Arcade Legacy

Great selection of games for a fair price. $ 5 for an hour or $ 10 for the whole day. Definitely recommend coming earlier in the day before the place fills up.

For an old school arcade, this place rocks!
They have Monkey Kong, Pac-​Man, Millipede, and Tetris. They also offer consoles for rent and boasts a large collection of video games. There’s a nice ping pong table as well. Definitely a hidden gem. Check it out!

Old school arcade games, and only $ 5 for an hour of play. All the classics: Dig Dug, NBA Jam, X-​Men arcade, Star Wars trilogy arcade, and pinball machines. Enough said.

From 80’s kids to the Generation yolos, this place caters. You pay 1 fee and play until your times up or they close. All the games are free play and dont dool out tickets. Which in a sense sucks until you stop and realize the prizes you get with tickets suck anyways. 400,000tickets for an XBOX360 @ Dave and Busters might seem reasonable if you know how to soak the tickets for extra weight, but it’s still amount to 3 years tuition at Harvard. They’ve got games for everyone. Newer stuff, vintage, console, pinball, RPG, Driver.
Pros– You can drop the kid off and go shopping in the food court. Prices. Variety. Vintage games for sale with fair prices. Open late. Regular «series» where players compete against one another in games older then most generation yolos. Better than Dave Busters, Game Works and Chuck E Cheese combined. Parkings free and abundant since a majority of the Customers cant drive and the rest of the mall belongs in an episode of «Life after People.»
Cons– The rest of the mall sucks. The games get heavy use from button smashers, some of the games «feel» leaves something to be desired. Footlockers next door, so if the new J’s be coming out the area turns into a Jungle.

the greatest arcade ever!!! please support at all costs!!! superb customer service!!!

love, Love, LOVE it! Old school arcade FTW! And it’s one of the only things still open in the old Forest Fair Mall, so that makes it even cooler. There’s a great collection of board games, consoles, games, accessories, and DVDs available for purchase, but the main attraction is obviously the arcade. They have a really good selection of games — we could easily have stayed all day if we hadn’t had errands to run.
They also have a bay of PCs for gaming, a Wii, and probably other consoles, too. And every Wednesday night (unless they close early for a holiday) is Board Game Night! This is the kind of place I can definitely imagine being a regular!
It also makes a great stop on an awesome $ 30 hipster date! Dinner at the Japanese place in the food court, movie at The Screens, and games here into the night. Check this place out — support small businesses and help keep Cincinnati Mall going!

I really enjoy gaming at Arcade Legacy because they cater to the past and the present in gaming. They have been the only place in the city that I can find Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, as well as Game Cube games to test and to purchase for great prices. I don’t prefer buying games unless I can play them first, and I really enjoy getting into the classics.
This place is also a great way to game and save money! They have by the hour pricing or all day! And you can get discounts for groups, which is really cool, because then you can game with all your friends too! There are lots of free play arcade games, pinball games, and console games.
There are two huge screens as well which you can play and watch other people play cool games too. I’ve played Band Hero a couple times on the big screen, and just the other day they had the newest Smash Bros. which can host up to 8 players, and it was a blast!
I highly recommend this place for all gaming geeks our there in and around Cincy!

Best retro arcade in the Cincinnati area! Most of the video games work well. I went for the pinball and most of the machines also worked well. You can also buy used games dating all the way back to the ColecoVision era. There’s a bunch of other random stuff to buy as well including, Japanese animé, movies, and figurines. The cover is $ 5 for an hour and $ 10 for the day, but all games are free after that (excluding the newest pinball game released, AMC Walking Dead). I definitely recommend checking out and spending a few hours in yester-​year.
Quick tip: the arcade is next to the food court near the Khol’s side of the mall.

This place is AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to go back! THIS IS ONE OF CINCINNATI’S HIDDEN GEMS!!!
This is an arcade that has many of the classic arcade games. You pay $ 5 an hour to play or $ 10 for the whole night. This saves you from carrying around pockets full of quarters. I went with some friends and we had a blast. It was not very crowded even though it was on a Friday night. I could see how it could be less fun when its crowded and you can’t get on your favorite game.
The arcade is on the first floor of a mostly abandoned mall which is really weird but at least it means there is plenty of parking and you aren’t fighting huge crowds!

