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24 Seattle arcades, mapped

Because there’s never a bad time to brush up on your Street Fighter

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The Seattle area has a whole lot of arcade options available, whether arcade cabinets or pinball tables are your thing. And while it’s not uncommon for a fun, neighborhood bar or restaurant to have a pinball table or three (check Skill Shot’s running list to figure out where your favorite table is), these spots go out of their way to accommodate their games.

Many of these are 21-and-up establishments, so read carefully before trying to bring young ‘uns to just anywhere on the list. Don’t worry, you still have options—just Add-A-Ball, featuring shots of Mad Dog along with your Pac-Man, is not among them. Fortunately, a few of these accomodate a younger crowd, including the Pinball Museum and various Full Tilt locations.

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Map points are ordered north to south.

This article has been updated since its original publication to avoid confusion with the East Coast chain Barcade.

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Another Castle Arcade Edition, Edmonds

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Another Castle is a local game store chain specializing in classic games—but arcades are part of its repertoire, too. This one is right next to its original location in Edmonds. While it serves drinks, it’s family-friendly, too.

Coindexter's

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Greenwood’s newest arcade bar has plenty of table space and a few cabinets in the front, plus an action-packed backbar full of pinball tables.

Ballard pub Olaf’s doesn’t bill itself as an arcade, but a whole back room full of pinball tables totally qualifies—and makes it a destination for dedicated Seattle pinball players.

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Portal Virtual Reality Arcade and Lounge

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This isn’t an “arcade” in a traditional sense—it’s a much more involved process, with one person at a time occupying a booth (or a couple of people occupying two booths for multiplayer) for a “room-scale VR experience.” There’s also a lounge and some quicker, walk-in games. It’s a little more expensive than a traditional arcade, at $12.95 for 15 minutes in a booth or $4.99 a pop for the faster games. Memberships are available, too.

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Full Tilt Ice Cream Ballard

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Each of Full Tilt’s four locations feature multiple arcade cabinets and pinball tables, plus, of course, ice cream. This is one of the all-ages venues on the list, although they still totally serve beer.

The Ice Box

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Named for its location at the former Allied Ice facility—it even took up its penguin logo—Fremont’s Ice Box has plentiful pinball tables, plus some vintage cabinets. This spot is all-ages, and has regular tournaments, including a weekly womxn’s pinball tournament.

The Ballard Grill and Alehouse is above all else a neighborhood dive—but their staggering selection of pinball machines outpaces several other spots on this list. They also host pool tournaments and have a cheap burger special.

Add-A-Ball

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Add-A-Ball is tucked away in a basement in Fremont, and is a maze lined with pinball tables, arcade cabinets, and other games. There’s more space to stand and play than sit and drink, so while it’s technically an arcade bar, it captures a lot of that nostalgic arcade feeling. Just grungier.

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Full Tilt Ice Cream Capitol Hill

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Like other locations in the local Full Tilt chain, the Capitol Hill location features pinball and arcade cabinets, with ice cream and beer on the side.

Raygun Lounge

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While this is more of a tabletop destination at heart, we’d be remiss not to include the increasingly arcadey Raygun Lounge on this list. Between rounds of your favorite board games, mix it up with rounds of Street Fighter II or any of several other cabinets and pinball tables. It’s all-ages, but serves beer and wine, too.

Narwhal

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The basement bar counterpart to the Unicorn has a large back area full of pinball—including the old-timey kind—plus skee ball, a few cabinets, and a claw machine full of offbeat (and sometimes adult) items.

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Shorty's

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This Coney Island-themed Belltown dive is a Seattle institution, known for its room full of pinball tables, selection of hot dogs, and creepy circus music piped into the bathrooms.

Jupiter Bar

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Just down the street from Shorty’s, Jupiter Bar has a game room full of pinball tables and cabinets (including newer ones—there’s a whole nook devoted to Killer Queen), plus plenty of seating in the front and selfie-worthy murals everywhere.

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GameWorks

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This national arcade chain’s gigantic Seattle location is still going strong at Seventh Avenue and Pike Street. In addition to lots of flashy, new arcade games, they also have an esports area with consoles and PCs. While they have a full bar along with a restaurant, it’s still all-ages until 10 p.m.

