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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 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!

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.

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!

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!

Mini Golf

Everyone loves a good game of minigolf, and they’ve got some great arcades too! Jack-Putt is bringing the world’s first traveling minigolf hole-in-one contest to the MGC this year!

Modern Games

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!

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!

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!

Tabletop Board Games

Play a multitude of the organized tournament and non-tournament board games such as xis and Allies, Settlers of Catan, 7 Wonders, and many more! Meet the makers of many popular tabletop games, learn a brand new game with our demo team or grab some friends and borrow an old favorite from a library of thousands of games thanks to MilCog!

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Tabletop RPGs

Come and play many of the most popular RPG games in the industry! Experience a new dimension in Dungeons and Dragons with 3D game boards for the Dragonwars of Trayth RPG adventure series hosting multiple tables and events.

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Available Games:

B2 The Keep on the Borderlands
Begun the Kobold Wars Have DND 5th edition
Carcassonne
CATAN
Cthulhu Fluxx
Desperado Old West Skirmish Game
Dominion
Dominion: Intrigue
Fluxx
GW01 The Legion of Gold
Heroes Call
Imhotep
Michael Fidley’s Giant Death Cannon DND 5th edition
Oz Fluxx
Rise of the Dragon Queen
Splendor
The Black Marshes of Thrallag
The Dungeons of Belar
The Lair of Gorlim
The Ruins of Lythar
The Shadow Crypts
The Temple of Trayth
Trampoline Zombies
Zombie Fluxx

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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!

Virtual Reality Experience

Come experience virtual reality with Block House!

Open Session: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 from 10:00am until 12:00pm

Open Session: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 from 3:00pm until 5:00pm

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!