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The National Videogame Arcade: A time capsule of gaming's finest

8/4/2015

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By Gemma @Juicy Game Reviews
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The National Videogame Arcade is located in Hockley, Nottingham, England
On Good Friday of the Easter break I had the pleasure of attending The National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham, England. Behold the huge sign in the image above that fronts the delightful cavern of historical pieces from the Video Game world. For a price of £7.50 (approx $12 U.S) you can float around three floors of some of the worlds finest arcade machines, fun and quirky gaming pieces (driving the light cars around the makeshift track was cool) and play some of your favourite retro consoles. My absolute favourite room was right on the top floor titled "A History of Videogames in 100 Objects" of which lay Hideo Kojima's Business cards. Not doubt his details are now defunct due to the recent split with Konami.

Let's take a peek inside shall we?
The National Videogame arcade
The National Videogame Arcade: Snes, Spectrum, Mega Drive and Nintendo Wii
The National videogame arcade
The history of the Sega Mega Drive
The National Videogame Arcade
The ZX Spectrum and the classic Jet Set Willy
The national videogame arcade
The Jump Wall explored the physics of different kinds of jumps in video games
GTA prototype PC
GTA: PC 'Nearly Complete'
The national videogame arcade
Doom 2 Master WOW!
Doom 2 master
Doom 2 Master. Can you spot John Romero's signature?
Hideo Kojima's business card
Hideo Kojima's business card. This was my favourite piece
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A signed ZX Spectrum by Matt Smith ; creator of Jet Set Willy
The national videogame arcade
Sega and Nintendo pieces
The National Videogame Arcade was a fantastic experience overall. I'm tempted to add more pictures but I don't want to spoil it for people who are planning a visit. You can obtain more information from the official website and hopefully you guys can experience your own slice of awesome gaming nostalgia. Enjoy it gamers.

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7 Comments
Mark Dillon
8/4/2015 15:44:42

That's magnificent. The nostalgia and gaming memories this will bring back for people. A wee bit of a journey for me to reach Nottingham which is a shame but maybe some day when I have a spare weekend I'll make the pilgrimage to check this out.

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Juicy Game Reviews
12/4/2015 13:36:16

It was totally amazing! I'm so glad I went. Thanks for checking the blog out.

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Lauren link
20/4/2015 15:39:55

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your photos from the trip. I would definitely love to take a trip there one day!

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Juicy Game Reviews
21/4/2015 15:14:53

Thanks Lauren. I wanted more of a pictorial approach with this one :) Would you ever visit there?

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Lizo
13/12/2015 09:04:11

I'll definitely be going there Gem. It looks mint xx

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Juicy Game Reviews
13/12/2015 21:43:22

Hey LizO,

HIGHLY recommended mate. Let me know and I'll join you if that's cool? Nothing like a second trip lol

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Lizo
13/12/2015 22:41:23

Deffo mate. Maybe go in the xmas hols xx




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