Best Arcades & Retro in Illinois — 26 verified listings

• Galloping Ghost Arcade — Brookfield. The largest arcade in the United States with 885+ playable cabinets, opened August 2010. One flat $20 admission for unlimited all-day play. Home of Dark Presence fighting game development. Open until
• Galloping Ghost Pinball — Brookfield. Sister location to Galloping Ghost Arcade focused exclusively on pinball, with a free-play collection of popular and extremely rare machines spanning the EM era through modern Stern titles. Located in
• Logan Arcade — Chicago. 21+ arcade housed in the old Logan Hardware building on Fullerton Ave, open since 2014. Large variety of classic and modern arcade cabinets, pinball, fighting games and the 10-player Killer Queen, plu
• Emporium Arcade Bar — Chicago. Chicago's flagship arcade bar with Wicker Park, Logan Square and Fulton Market locations. The 8,500 sq ft Logan Square spot adds pool, air hockey, skeeball and mini bowling. Open until 2 AM most night
• Round1 Aurora — Aurora. Fox Valley Mall Round1 with bowling, claw machines, Japanese-import rhythm and fighting games, karaoke and party space. Located in Aurora, Illinois. Rhythm and fighting game venues stock dedicated cab
• Dave & Buster's Lombard — Lombard. Dave & Buster's Lombard pairs a Million Dollar Midway with sports-bar dining at Yorktown Center. Located in Lombard, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of arcade games, redempti
• Dave & Buster's Orland Park — Orland Park. Dave & Buster's Orland Park features 100+ arcade games and scratch-kitchen sports-bar dining south of Chicago. Located in Orland Park, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of arca
• Dave & Buster's Rosemont — Rosemont. Dave & Buster's Rosemont anchors Fashion Outlets of Chicago with the Million Dollar Midway and full sports bar. Located in Rosemont, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of arcade
• Dave & Buster's Schaumburg — Schaumburg. Dave & Buster's Schaumburg at Streets of Woodfield features hundreds of arcade games and a sports-bar restaurant. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of ar
• Dave & Buster's Vernon Hills — Vernon Hills. Dave & Buster's Vernon Hills pairs a Million Dollar Midway with sports-bar dining at Hawthorn Mall. Located in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of arcade games,
• Round1 Gurnee — Gurnee. Round1 Gurnee at Gurnee Mills features Japanese arcade games, UFO Catchers, bowling, billiards and karaoke. Located in Gurnee, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of arcade games
• Round1 North Riverside — North Riverside. Round1 North Riverside at North Riverside Park features Japanese-style arcade and UFO Catchers, bowling and karaoke. Located in North Riverside, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a m
• Main Event Hoffman Estates — Hoffman Estates. Main Event Hoffman Estates combines arcade, bowling, laser tag, billiards and gravity ropes with full dining. Located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of a
• Main Event Warrenville — Warrenville. Main Event Warrenville features arcade midway, bowling, laser tag, billiards and gravity ropes plus dining. Located in Warrenville, Illinois. Family fun centers cater to all ages with a mix of arcade
• Scene75 Chicago — Romeoville. Scene75 Chicago in Romeoville is the largest Scene75 location with go-karts, indoor coaster, blacklight mini-golf, laser tag, mini-bowling, inflatables and 100+ arcade games plus on-site dining. Locat
• Andretti Indoor Karting Schaumburg — Schaumburg. Andretti Indoor Karting Schaumburg features multi-level kart racing, laser tag, ropes course, 7D motion theater and a large arcade plus dining. Located in Schaumburg, Illinois. Family fun centers cate
• Emporium Arcade Bar Wicker Park — Chicago. Emporium Arcade Bar Wicker Park is the original Emporium — a Chicago icon with 50+ classic arcade games, pinball machines, pool tables and 20+ craft beers on tap plus craft cocktails. Located in Chica
• Emporium Arcade Bar Logan Square — Chicago. Emporium Logan Square features classic arcade cabinets, pinball, pool and shuffleboard alongside a huge craft beer list and cocktails. 21+ in the evening. Located in Chicago, Illinois. Barcades pair f
• Emporium Arcade Bar Fulton Market — Chicago. Emporium Fulton Market pairs 50+ retro arcade games and pinball machines with shuffleboard, pool and a full craft beer and cocktail bar. Located in Chicago, Illinois. Barcades pair full bars with vint
• Chicago Gamespace — Chicago. Opened in September 2020 in Chicago's Logan Square, Chicago Gamespace is the Midwest's leading video game museum and art gallery. It presents a playable history of consoles, computers, and arcades fro
• Stern Pinball — Elk Grove Village. Stern Pinball, headquartered in Elk Grove Village outside Chicago, is the world's largest manufacturer of pinball machines. Each modern Stern pinball machine takes around 16 months to design, 30 hours
• Jersey Jack Pinball — Elk Grove Village. Founded by industry veteran Jack Guarnieri in Lakewood, New Jersey in 2011, Jersey Jack Pinball brought full-color LCD scoring back to mainline pinball with 2013's Wizard of Oz. The company has since
• American Pinball — Streamwood. American Pinball is a Streamwood, Illinois manufacturer of high-end pinball machines founded by Dhaval Vasani. Its 15,000-square-foot design and assembly facility launched with the Houdini: Master Mys
• Raw Thrills — Skokie. Raw Thrills was founded in 2001 in Skokie by classic arcade designer Eugene Jarvis, the creator of Defender, Robotron, and Smash TV. The company has revitalized the modern American arcade with hits li
• SuzoHapp North America — Mount Prospect. SuzoHapp's North American operations sit at 601 Dempster Street in Mount Prospect. The company supplies more than 50,000 OEM parts and components for arcade, amusement, and pinball machines, descendin
• VGA Gallery — Chicago. VGA Gallery is a Chicago-based nonprofit that exhibits, studies, and sells video game art. It supports working game artists with print sales and gallery shows while preserving original artwork from ma

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