new one.
Most games run 4 – 8 credits, so you can blast through 16 credits in 10 minutes or so (…because, YES, I was counting!). Basketball is 4 credits per game, as is Operation. Many of the arcade games were 7 – 8.
A LOT has changed in the 10+ years I’ve been here: the line of 6 – 8 race cars by the bar on the inside left (where an employee did a play-​by-​play) is GONE. Sad, because that was my favorite part of the place and a nostalgic memory of racing my buddies to see who’d place 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd.
In its place are various other games and then the ticket redemption counter (1 machine, 1 guy with a Tupperware bucket, 1 giant line) and prize area. Oh, the bar? I definitely see the need for booze! There’s one downstairs and one upstairs, but the latter can be reserved for private events. There’s a restaurant and a coat check downstairs as well.
There are some racing games peppered primarily through the first floor including 4 or 5 Fast and Furious (sadly no Initial D?!). #riceburnerinside
Most (gun) shooting games seem to be upstairs.
It was such a crazy clusterfu#k of people and the TWO air hockey tables were constantly busy and being stalked by others; hilarious that we never played the one thing I was dragged here for. Basketball was fun, but we had to spend the last 4 credits on the card and I couldn’t wait to GTFO, so I insisted Dude play Operation. The game lasted a mere 60 seconds (good for me, bad for people who don’t want to get ripped off).
I’d have to be under duress to come here again on a weekend afternoon, but it might be worthwhile to visit again when it’s limited to the 21+ crowd.

Stopped in on a cold Saturday afternoon. Kids ran around and played video games while wife and I sat in bar area. Beer was cold, wings were good, nachos were poor. All the toppings were in the middle and just ok. Everything was ok and the kids burned off some energy. $ 9 for a 25 oz Sam Adams Cold Snap was a little high, but cold and went down easy. Got a Groupon for the kids to play games. Good value.

My fiancée and I have played at the Game Works in Schaumburg on a few occasions. We have a blast every time! The best part is purchasing the game cards through Groupon. After 9pm is usually when we arrive when it is 21+, that’s the best!

Fi st off the food rocks. I am always pleasantly surprised by that, quality food. The staff is always very nice. Great selection of ticket prizes, not the cheap crap you find at most places. Really a fun place always. Clean well kept.

Great assortment of old and new games! I always take advantage of their unlimited play deals, when available. Definitely worth the trip!

Visiting the fiancée in Schamburg and we chose this over the other «arcadeish» place in town, so glad we did!
After 9:00 they require 21+ so we decided to go later on a Friday night. It was not very crowded, and they allow you to walk around with your adult beverage.
Two floors of assorted games allow for a fun time. There was a large variety to choose from. They were clean and entertaining! Would recommend this to anyone visiting!

I’ve always been a fan of arcade style games that spit out loads of tickets.
I usually frequent D&B, however I was in the area with a friend and we decided to stop in to play some games and have some fun.
We stopped in around 8:30 on a Friday evening.
This location is right inside the «Streets of Woodfield».
Parking was a bit of a challenge, understandable for a Friday evening.
We rolled in around 8:30 and were immediately asked for IDs.
Now, I’ve never been asked for an ID when going to an arcade style gaming place.
Neither of us had our ID on us, as we didn’t think we’d need them for a gaming venue!
We both were 21, yet they refused to allow us to stay beyond 9PM.
They say it is «Village Code», I believe that’s a bunch of garbage.
They offered to let us play until 9PM, but then we were out.
At that point, I should have just left and gone to Dave and Busters.
However, we didn’t want to waste time and gas driving to Addison.
I paid for two $ 15 game cards (60 credits/​card) and we went off to play.
I haven’t been to GameWorks before, so I had no clue how many «points» or «credits» it costed to play the game. Immediately, I knew I just got ripped off. Most of the «good» games cost between 9 & 14 credits to play. I will say some games (bad ones) were between 2 – 4 credits to play.
We decided to play a few games to haul home the most tickets. (isn’t that the point ?!)
Quickly, we walked away with empty game cards and little to no tickets.
Keep in mind, most games had «Winner Every Game». Yeah, right!
With nine approaching fast, you heard some loudmouth on the intercom above saying 15 minutes, 10 minutes, fivvvvvvve minutes.
We walked over to the prize «shop» to redeem our tickets. Here, they don’t count per ticket like most barcades. Here, they weigh the tickets and what you get is what you get. Between us both, we got 300 «credits» to use in the shop. It gets worse. The prize shop prices anything besides candy out of reach. You will pay a whopping 50 «credits» just for a lollipop or halloween size pack of M&Ms. It’s truly highway robbery. We both stood there trying to split up the credits evenly among the over priced candy selection. We both walked away with six halloween size pieces of candy. $ 30+ dollars later!
I know I’ll never return to GameWorks. You truly feel robbed when you walk out those doors, past the security guard who’s packing a huge gun and handcuffs.
From now on, I’ll stick to D&B. Where the tickets are plentiful, and the prizes are fair and within reach. Who wants to feel like a loser and a sucker after spending $ 30+ bucks?! I sure don’t!

