Okay, basically this is a cool place and you will definitely need to visit if you're a fan of classic arcade games, but there are some annoyances. (Keep in mind that I'm really only talking about the arcade games here - I didn't drink or play the console games. Yup, I'm an arcade nerd.)\n\nFirst, the selection of games is good. There are about 50 old cabinets, including hard-to-find games like Mr. Do! and Tapper - and a couple pinball tables as a bonus.\n\nSo, despite the overall coolness of this place, here are those little annoyances. First, the controls on many of the games don't work properly. Come on, guys, you really need to make the rounds and test out the controls on each game. Of the ten or so I played, the controls on Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga, Frogger, and Double Dragon were not working properly. That's not really an acceptable ratio of non-working games.\n\nAlso, some of the games cost $.25 and some cost $.50, but none of them are marked. It doesn't seem exactly fair to pop in a quarter and then find out it's gonna cost you another because you still don't have a credit. $.50 is pretty expensive for these old games, although to be fair, it's true that many of them are hard to find elsewhere, so it's not like you're just going to run out and play it somewhere else. However, $.50 is a lot to play a game of Galaga where the controls don't work and you die after 30 seconds. This is frustrating.\n\nAlso, the screens on some of the old arcade games have been replaced with LCD monitors. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that classic games just don't look right except on a good old CRT-style screen. Excuse me if you have no idea what I'm talking about here. In any case, if you know what these games are supposed to look like, the way they're presented here might look a little funny.\n\nSo, um, there's room for improvement here, but if you're an arcade geek, you'd better go. Despite the issues above, it's pretty likely I'll be stopping by next time I'm in Vegas.
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