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Pier 57 Miners landing

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This waterfront arcade is a shadow of its former self since a Pier 57 remodel—the previous arcade had been family-run for 20 years, and they left after their lease ran out. There’s no more tickets-for-prizes, and the entire game selection has been sequestered to a small nook in the long hall to the food court and carousel.

But it does have NBA Jam, a giant Pac-Man game, and a cabinet with three versions of Street Fighter II, so it’s not nothing. (There’s also still a small shooting gallery behind the carousel.)

Seattle Pinball Museum

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This one’s relatively self-explanatory: This International District spot is where you go for the largest pinball selection in the city. It started out as a three-month activation project through the Storefronts Seattle program in 2010 and has been running ever since.

This is one of those all-ages options, although kids need to be seven or older to play.

This hidden bar in West Seattle is overflowing with cabinets—many vintage, but a few custom-built multicades—plus plenty of pinball tables and even space for LAN parties, plus some Crazy Taxi (and some other driving cabinets) and DDR.

It’s where the Benbow Room used to be. It even kept the pirate mural.

Quarters Arcade

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This all-ages arcade in Bremerton has a classic tickets-for-prizes system and has two dedicated party rooms for birthdays and other occasions.

Another Castle Arcade Edition, Bremerton

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In addition to the Edmonds location, Another Castle runs arcades in Bremerton and up north in Bellingham. Unlike the Edmonds location, which serves beer but allows kiddos in, the Bremerton location is a 21-and-up establishment with a full bar.

Full Tilt Ice Cream Columbia City

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Full Tilt’s Columbia City location is similar—and also kid-friendly.

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Flip Flip Ding Ding!

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This divey Georgetown arcade bar is heavy on the pinball—as its name implies—but it has some cabinets too.

Full Tilt Ice Cream White Center

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Full Tilt’s flagship location in White Center is much like the others on the list: A kid-friendly joint with ice cream, pinball, and cabinets where you can still have a beer.

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8-Bit Arcade Bar

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Head just south of Seattle to Renton for 8-Bit, featuring not just pinball—Seattle loves pinball!—but, appropriate to the name, a bunch of retro cabinets, too.

Waterland Arcade and Sandbar

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Waterland Arcade in Des Moines has some classic, old-school pinball tables, arcade cabinets, skee-ball, and even console games.

Another Castle Arcade Edition, Edmonds

Another Castle is a local game store chain specializing in classic games—but arcades are part of its repertoire, too. This one is right next to its original location in Edmonds. While it serves drinks, it’s family-friendly, too.

Coindexter's

Greenwood’s newest arcade bar has plenty of table space and a few cabinets in the front, plus an action-packed backbar full of pinball tables.

Olaf's

Ballard pub Olaf’s doesn’t bill itself as an arcade, but a whole back room full of pinball tables totally qualifies—and makes it a destination for dedicated Seattle pinball players.

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Portal Virtual Reality Arcade and Lounge

This isn’t an “arcade” in a traditional sense—it’s a much more involved process, with one person at a time occupying a booth (or a couple of people occupying two booths for multiplayer) for a “room-scale VR experience.” There’s also a lounge and some quicker, walk-in games. It’s a little more expensive than a traditional arcade, at $12.95 for 15 minutes in a booth or $4.99 a pop for the faster games. Memberships are available, too.

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Full Tilt Ice Cream Ballard

Each of Full Tilt’s four locations feature multiple arcade cabinets and pinball tables, plus, of course, ice cream. This is one of the all-ages venues on the list, although they still totally serve beer.

The Ice Box

Named for its location at the former Allied Ice facility—it even took up its penguin logo—Fremont’s Ice Box has plentiful pinball tables, plus some vintage cabinets. This spot is all-ages, and has regular tournaments, including a weekly womxn’s pinball tournament.

4Bs

The Ballard Grill and Alehouse is above all else a neighborhood dive—but their staggering selection of pinball machines outpaces several other spots on this list. They also host pool tournaments and have a cheap burger special.

