Neon Retro Arcade

My 6 year old daughter and I love coming to this place. Even though she was born in 2009. And just started playing video games. She always finds something here that she likes to play.

I was very excited to hear about a new arcade place that opened up because they are increasingly hard to find, so I had to check this place out in old town Pasadena. I came here on a Saturday afternoon and there were about 20 people inside. They charge $ 10/​hour which I think is very steep, especially for those of us who can beat an entire game on a few quarters.
Being an avid street fighter 2 turbo hyper fighting fan, I had very high hopes that this place would have it. It turns out that they do have it, but the screen is tiny and the joystick and buttons are beyond cramped. So much so that my hands started to hurt after 10 minutes of play and I repeatedly hit the start button accidentally because it’s literally right next to the fierce button. In comparison, if you go to eighty two bar in arts district, they have a very large street fighter 2 machine which is more suited towards serious players.
As for the other games, they have mortal kombat, double dragon, about 6 pinball machines, and various other games from the 80’s and 90’s.
Overall, I think this place is small and overpriced, but being one of the few arcades left in existence, I have to support it otherwise I’ll have no where to go.

Well done!
Now not only do I get to play as many retro arcade games as I want, but I don’t end up going through a whole roll of quarters either.
With unlimited play, just pay $ 10 per hour, a great selection of arcade and pinball games.
I’m definitely going back!

Just had my son’s bday party here and had the best time and service!!! Awesome! Awesome! Can’t say enough about this place!
I’m sending you a huge thank you for the awesome time we had at my son’s 9^th birthday today! What an amazing day! Andy and David were extremely helpful and professional! I can’t thank you enough for the good time had.
Every attendee said it was «Awesome!»

It’s been many years since I’ve seen some of the games they have here this arcade straight up rules!
Pretty much there is a good size collection of all classic arcade games here that are all set to free play. You just pay them a flat rate per hour I believe and receive a time sticker indicating when u gotta cough up some more quarters or when it’s your time to bail.
Either way don’t forget to Check-​In when you pay for time because they gave me a bit of extra free time from that awesome Check-​In offer!
The free play for some of the games is different on some of them you gotta push the green button that’s in different areas or sometimes by the quarter slots. On others just push the credit button as many times you wanna here cowabunga in the case of the Ninja Turtles action we encountered wile we were here.
They had a few pinball machines kinda in the back that were quite fun and always a bit challenging to play either way you chose to play by yourself or with friends.
The arcade itself is awesome and I know that I will be back here at some point because this collection of arcade games isn’t something that very many arcades have anymore or arcades in general for that matter.
The one and only downfall here is that they don’t have a claw machine although they do have a ton of radical games a claw machine is always an great unique addition to any arcade and something that I always look forward to playing.
I’m sure that I will be back here on one of the random visits to Pasadena as there’s always good reasons to go there and with the Neon Retro Arcade that just makes another that I’ll hope to see soon!

Great little spot to get your geek on and get all nostalgic (if you’re old like me) with their decent collection of classic arcade games. I’ve been here a few times with my little nephew and he absolutely loves the place! I took him here to show him how we played «back in my day» lol before all the playstations and xboxes and nintendo wii’s etc. etc. and to my surprise he actually enjoys it.
As for the arcade itself it is run very well! They nice a nice and easy system: you pay $ 10 an hour and everything is free play for that hour. The staff there are super nice and friendly. The arcade machines are immaculately clean and well maintained compared to pretty much all the other arcades I’ve been to these days. That’s right, no sticky joysticks/​buttons and also no quarters getting jammed and interrupting your game (due to their free play system). One thing you’ll notice is that they are NOT a «barcade» like the recent trend seems to be but rather more family oriented and that’s definitely ok with me. If you want that barcade/​foodie aspect that seems to be trending, go to 82 or Button Mash, but if you just want a good place to play to chill out and play the classics then this is your place.
Their game collection includes: Altered Beast, Mario Bros, Ms. Pacman, TMNT, MvC, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat, etc. etc. and they do have decent pinball collection in the back as well and a couple console games you can play on the couch. You can also rent the whole place out for private events if you’re so inclined I believe.
Overall an awesome spot. Cheers!
Game over.

It’s a real cool place. for $ 10 an hour, you get an arcade buffet, all you can play. All the games were in good working order, and the restroom were very clean.
For $ 40, I was able to keep two kids entertained. Compared this to D & B (I easily blow through $ 50.00 in half hour) D & B has the better and bigger games. But the kids had just as much fun here as D & B.
Going to this place brings back the good ol’ PacMan/​Space Invader/​Centipede days!

Simple enough, you pay $ 10 and get an hour of unlimited playing (bonus half hour with Unilocal check-​in) of the machines. Yep, if no one else decides to hit the «Player Two» button, you can do that just so that the monsters are slower. Oops.
All the classics here from Dig Dug to Tetris to PacMan to Defender and even a Qbert. Man, I haven’t seen a Qbert machine in three decades. Clearly, I have lost my skills since then because I didn’t do so well.
There are a half dozen pin-​ball machines too if that’s more your speed.
My favorite game? Sprint International, where you’re driving around a race track against progressively more and more difficult computer competition. I played until my foot hurt. Because there’s an actual «gas pedal» which meant that my weight was mostly on my left foot for a half hour. Ouchies!

YES!!!
Great place that will brings back so many old arcade memories from being a kid.
For $ 10/​hr play as much as you would like. No tokens or quarters. They have all the classic arcade games, even pinball. There was also a few modern systems there, xbox & wii. Sodas and water were available for purchase. NO ALCOHOL.
Would like to see the classic xmen game and maybe some basketball court games and a few more shooting game options.
All in all a wonderful place to spend an hr or more if you have time to kill. Can’t wait to go back.