A dream-​filled wonder world in the almost otherwise abandoned Forest Fair Mall. Arcade Legacy is definitely a gem of Cincinnati, the price is right and the game selection is great. Games rotate, but it seems like certain favorites (or at least a few of my favorites) are locked in. It’s never too crowded but never empty, but even on busy nights there are enough games to go around. I have yet to personally attend any events here, but in concept they sound great. Great spot for groups and personal/​private events or get togethers, more than enough space and the staff is extremely friendly, helpful and all around welcoming. The used console game selection is better than most in the tri-​state area and again the prices are more than reasonable. Very pizza friendly and I guess friendly overall. Solid spot for solo hangs, friend days, dates, parties and everything. In the past I had noticed issues with games being out of order, or crucial games and or genres of games being missing, but over my last five trips spanning six or seven months these issues are non-​existent. Great fun for all dude! A+ FUN.
Also, the hours! They are open late almost every night, which is crazy and a huge plus.

Nerd heaven!!! What else can I say. Sure it’s location isn’t in the best spot but they have a huge collection of games from NES to PS4 you can play old school arcade games and new games too my only complaint is the lighting really hard to see the games on the case but besides that this place is great

A great find in the zombie apocalypse ridden Forrest Fair Mall. Tons of great classic arcade games & virtually every console platform/​game known to man (though notably missing one of my favs 3DO) for a very reasonable amount. A great place to take the kids to kill some time and revisit games you forgot you loved.

Edit: last 3 visits have been disappointing at best. Many games were either not working or had major faults (nonworking buttons, loose joysticks etc.), this place seems to be going the nintendo/​console challenge route and just leaving sub-​par machines on the floor to fill in space. No longer a true retro-​arcade experience. See below for previous review of just 2 years ago.
Fantastic old school arcade experience mixed with some of the latest console games. The day pass is a steal, one small fee for all day free play! Owner and staff are always friendly and helpful. If you’re a pinball aficionado make sure to check out their virtual pinball machine… it is a thing of beauty.
The only drawback is the Cincinnati mills mall itself… a dismal shell of a place that attracts some unsavory types later in the evenings. Although I do recommend loading up the Dawn of the Dead soundtrack on your MP3 player and taking a walk around the entire joint. Good exercise.

I love that there are still arcades.
Arcade Legacy is a great place to take a date or have a birthday party (like I did). You pay a flat fee and are set loose. They have tons of current and old school games and paraphernalia to buy too.
They guys who work there are pretty cool, laid back dudes who are on top of it.
I had my birthday party here last year. I notified the owner that I was bringing a large group of people in advance by email and he gave my party a discount. What a cool dude!
The only thing that is a bit weird about Arcade Legacy is their new location. They are in the mostly empty Cincinnati Mall. Seriously, its like a zombie movie in there. I’m guessing they could rent a large space for cheeeeeap. And that they keep it pretty dim inside. I’m not afraid of getting kidnapped but its like dusk in there.
Other than that, they have cool games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-​Men and what seems like a rotating stock.

Arcade Legacy is 7,800 square feet of arcade gaming goodness, with over 60 arcade and pinball machines, plus a console area with 16 stations where you can play anything from Atari and ColecoVision to PS3 and XBox 360. They also have two huge projection screens for Rock Band.
This is old school gaming at its finest.
No need to lug around a pocket full of tokens or be bothered with a tacky, modern swipe card; with one flat rate admission, you can play any and every game for as long as you’d like. For $ 10.00, you can play all day long. One hour costs $ 5.00 and two hours costs $ 8.00. They also offer monthly passes and family discounts for groups.
Each machine is outfitted with a device in the token slot that allows continuous plays. This means you can actually play a game from start-​to-​finish without burning through tokens! For the first time in my life, I conquered Shredder in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, playing the all-​mighty Leonardo. I also powered through a portion of The Simpsons game before my time was up.
With all of the vintage classics you grew up on, Arcade Legacy is a one-​of-​a-​kind place to spend the weekend.
Price per person: $ 10.00

