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Arcains Liverpool
- Thread starter jake52
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Went today, really enjoyed it. Doesn't have the charm of Arcade Club and more importantly for you lot the pins are not on free play, but the good news is that means they were all in decent condition. The biggest bonus is it's only a small walk to the docks and into the city so ticked quite few boxes for us as a family today for a day out.
Which pins are there ?
Thanks, I will make a visit. 
Hmm., train tickets from £18 return, that looks like a good enough reason for a day trip sometime this summer.
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Come to NLP at Plat Expo, Manchester.
We'll have 10 times the amount of pins
That's a given already that I'll be at Play Expo - Liverpool can be a bit after that.
Arcains was a pinball disappointment …… couldn’t hear the games …… Speaker music being played etc
I was also under the impression that they were on Free Play however they are not and after paying £16 entrance fee (£10 Mon- Thur) you still have to feed the pinball machines coins, £1 a game or £2 for 3 games
I didn’t find a Circus Voltaire but there is a Dirty Harry along with Terminator 2 & 3, No Fear, Deadpool Pro and Beatles Gold
The Beatles is a good game, I am sure it is even better with sound
I was also under the impression that they were on Free Play however they are not and after paying £16 entrance fee (£10 Mon- Thur) you still have to feed the pinball machines coins, £1 a game or £2 for 3 games
I didn’t find a Circus Voltaire but there is a Dirty Harry along with Terminator 2 & 3, No Fear, Deadpool Pro and Beatles Gold
The Beatles is a good game, I am sure it is even better with sound
Re Free Play …… I should have reread your post @jake52 …… I was misled by the Arcains website Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.arcains.co.uk/
https://www.arcains.co.uk/
It certainly doesn't say on there that pinball costs more than the entrance fee to play. Bit odd having normal pricing after charging an entrance fee. Could understand if they did it with just the Beatles as it will take sometime to recoup what its cost them to buy.
That's a bit naughty. Heading to Liverpool in June and was going to pop in as I saw the same message on their website as you, no mention of paying for pins.Arcains was a pinball disappointment …… couldn’t hear the games …… Speaker music being played etc
I was also under the impression that they were on Free Play however they are not and after paying £16 entrance fee (£10 Mon- Thur) you still have to feed the pinball machines coins, £1 a game or £2 for 3 games
I didn’t find a Circus Voltaire but there is a Dirty Harry along with Terminator 2 & 3, No Fear, Deadpool Pro and Beatles Gold
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The Beatles is a good game, I am sure it is even better with sound
I'll be in Liverpool mid April.
Have you complained?
Have you complained?
It's worth complaining, it may be illegal to state that something is free that turns out not to be the case!
It’s just not possible to have pins on free play as they just get hammered look at arcade club you all moan about the state of the pins but this is exactly why but I do agree if it says everything is free then everything should be free
I did complain to the Manager who then refunded my entrance fee
She said that the website needed amending ………
She said that the website needed amending ………
Wouldn't a lower per game price work the same - any charge will deter some, so say 50p a game or £1 for 3 (after paying the entrance fee)?
I took my family to Arcains Liverpool yesterday (lucky girls eh!?).
Pinball machines were free play - Deadpool (fab), Beatles (meh), No Fear (fun game), Dirty Harry (not working), Terminator 3 (good fun) and Terminator 2 (not working).
Agree it would have been much better if audio. Was louder… couldn’t really hear them - there’s a huge pac man nearby which drowns out the pinball audio.
There was extra charge for some arcade games - air hockey, basket ball and PC gaming.
Many, many video arcade games - vast majority remakes in generic cabinets. Quite a few with sloppy controls which was disappointing.
£12 entrance fee which is good all day (11pm close). Overall - I thought it was decent value.
Pinball machines were free play - Deadpool (fab), Beatles (meh), No Fear (fun game), Dirty Harry (not working), Terminator 3 (good fun) and Terminator 2 (not working).
Agree it would have been much better if audio. Was louder… couldn’t really hear them - there’s a huge pac man nearby which drowns out the pinball audio.
There was extra charge for some arcade games - air hockey, basket ball and PC gaming.
Many, many video arcade games - vast majority remakes in generic cabinets. Quite a few with sloppy controls which was disappointing.
£12 entrance fee which is good all day (11pm close). Overall - I thought it was decent value.