Ryan Family Amusements- Oak Bluffs — Attraction in Oak Bluffs

As someone mentioned, a shell of its former self. Used to be filled with fun games once upon a time! Classic arcade cabinets, carnival ducks, Pump It Up (DDR-adjacent game). Now it’s full of Dave & Busters ticket- grab games that are rigged and priming kids for the gambling and sports betting pipeline. Even skee ball isn’t sacred. You can get the highest score and max out at 25 tickets on your little card. The “price” of games is a messy ordeal as well. Why a whole number and then a fraction of a…coin? Point? Who even knows! And I know there are complaints about the kids working there, but without a doubt, you can look at the top for the blame. Surely management gives them nothing to care about. And if there is anything to care about (and there isn’t!), it has to be based on fear. I won’t go into the gory details about how asking for a certain prize was a huge pain, but I figure not giving away the last one—a display—happened because higher-ups want to look the counter to look padded. Same nonsense is true of the Newport, RI location as well....

My hubby and I came here for a vacation over the summer, and we came to this arcade twice. I used to come here when I was a kid, and it was always my favorite stop on the strip. It still is. The arcade has switched from coins and tickets to game cards and credit, but it works exactly the same, and there's no fumbling with coins in your pocket. The games here are great, and I managed to get top of the leaderboard in giant Pac-Man. While I have a personal vendetta with claw machines, I won hubby a giant raccoon and we had a wonderful time. The arcade cards have options to load the card with a certain amount of money, and some options give you bonus cash. Both of us spent $20 on our cards and both got $8 in free in credit on our cards. This is a great spot for kids too. We saw so many...

Decent selection of games for the small location. If you're looking for a few minutes to a an hour or two to kill time, then this is a great place to go. They do have games that provide tickets, but it was better spent paying for an unlimited 2 hour game play card that only cost $10. With this card, you can play any games that do not provide tickets for a whole two hours. This way, if you're trying to beat those shooter games which eat up money like a hog on a farm, you won't need to worry shelling out $20 to get a 5 second ending and satisfaction knowing you...