What a fantastic, silly place. I brought a date here after dinner. It was fun and silly. They have all sorts of video games, including rock band on a giant projector screen. It’s got the classics like Rampage, Centipede, and Hydro Thunder. It’s got non-​video games like foosball and ping pong. You’d be hard-​pressed to come here with a good attitude and have a bad time.
Bottom Line: I’d come back for a silly afternoon.

Erin asked me to watch her boys one afternoon, sounded like the perfect excuse to try this place out.
Its now located in the Cincinnati Mall off of 275 just across from the food court. Which is good news because… they have all you can play passes!!!
We walked into a place that was just amazing, old video game consoles from NES to PS3, even gameboy! A wide variety of console games located on the left that you can use in the store. And of course, a huge selection of arcade games and pinball.
They had guitar hero on a huge jumbo screen in the back and Dance Dance up front by the window. That made me glad that it was in a near empty mall, no one wants to see me on display pretending i know how to dance!
I love places like this because i get to finally complete a game. When i was a kid i never seemed to have enough quarters to finish, and never enough to practice, LOL. So i took the boys on over and we picked out a 4 play game, Sunset riders. After that the caffeine took over and I was in the zone.
Being a kid friendly environment i let the boys roam around the store while i tried to get the high score on Donkey Kong. After about an hour or so we got starved, luckily there was a gold star open in the food court so we could rush eat and get back to gaming.
After about 3 hours we were all pooped. But for just $ 22 for all 3 of us to play for that long, what a bargain. If your going to this place, park by the theater parking area, its the easiest to get to it. I made the mistake of parking next to burlington, wow what a walk.

Arcade Legacy is 13 year old me’s dream come true. Pay a one time fee and then all machines are free! Sounds great! In reality it’s actually kinda disappointing. Sure, Smash T.V. Is tons of fun, but unlimited lives robs the experience of any true excitement.
Besides the missing urgency while playing the only drawback is that Arcade Legacy is located in a wasteland, the Cincinnati mall. Make sure to go on a full stomach unless you want some questionable food court Chinese food or a coney from Gold Star. The arcade does offer a few snacks, some candy and soda.
Back to the Arcade! They have fighting games, brawlers, sports, old skool cabinets, x box’s, ps3’s and even a couple pinball cabinets. By far my favorite are the old skool games. Even though you get unlimited credits, progress is lost when you run out of lives. This keeps these games the most engaging.
The staff is friendly and the facility is clean enough. I recommend Arcade Legacy for an afternoon of fun. Just be ready to have that 13 year old dream die a little.

Dont tell any of my fellas… but if its my turn to plan the 1^st/​2^nd date, I usually pick this place!
Its a time warp back to the good days of pinballs and pacman, but you can also play newer system games they have set up (but who would want to do that with the vintage awesomeness at your fingertips?!). Their continuous play is awesome because I usually get killed in mortal combat within 30seconds and beats walking around with saggy quarter pants. Weeknights are usually pretty dead and you can have the place pretty much to your self.
Next birthday party… you betcha!

Walking into Arcade Legeacy (formally Arcade Legends) is like being a kid all over again — only, you don’t have to bug your mom for quarters, because it’s all you can play!
They’ve got classic games like Tron, Donkey Kong and PacMan. They’ve got newer games like X-​Men, Simpsons and even Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. They also have systems like Wii where you can challenge your friends on a giant projected screen.
Plus, a ton of pinball!
It’s $ 10 to play forever or you can do it hourly. Plus, if you bring in five friends, you get in for free. Sweet deal! They’re also open until 1 a.m. on Saturday, so you can play on and on long until the night. Sweater deal!
I thought I would spend an hour here. I spent three and want to go back immiaidietly. It was cheap, it was fun, it was awesome.
I’m a nerd and I love this place. Fact.