Pocket Change/At The Pier Arcade — Attraction in Lancaster

I've been coming to this arcade ever since I was a kid, and they've done an impressive job of staying afloat all these years. Most arcades fell out of style with the rise of in home video games, so arcades needed to innovate to dominate. The games range from fast paced racing games to pulse pounding first person shooters, among the classics such as Skeeball and the crane machines. They regularly hold the option to host birthday parties for kids, and have an e-card system in place of tokens. No more lugging around a sack of heavy tokens here, e-cards allow for guests to load a specific dollar amount onto their cards and play as many games and earn as many points as they see fit. The prize counter had a wide selection of prizes you could pick from, from tiny plastic fish to light up princess wands. All in all, this place is fun...

Wonderful arcade run by a very passionate individual! Always love my visits to Pocket Change, though I'm sad to see some of my favorite machines disappear like the Wangan machines. They've been replaced by Cruis'n Blast machines, which are fun but do not offer anything to returning players and are more of a cheap one-time thrill than a game you'll keep coming back to. I'd love to see them introduce some new Daytona: USA or Wangan machines-- anything that really keeps you coming back to fight for your place on the...

Who hasn't had a good time at the arcade at some point in their life. Now, if you are over 30 and you're there alone you have issues. But, as a parent I love taking the little boogers here. One thing I don't like how difficult it is to redeem the prizes. Most of the time you end up consoling the kids on how bad you suck at the games and how the prizes arent worth it anyway. The kids play so hard to get disappointed and you could easily drop $40 to walk out of there with a couple ring pops and a...