History of Video Games - Edinburgh Easter Edition

History of Video Games is back in Edinburgh this Easter, with a brand new collection of retro and vintage arcade machine classics, consoles, handhelds and special video game guest stars!

So if your a fan of Mario and Sonic from your childhood, come and meet an old friend, or introduce your kids to their new friends, or maybe see who can get the highest score on Pac-man, Space Invaders or Street Fighter 2 - we have over 50 classics to choose from!

Running from Saturday 24th March to Sunday April 16th 2018 this 3 week event is for all fans of video games, our events cover over 30 years of gaming using the original machines from back in the day.

Our event space is inside Ocean Terminal shopping centre, located on the first floor near Debenhams, listen out for the 1980s soundtrack and the pick n mix stand!

We have over 50 games to choose from, a list of our arcade classics can be seen below

Pac Man
Track & Field
Defender
Wonder Boy
Street Fighter 2
Simpsons
Marble Madness
Out Run
Space Invaders
Donkey Kong
Galaga
Double Dragon
Star Wars
Asteroids
Crazy Taxi
Bubble Bobble
Mortal Kombat
Rolling Thunder
SEGA Megatech

Alongside our curated selection of vintage consoles and games for 8bit, 16bit and 32bit nostalgia, including the NES, Master System, Super Nintendo, Megadrive, Playstation, N64, Game Cube,Sega Saturn, Wii,  Playstation 1+2+3+4 and many more, including handhelds , and our special guest star at this event is the Nintendo Switch console with the Latest Mario Kart game, projected onto the big screen with 4 player fun!

We list all the week's games on our facebook page here http://www.facebook.com/futureartists and this is also our gaming community hub, so pop over and see us...

Our opening times are daily 12pm-6pm and we run two sessions a day, 12-3pm and 3pm till 6pm, each session is 3 hours long and you pay £10 Adults £6 for Children for all the video games you can play, no coins required - we do have some tickets on the door, but due to demand (we tend to sell out on weekends and school holidays) so please book in advance.

If you have any questions message us through our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/futureartists

Faq

Is the space accessible for wheelchairs, yes it is

Is there parking and public transport connections, yes - we are located at the ocean terminal shopping centre, free parking and on a major bus route from Edinburgh Centre just 20min

What ages is the event suitable for, from 7+ years to 99 years. 

Can we come and go during the session?  yes of course