An amusement arcade, also known as a video arcade, amusements, arcade, or penny arcade, is a venue where people play arcade games, including arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers, or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables. In some countries, some types of arcades are also legally permitted to provide gambling machines such as slot machines or pachinko machines. Games are usually housed in cabinets.
GiGO, a former large 6 floor Sega game center on Chuo Dori, in front of the LAOX Aso-Bit-City in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
Early machine at Wookey Hole Caves
Two traditional amusement arcades on Great Yarmouth sea front, 2011
A 2015 Wizard of Oz pusher game
An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers.
An amusement arcade featuring several different types of arcade games, located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Arcade video games at ZBase Entertainment Center in Tampere, Finland
Skee-Ball was one of the first arcade games developed.
A claw crane game, where one must time the movement of the claw to grab a prize