Add-A-Ball

Add-A-Ball is tucked away in a basement in Fremont, and is a maze lined with pinball tables, arcade cabinets, and other games. There’s more space to stand and play than sit and drink, so while it’s technically an arcade bar, it captures a lot of that nostalgic arcade feeling. Just grungier.

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Full Tilt Ice Cream Capitol Hill

Like other locations in the local Full Tilt chain, the Capitol Hill location features pinball and arcade cabinets, with ice cream and beer on the side.

Raygun Lounge

While this is more of a tabletop destination at heart, we’d be remiss not to include the increasingly arcadey Raygun Lounge on this list. Between rounds of your favorite board games, mix it up with rounds of Street Fighter II or any of several other cabinets and pinball tables. It’s all-ages, but serves beer and wine, too.

Narwhal

The basement bar counterpart to the Unicorn has a large back area full of pinball—including the old-timey kind—plus skee ball, a few cabinets, and a claw machine full of offbeat (and sometimes adult) items.

A post shared by Danny Ngan (@dannyngan) on

Shorty's

This Coney Island-themed Belltown dive is a Seattle institution, known for its room full of pinball tables, selection of hot dogs, and creepy circus music piped into the bathrooms.

Jupiter Bar

Just down the street from Shorty’s, Jupiter Bar has a game room full of pinball tables and cabinets (including newer ones—there’s a whole nook devoted to Killer Queen), plus plenty of seating in the front and selfie-worthy murals everywhere.

A post shared by JUPITER (@jupiterseattle) on

GameWorks

This national arcade chain’s gigantic Seattle location is still going strong at Seventh Avenue and Pike Street. In addition to lots of flashy, new arcade games, they also have an esports area with consoles and PCs. While they have a full bar along with a restaurant, it’s still all-ages until 10 p.m.

A post shared by Ron Burley (@rbinfinity22) on

Pier 57 Miners landing

This waterfront arcade is a shadow of its former self since a Pier 57 remodel—the previous arcade had been family-run for 20 years, and they left after their lease ran out. There’s no more tickets-for-prizes, and the entire game selection has been sequestered to a small nook in the long hall to the food court and carousel.

But it does have NBA Jam, a giant Pac-Man game, and a cabinet with three versions of Street Fighter II, so it’s not nothing. (There’s also still a small shooting gallery behind the carousel.)

Seattle Pinball Museum

This one’s relatively self-explanatory: This International District spot is where you go for the largest pinball selection in the city. It started out as a three-month activation project through the Storefronts Seattle program in 2010 and has been running ever since.

This is one of those all-ages options, although kids need to be seven or older to play.

Vidiot

This hidden bar in West Seattle is overflowing with cabinets—many vintage, but a few custom-built multicades—plus plenty of pinball tables and even space for LAN parties, plus some Crazy Taxi (and some other driving cabinets) and DDR.

It’s where the Benbow Room used to be. It even kept the pirate mural.

Quarters Arcade

This all-ages arcade in Bremerton has a classic tickets-for-prizes system and has two dedicated party rooms for birthdays and other occasions.

Another Castle Arcade Edition, Bremerton

In addition to the Edmonds location, Another Castle runs arcades in Bremerton and up north in Bellingham. Unlike the Edmonds location, which serves beer but allows kiddos in, the Bremerton location is a 21-and-up establishment with a full bar.

Full Tilt Ice Cream Columbia City

Full Tilt’s Columbia City location is similar—and also kid-friendly.

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Flip Flip Ding Ding!

This divey Georgetown arcade bar is heavy on the pinball—as its name implies—but it has some cabinets too.

Full Tilt Ice Cream White Center

Full Tilt’s flagship location in White Center is much like the others on the list: A kid-friendly joint with ice cream, pinball, and cabinets where you can still have a beer.

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8-Bit Arcade Bar

Head just south of Seattle to Renton for 8-Bit, featuring not just pinball—Seattle loves pinball!—but, appropriate to the name, a bunch of retro cabinets, too.

Waterland Arcade and Sandbar

Waterland Arcade in Des Moines has some classic, old-school pinball tables, arcade cabinets, skee-ball, and even console games.