American Classic Arcade Museum in Laconia New Hampshire We need your power ups! The American Classic Arcade Museum is the first 501(c)3 nonprofit museum dedicated to the history and preservation of classic arcade games! We are hoping that 2024 will be a stable one for all. Our organization has always relied completely on donations, fundraising and volunteers, to continue our goals. Please help to contribute to our efforts so that we can have the strongest 2024 possible! Please visit our charity GoFundMe to learn more, and to help us preserve arcade history! Donate now The Games You Grew Up With Play hundreds of coin-operated arcade games, learn video game history, and more… At the American Classic Arcade Museum. Visit us! More than 250 classic arcade games! The American Classic Arcade Museum is a proud member of the following professional organizations: Button Button Button Button Are you game? If you’ve tried playing classic games like Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Q*Bert and Dig Dug at home, you already know that something’s… Missing. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to restore hundreds of the best games from the Golden Age so you can experience them all over again. Our only goal? To help you relive the games of your childhood the way they were meant to be played—in an arcade, with a friend over your shoulder, egging you on as you inch closer to the high score. Free admission It’s always free to come see us. Located in Laconia, NH. 250+ games From Asteroids to Zaxxon… If you had a favorite arcade game, chances are it’s here. History on display Learn video game history, we’re a museum full of arcade facts and fun. Open year-round Ready player one? We’re waiting for you—and we’re open late 7 days a week. Ralph Baer: His Inventions & Legacy Ralph Baer, the “Father of Videogames” is best known for his groundbreaking work creating the first video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey. While the initial ideas came to him in the early 1950s, Ralph developed this early video game technology in the mid to late 1960s while employed at Sanders Associates, a large defense contractor located in Nashua, NH. Learn more about Ralph and his legacy We need your power-ups! ACAM is a 501(c)3 registered museum that relies exclusively on the generosity of arcade game fans like you. Please help us keep restoring games and sharing them with others by donating what you can. Even a dollar helps. Learn how you can help Our Games All of your favorites are here. Check out our huge inventory of classic games. Explore more! Running Add a short description Button Workout Add a short description Button Training Add a short description Button Jumping Add a short description Button "Best arcade in the world!" Paul Drury, Retro Gamer Magazine Paul Drury, Retro Gamer Magazine “ACAM is about preserving the rich history of the arcade – and, crucially, making it available for others to not just look at, but experience.” Gerard Buchko, Edge Magazine “ACAM provides a major service for collecting, documenting, and restoring surviving records of this industry, namely the perishable material of the games themselves.” Raiford Guins, author of "Games After – A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife "ACAM is a surreal nerd Mecca for fans of the Golden Age of Arcade Gaming!" Write your caption here Tim Herrod "Who could have guessed that putting hundreds of ancient arcade mechanisms in one place would open a temporal wormhole for aging gamers to relive their wasted youth? That's the American Classic Arcade Museum." Write your caption here roadsideamerica.com "As a mecca of classic gaming the arcade museum was born out of Gary Vincent's love of the arcades that shaped his childhood." Write your caption here Edge Magazine "As the first nonprofit dedicated to preserving coin-op amusements, ACAM is a sort of living history museum of gaming culture." Write your caption here Ethan Gilsdorf, The Christian Science Monitor "ACAM is a veritable hands-on retro gamer's Shangri La." Write your caption here Thrillist, Boston "The American Classic Arcade Museum in New Hampshire is a Great Place for a Nostalgic Date" Write your caption here Hayley Matthews, DatingNews.com The Ted Dabney Experience Conversations with Golden Age video arcade greats. A podcast project by May, Temple and Drury, in association with The American Classic Arcade Museum. Where to Listen: Stitcher Button Apple Button Google Button Spotify Button Button Listen at teddabneyexperience.com MSN voted the American Classic Arcade Museum the most "underrated travel spot" in New Hampshire. Check it out! DatingNews.com awards ACAM with the Editors' Choice Award! The American Classic Arcade Museum in New Hampshire is a Great Place for a Nostalgic Date Check it out! You Should Visit Us! But don't take our word for it. Expedia, Stuff Magazine & Travelage West all think so! Button Button Button Button Button U.S. Mail American Classic Arcade Museum PO Box 5533 Weirs Beach, NH 03247 G.P.S. Location American Classic Arcade Museum 579 Endicott Street North Laconia, NH 03246 603-393-7903 Email Us! Hours Monday-Friday 12pm - 10pm Saturday & Sunday 10am - 10pm Holiday Hours Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Easter Sunday Christmas Eve 10am - 5pm New Year's Eve 10am - 9pm New Year's Day 10am - 10pm Snow closures possible during inclement winter weather © Copyright American Classic Arcade Museum. The American Classic Arcade Museum is a non-profit organization. Website by Clover Creative Group Share by: