Cape May Arcade — Local services in Cape May

Definitely a fun place. A nice change of pace if you’ve already spent plenty of time on the beach, at the shops, etc. They have a nice range of things: old timey/physical games like skee-ball and ring toss, shoot the aliens, race each other, whack-a-mole, and play-til-you-win claws.

The only reason it doesn’t get five stars is that some of the games are showing their age and need to be replaced. The Batman-themed whack-a-mole is terrible (some of the pop-ups just don’t pop up anymore…). One of the claw games ends your turn after a couple tries even if you haven’t won yet. That said, the staff was very helpful and restarted the game twice so that we could keep playing…ya...

There are still plenty of non-video-game thrills to be had in this relic of the past. Nostalgia lives on though a few modern games have worked their way into the line up at this arcade. Kids with parents and young couples on dates kept the arcade full late into the night when we visited. Just like in the old days, you need about a million tickets to win a decent prize, most of which look like they've been there since the old days! But that's all part of the charm at a place like this, which sadly are few and far between. Take your kids or...

This seems like a place to get kids hooked on gambling early. Almost all the machines sole purpose is to just win tickets. Most of the machines are not even games, just spin a wheel and see how many tickets you can get. They removed all the old machines, like pinball, pac-man, and galaga. They also have it now so that you need a card to swipe on the machines to play, no more paying in quarters. Sadly, this will be the last time I visit this place, maybe I'm...