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The Best Arcade and Pinball Sites on the Web

  • Arcade Archive: The largest storage archive of arcade related audio, documents, FAQs, fonts, images, video and more. Regular updates and a large volume of content keep this site at the top of every arcade and pinball collector's list!
  • Arcade Art Library: Nearly 1,000 high quality arcade and pinball related images, many of which could be printed at professional grade quality. Frequent updated and high quality content make this site a must see!
  • Arcade Ambiance Project: The arcade ambience project is an attempt to simulate the audio ambience of a crowded arcade room during the golden age of arcades in the 1980s.  This is a sound that has been lost over the years and does not exist in today's pitiful arcades. Check out this great project and the latest news for it here.
  • Arcade Art Library: Nearly 1,000 high quality arcade and pinball related images, many of which could be printed at professional grade quality. Frequent updated and high quality content make this site a must see!
  • Arcade Collecting: Excellent reference site which includes hacks for Bagman, Discs of Tron, Make Trax, Strike Force and Tron. Also has art, PCB pictures, and games for sale.
  • Arcade Fever: Great site which features a frequently updated news blog, arcade sounds and animations, a cabinet museum, games for sale, a photo album, arcade wiring and more. Check out the "25 Years in a Box" article!
  • Arcade Flyer Archive, The: Source for classic arcade video game promotional flyers. These video game flyers offer a unique view of classic video game history. Check back often as they are always updating the arcade flyer archive with new flyers and improved scans of existing arcade flyers.
  • Arcade Art Library: Nearly 1,000 high quality arcade and pinball related images, many of which could be printed at professional grade quality. Frequent updated and high quality content make this site a must see!
  • Ataricade: This site is dedicated to Atari coin-op video games and arcade game-related news, articles and information.  Ataricade is also home to the Quantum Registry. This site has a great vector graphics look and lots of great information.
  • Azalea Sertoma: A women's volunteer club in Summerville, SC dedicated to SERvice TO MAnkind. They raise money for charities and help organize local sports events. My wife is the site author and I have a hand in this site as well.
  • Barrette Baron: Home of Arcade Pewter Designs by Darryl Pike. Darryl's pewter arcade figures include Q8Bert, Galaga, Sinistar, Pac-Man, Inky, Tempest and more. Darryl is a long-time supporter of the High Scores Arcade and I am a customer of his as well. His work is first rate and I highly recommend his work. Oh yeah, Darryl is a first rate Blaster player as well!
  • Charleston Gamerooms: Charleston Gamerooms is your home gameroom headquarters for classic arcade games and pinball machines! Stop by their 3,000 square foot showroom at 1704 Old Towne Road in the Northbridge Shopping Center next to T-Bonz and Manny's or call them at 843.573.9898.  They offer fast shipping to anywhere in the continental US and also have a 30 day "bumper-to-bumper" warranty on all of their games.
  • Classic Arcade Gaming Dot Com: At CAGDC (that's Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)), you can expect regular updates, new features, interesting articles, and the latest news, including new world record (wr) scores, plus, tips and write-ups from world-class gamers, and (if that wasn't already enough), literally reams of unique and rare documents, videos, magazine and newspaper article reprints, and more. Check out Mark Alpiger's great site!
  • Cosmic Pinball: Located in the northern Philadelphia, PA suburbs, Matt Berger's site showcases his collection. Please Email Matt if you have something to trade or sell, and please visit the photo gallery, which is comprised of games he has or has had. If you want a picture of your game posted there for others to see - please send it to him and he will post it with your name.
  • Jamma+: Run by collectors of arcade machines who have a passion for the games of yesteryear like Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Defender. Games from the 70's and 80's but nowadays also games from the 90's. Features UK high scores, forums, online games, photo galleries and more.
  • Marco Specialties: A great supplier of pinball parts and machines in South Carolina. First class staff and great service as well.
  • Mechatron: A Robotron Remake:

    Mechatron 2154 is an ultra-faithful rendition of the definitive arcade shooter that many of us cut our hardcore gaming teeth on: Robotron 2084, by Williams Electronics. There are literally dozens of Robotron clones on the internet, but on this one you will find:

    • Original ROM level data

    • Local or World Highscores

    • Progressive AI

    • Enhanced Sound Effects from the original game

    • Enhanced character sprites, animated and rendered in 3D

    • Individual Custom Player Controls

    • Build Your Own Levels

    • Much, Much More!

    This game is a free download, and doesn't require installation - it will run directly from its unzipped folder. Give it a try!

  • Peter Hirschberg's Luna City Arcade: Peter has one of the finest arcades in the collector world, and is the pioneer of Retro Arcade Radio, a classic arcade radio station. He has also recreated some great imagery for the Time Out Tunnel arcades from the 1980s. There's some amazing content here, so check it out! Don't forget to check out his critically acclaimed CGI work for the movie Chasing Ghosts.Peter Hirschberg's Luna City Arcade: Peter has one of the finest arcades in the collector world, and is the pioneer of Retro Arcade Radio, a classic arcade radio station. He has also recreated some great imagery for the Time Out Tunnel arcades from the 1980s. There's some amazing content here, so check it out! Don't forget to check out his critically acclaimed CGI work for the movie Chasing Ghosts.
  • PinGeek: Site that features 18 pinball related DVDs for sale. Also has Pinball on TV and Pinball in the Movies sections as well as a photo tour of the Pinball Hall of Fame.
  • P3 Tournament: Pennsylvania Pinball Players Tournament, held annually, features some of the best players in the world. Their scores for the 2006 competition are available here for browsing as well.
  • SteveChannel: This site contains many items that personally appeal to Steve and will reveal his many interests, his background, and photos of people, places, and things. Steve is a pinball fan and he has good information about the pinball hobby.
  • Twin Galaxies: Twin Galaxies is the world authority on player rankings, gaming statistics and championship tournaments, with pinball statistics dating from the 1930s and video game statistics from the early 1970s.  As the electronic gaming industry's premiere statistician, Twin Galaxies preserves the history of gaming in a historical database, which documents the historical milestones of the electronic gaming hobby as it evolves into a professional sport.

  • Two Bits: exact replacement parts for Pac-man, Ms.Pac-man, and Galaga. Also has monitors, crane kits, and pinball repair service.