When in Schaumburg, you have to come here if only for Deal or No Deal and the crazy Pacman ice hockey where it unloads tons and tons of pucks on you at once.
I’ve been a few times. Once on a date and a few other times with family. I never have a bad time, but you will spend some coinage here because you don’t ever want the fun to stop. If you sign up for their emails, they’ll send you out deals for free game play. You can also check Groupon as they sometimes have a deal on there. If you’re comparing D&B to GameWorks, I prefer GameWorks as a whole, mainly for the overall environment and set-​up.
During the week, they offer food and drink specials or you can do the deal/​play combo. I haven’t had the food before, but the drink menu is good. If you’re in the mood to do something different other than just the same old dinner and movie, I highly recommend coming here. You can’t be in a bad mood when you’re here!

Solid 3 stars. I haven’t been here in ages, and I have to admit it was better than I thought it would be.
Unilocal has a checkin offer for a free 30 minute card. Cool. I also had a coupon of some sort which gave me $ 10 free. One of my friends had a groupon for an unlimited pass as well.
The 30 minute pass was nice. I used it first, and stuck to the expensive short games to get the most bang for the buck (so to speak).
I mainly play shooting and driving games. Most of the shooting games are badly calibrated, almost to the point where they are unplayable. To GW’s credit, their workers are pretty observant and will offer to refund you if they notice you getting frustrated. They have a couple of newer games. One in particular was some zombie shooting game which had 3d glasses and air movement and shaking within the booth. It measured heart rate (supposedly?) and it was pretty damn scary.
Once the 21 only time came around, the place thinned out a lot for a Saturday night. I don’t know that I’d come again in the near future. But with the plethora of coupons and discounts out there, I just might.

The suburban equivalent of the popular barcades (bar+arcade) would be Gameworks in Schaumburg where there are newer games and machines that actually work minus the intoxicated 21 year olds.
It’s a different scene than the overly packed barcades like Headquarters and Emporium. Instead, you’ll find an entire section dedicated to ticket games and newer action shooters like Terminator Salvation and the latest installment of the Time Crisis and House of the Dead series. There are even linked Ultra Street Fighter 4 stations like the ones that you see in Japan.
Thursday nights are Game Night where you get unlimited gameplay (except for ticket games) for only $ 10. The great thing about Game Night is that all of the games on the second floor are unlimited including pool. It was great to see parents with their children and couples enjoying arcade games.
The only downside is trying to find someone that would like to spend their Thursday night with you at an arcade. Two more years and my son will be old enough to enjoy Gameworks.

After dining at Big Bowl Schaumburg we decided to do some fun gaming here. The nice thing is once 9 PM hits you have to be 21 and older so no little kids are running around the place. I haven’t been here in 11 years, so technology/​gaming has obviously changed since then, and locations where games used to be have moved around as well.
I enjoyed playing the 4 player games (since there was four of us) such as Pac Man and Air Hockey. There was a really cool Star Wars game that made you feel like you were in an IMAX theater. My husband and I played a fun 3D zombie game that was fun and in all honesty scared me like the zombies were coming out at me thanks to the special effects. We had a good time here and if we happen to be dining in Streets of Woodfield again we may come here again soon.

few of the pinball machines were not working properly. Took a long time to get someone over to fix (refund). I recommend you come here for games only. Food not worth it (pasta marsala, was fair and over priced). Not sure I would go back.
We asked for lemon for water and the server brought then on a napkin. Not even on a plate!!!

They’ve fallen off. Came here last weekend hanging with some friends. I haven’t been here in about 3 years but at one point I used to come here frequently. The value of their credits have changed. The credit cost of all the machines have went up and the purchase price for credits is the same so you don’t get as well of value for your money as you used to.
Most of the games are pitiful. Majority of them needs to be serviced. A lot of them were out of order. Some of the ones we played were acting up while we were playing them. This place is still «ok» but honestly I’d rather drive 5 more miles south & hit up Dave & Busters in Addison.