Hometown Arcade - New Jersey — Local services in Bloomfield

Went here today and honestly did not enjoy it. The place is poorly managed. Workers were sitting most of the time. Tried to play two of the pinball games. The scooby doo pinball machine wasn’t working since it seems like a person or kid had already been playing and left the game without finishing it so I had a hard time trying to set the game to one player. I had the same issue with the Deadpool pinball where it wasn’t letting me play since I had to “log in”. I’ve never heard of a pinball machine where I have to make an account and log in, in order to play…that’s just ridiculous. When I tried to make an account it wouldn’t let me play since it would redirect me back to the log in screen. I can understand, for Saturday it’s expected to be busy but there was a lot of kids to the point where it became uncomfortable. Kids running around and bumping into me and hovering over me because they wanted to play the game I was playing. No self awareness/ boundaries whatsoever. Workers didn’t do anything to stop the kids from running. A lot of the games there were weren’t finished , which made it hard to even start a game. There was no worker insight to help out. Did not enjoy coming here at all and it was super hot and no ac when we first arrived. There was a lot of sun coming through the window, which was probably making the place hot because of it. It also made it hard to see the games due to the sun beaming at the machines. The workers didn’t do anything about it or even put the curtains down. Only stayed here for 30 minutes because it was that terrible. What a waste of money and definitely not coming here again. This place needs to hire better people. Too much laziness and lack of...

I don't remember how I ran across this place but I decided to try it out. It's about 20min away and the reviews seemed to be all positive.

They have a lot of the games I used to play as a teenager back in the 90s so it was very cool to see them again. Really took me back. Classics like: Pacman, donkey kong, galaga, frogger, Mario Bros, the Simpsons, TMNT, crazy taxi, DDR, X-Men , etc. Good selection.

$20 all you can play is awesome and you be there for hours. I went in 2 hours before closing but I could have definitely spent more time if I had gone earlier.

I understand these are old machines but it was a bummer that some of the ones I wanted to play didn't work properly. The joystick wouldn't work or pressing button didn't register. I was trying to play the hockey game but it didn't work.

The pinball machines are cool and I would have played there longer but I happen to visit on a day they were doing a tournament.

I believe you can bring outside food in and there are few tables but I believe they're for parties. They have a bar area but I didn't really see if they served drinks.

I'd like to go again as I did have a good time with the games I played. Easy 5 stars if all the arcades worked properly.

Bar open now and you can bring in outside good. Most machines fixed and staff is...

This was one of the best gaming places I’ve been too! Dave and busters is always so crowded and malls with arcades are too, plus much more expensive if you want to stay longer than an hour or play more games. And the games are actually fun with lots of variety! This is $20 per person entering and you can play any/all of their games all day! I was so happy to see so many games I used to play on my gameboy like Tetris and Donkey Kong. I loved playing Tekken and Mortal Kombat and DDR with my friend! They had a really fun hockey game (similar to fooseball), a classic air hockey setup with pucks and even more modern games like using the PS5, Nintendo switch, and Xbox. It was a lot of fun for us to play one of their shooting / storyline games (see “House of the Dead” video) because normally you need to keep paying to win/ continue but since it’s free all day we could finally finish the storyline! They also have classic board games like Chutes and Ladders and Operation, but also interesting board games I’ve never seen before. There were some machines out of order but still so many fun games available even skeeball! You need to come here while the price is...