Associació per a la Restauració i Conservació d'Arcades i altres Dispositius Electrònics
Last Friday, May 11th, two of our associates went in search of the Spanish Arcade, the first videogame developed and commercialized in Spain. Its name is “Destroyer”, a video game by the company EFO.S.A, manufactured by the company Playmatic and marketed by CIDELSA, which is the union between both companies. Flyer de Destroyer, Alojado en www.recreativas.org
The most expected day finally arrived! On Saturday 25th of February, right in the middle of Carnival Celebration, we went deep into a unique museum stablished in Spain related to amusement machines (Arcade, Pinballs, Slot machines…). This museum, located on a main street in Terrassa (Barcelona) is Jaume Sanahuja’s private collection. Jaume Sanahuja is the […]
We are back with a new chronicle of the Spanish Pinball Tournament, in this case edition nº 16; The TEP 2016. Inescapable appointment for any lover of the pinballs. As in the last 14 editions is celebrated in the beautiful town of Arnedo, on 30 and 31 June. This edition we have attended 3 partners […]
Faithful to our competitive spirit, in A.R.C.A.D.E. We like to test the skill in arcade games. After our first tournament in Super Street Fighter 2: The new challengers; Played a sports tournament. So, on Saturday, July 2, members of our association and supporters of the retro arcade culture were cited for passionate elbow-to-elbow duels in […]
Pinball fans of A.R.C.A.D.E. We did not have enough with the overdose of Silla steel balls. This hobby has been very strong to a few partners and this time we were 7, one more, those who went to the eighth edition of TMAP, the Pinball Madrid Tournament, played on 14 and 15 May On […]
Remember that this weekend celebrates at Barcelona’s Sea Museum a new RetroBarcelona’s edition, the fair of retro-games, with computers, consoles and of course, arcade machines as the ones that will bring A.R.C.A.D.E. to make people play and enjoy a good time at our stand. Don’t hesitate on coming and greet us.
October 24th and 25th was held in the exhibition hall of Vilafranca the eighth edition of the leisure days, Juguem !. The event was about “games”, trying to cover the maximum range of this generic term meanings, with board games, cards, role playing games, sports … and as we felt it was our duty to […]
According to the statutes of the foundation, we are A.R.C.A.D.E., broken down as Associació per a la Restauració i Conservació d’Arcades i altres Dispositius d’Entreteniment (Association for the arcade and other entertainment devices restoration and conservation), a non-profit cultural association whose main objective is the preservation of the “Arcade” culture of the 80s and 90s […]
As a litmus test, this last weekend of this hot July, ARCADE opened its doors to their guests and a few privileged partners to its pre–inauguration.
The 29th-31th May weekend at Petrer’s City (Elche, Spain) was celebrated the first Arcade Associations Convention (even though it was open to anyone), organized by Arcade Vintage based in the same city.