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Air Hockey

Play the classic arcade game of Air Hockey thanks to Gold Standard Air Hockey! Try their skills on one of the professional air hockey tables that Gold Standard is bringing, learn new skills, or just play for fun!

Arcade Console Games

The soon-to-open Arcade816 will be bringing a bunch of these awesome arcade cabinets featuring home consoles from the past inside them! Get a chance to play these unique consoles.. before Arcade816 opens!

Arcade Video

There is nothing quite like playing a game that you just walked up to in an arcade, and now you can leave your quarters at home and play more than 100 games thanks to arcades like Galloping Ghost Arcade, Star Worlds Arcade, the Garcade, Pixel Blast Arcade, and individual collectors! Looking to buy or sell or just share your own game? You can do that too!

Black Knight Sword of Rage

For the first time ever, players will explore, discover, and unlock the secrets of the Black Knight universe.  Navigating through these dark, mysterious, and twisted realms, players will uncover foes, demons, riches, and secrets in their quest against the Black Knight.  Black Knight: Sword of Rage pinball machines will be available in Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition models. With music from Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Dethklok’s Brendon Small and speech from Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson, magna-save, three-ball lock system and auto-reset drop targets.
The PUBLIC UNVEILING will be at MGC and the machines will be at the Marco Specialties booth.

Bovinium Quest NES Game Badge

A new NES game… released for the show! Bovinium Quest is a brand new, arcade-style NES game created by GreyBadge for the show! If you’re a VIG Ticket Holder, you’ll get a special copy of this game… to use as your event badge! There will be a limited number available for purchase too!

CARCADE

Did someone say Auto Show?? The CARCADE, a playable mobile gaming experience! CARCADE brings your favorite home consoles and games to places like tailgating, birthday parties, weddings, corporate events… or the MGC!

Collector Arcade Machines

Whether you’re looking for ultra rare games (like this Sega version of Asteroids in a Sundance cabinet from collector Josh Neels!) or common ones, the MGC arcade will host more than 100 arcade and pinball machines from collectors! Got a game to bring? Click below to find out how, and find out about the great benefits you get for sharing your hobby with others!

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Crane Games

Think that you can win a prize by dropping a claw on it and nabbing it out of the machine? Try your hand – or claw – at our various claw games to see what you can get! Crane games do have an associated cost due to their prizes, the only type of game that does.

Dragonwars of Trayth

Get the chance to play Dragonwars of Trayth with Epic Quest Productions! This unique, handcrafted 3D adventure RPG is played using Pathfinder rules and seating will be really limited, but it’s an awesome experience to get to try out!

Halo Custom Edition LAN

MaxKulik.net is bringing the party… LAN party that is! Pull up to a battlestation and enter the world of Halo CE, as you battle for supremacy on this landmark game!

Halo Fireteam Raven

Halo: Fireteam Raven is a cooperative arcade sci-fi shooting game. Set in the timeframe of Halo: Combat Evolved, this new arcade experience hot-drops players feet first into the boots of Fireteam Raven – a group of elite Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST) on the surface of Alpha Halo fighting alongside the Master Chief and the rest of the UNSC as they try desperately to prevent the alien Covenant alliance from taking control of the ancient superweapon. Find the game maker Raw Thrills and the game at the Kingpin Booth at the back of the Arcade Hall.

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Human Whack-A-Mole

If you enjoy Whack-A-Mole with moles, just wait until you try it with people! BOUNCE Milwaukee doesn’t usually have this one out for play with their incredible selection of fun, but they are bringing it for a special appearance at the show!

iMac Quake LAN

Networked LAN computers were a big thing in the 1990s, and games like Quake were all the rage… but how often did you ever see the game networked on Apple computers? Don’t just see it, play Quake with others in the Underdog Chamber in this unique LAN network!

Jersey Jack Pinball

Presenting sponsor Jersey Jack Pinball combines timeless themes with the best technology in the industry to create games that are easy to play and difficult to master, like Pirates of the Caribbean, the Wizard of Oz, Dialed In, and the Hobbit.

Kiddie Rides

Thanks to KingPin Games, the kids (and those young at heart…) can check out more than 20 Kiddie Rides! Enjoy them for free, and even purchase them to take home with you or put on location when the show is done! Want to reserve one for delivery at the show? Contact Chris at KingPin at (608) 393-2299 for current inventory and pricing!

KingPin

Kingpin is an almost mythic game to pinball collectors and players, and the team at Circus Maximus are finally putting it into production so everyone can see what they are missing with this Mark Ritchie designed game.

Modern Gaming

Looking to check out the latest game systems like the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch? Then grab a controller and start playing as we have multiple copies of each console playable! We’ve also got an Xbox 360 network where you can challenge your friends to games like Halo 4 across the table!

Monster Bash

Monster Bash Remake was recreated to exceed the high standards of the original game. By using modern electronics, LED lighting, and today’s manufacturing technology, the game will provide the pinball experience you have grown to love along with the reliability and craftsmanship that is demanded in today’s pinball market. Find the game at the Chicago Gaming Company area in the Arcade Hall.

Pinball

The classic silverball game is a Midwestern tradition, and with more than 250 pinball machines on hand including many brand new machines from the hottest manufacturers, you can play all day… no quarters required!

Predator Pinball

Predator pinball is infamous in the pinball world for going from exciting project to vaporware within just a few months, with the people behind it trying to disappear without having produced anything but this prototype… which is now in the hands of the just-opened Galloping Ghost Arcade in their new Pinball building two blocks east of the main arcade!

Retro Computers

Remember what it was like when you got your first Commodore? Or maybe it was a Tandy? Early Apple computers? Rediscover your past, or learn about what gaming was like in the early days of computers. Explore dozens of different retro computers in the Museum and challenge each other to a networked game of Quake on an iMac in the Underdog Chamber!

Retro Games

Play games on the consoles of the past! If you can name a console, chances are it is on the floor and playable! Rediscover popular consoles of the past like the NES, Sega Genesis, Playstation 1 and N64, experience great consoles you may have missed like the Turbografx-16, Sega Saturn and Wii U, and even discover consoles you may have never heard of like the FM Towns Marty, Vectrex, Arcadia 2001 and even the Super A’Can… and while you’re at it, challenge a friend to a game!

Return to Tamoanchan

RETURN TO TAMOANCHAN! Harold Johnson’s hit legendary Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan D&D adventure module sequel debuts at this year’s show, courtesy of Epic Quest Productions! Be one of the first to play – multiple quest tables will run starting every 15 minutes (or until full) near their booth all three days!

Tabletop

Join friends around a table and participate in a fun tabletop game. With a library of thousands of games to choose from thanks to MilCog and thousands of square feet to play them in, it is time to play! Want to learn a new game? Our tabletop staff is happy to help you learn.

Tesla Model 3

The Tesla Model 3 is the most affordable car in the Tesla line up, with a starting price tag of just $35,000. On top of that, Tesla has worked with Atari to create TeslAtari, a series of arcade games that you can play… on your Model 3! Try them at the MGC!

Trading Card Games

Grab your deck and bring it along to challenge people to a game of Magic: the Gathering, Pokemon, and other popular trading card games!

Xbox 360 LAN

Grab a controller and play on one of the last consoles to really support local LAN play, the Xbox 360! We’ll be playing some of the popular Xbox 360 titles networked together on multiple consoles!