Arcade Club - On Tour - Now with Virtual Reality

Back by popular demand!

Fans of Retro Arcades and Fans of Virtual Reality get ready!

After the massive success of 'Ready Player 1 - The History of Video Games' that took place this summer at Future Artists Studios in Manchester, such has been the demand from fans, that Future Artists have teamed up again with Europe's largest retro games centre 'The Arcade Club' to bring to Manchester a unique pop up event this Christmas and potentially beyond!

Check out the Summer trailer here, while we edit the new one

Arcade Club 'On Tour' brings together a curated selection of original retro arcade machines from their archive, many of which are very rare!, imported home entertainment games consoles from japan never released in Europe to handheld video games like the Gameboy and a huge selection of games (Full list below) and of course the Classics that you grew up with.

If playing a curated history of video games was not enough, then for this pop up arcade club, we are (drum roll please) for the first time in Manchester, bringing virtual reality to the the masses, we will have Oculus Virtual Reality and also Playstation VR as part of the arcade, with a curated selection of games and experiences for you to try, at no extra cost, all part of the entry ticket (we are so excited to add this layer to our games experience)

We also listened to the fans from last time and have reduced entry for Under 16's and to make sure everyone gets the chance to play on everything, including the VR, which will be quite popular we are running two sessions a day (3 on peak days) - each session will be for up to 35 people and last for 4 hours of all you can play video games for a one price entry fee, so no coins required!

Advance Booking is required, so please choose your day and session and book well in advance (Ps, this would make an amazing Christmas present for the gamer in your family, better than socks!)
Adults £10 all you can play session.

Children under 16 years £6 all you can play session.

*Please note that under 14's must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to gain entry to the event.

The event will take place in the home of honest coffee space of Future Artists Studios, which is 77 Chapel Street, M35BZ - Food and Drink will also be available during the event and we will have a small retro games themed gift shop.

and so the games
We will have over 20 original vintage machines onsite each time, alongside the home systems, handhelds and VR and these will be curated by Arcade Club and will feature....

SPACE INVADERS (Tabletop available) PACMAN (table top available) TRACK N FIELD , ASTEROIDS (Tabletop available) SCRAMBLE ,FROGGER
MISSILE COMMAND (Tabletop available)DONKEYKONG, CENTIPEDE/MILLIPE, DEDEFENDER, ROBOTRON, BERZERK (Tabletop only available) GALAXIAN (Tabletop available )
GALAGA (Tabletop version available)
TAPPER
STARGATE

Salamander, POINT BLANK, Turtles 4 player, Virtua Tennis, Street Fighter, Outrun 2 Special tours, Sega rally, T2, STREET FIGHTER 4 ARCADE EDITION, IKARUGA, METAL SLUG (all versions), Championship sprint (Super sprint 2 player), Crazy taxi, Wrestlefest, 1942, Golden Axe, R-type 1 2 or 3, Dodonpachi, Rainbow islands, Bubble Bobble, Tekken, Soul calibur/edge ++++ lots more!

and a curated selection of retro home games consoles from

Megadrive, SNES, Playstation Sega Saturn, Vectrex, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Jaguar, NESNUON, 
SNES Super Mario World, Mario kart, Star Fox Super, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Contrta (super probotector in UK) MEGADRIVE SonicGhouls n ghosts Alien Solider,  Gunstar Heroes, Aladdin PLAYSTATION Crash Bandicoot, Ridge Racer, R-Type Delta, Wipeout XL, Tekken 3 and so much more!!!!

Virtual Reality experiences will be a variety of titles on the Oculus Rift and Playstation VR

Request games and keep up to date with what is happening by joining the conversation on facebook http://www.facebook.com/futureartists or follow and tweet us @futureartists 

Please note, the space is also available for venue hire! so why not e-mail Sarah-lee@futureartists.co.uk to find out how to book, catering options available and fully licensed premises.

So pick your day and join Arcade Club on tour this Christmas!