Star Worlds Arcade, Illinois, United States

4dmmh001 5:00 PM Oct 14, 2012

cool place
lots and lots of old retro games. real pinball and others. The price is right and for $5 a kid they have a ball not expensive. A real cheap night if you have a few kids to entertain.

3Dr_Xaos 5:00 PM May 16, 2022

Little Arcade with Big Personality
My older daughter and I like to visit and try out various arcades during our travels, so we were interested in checking out this location as we were passing through the Dekalb area. The physical building isn’t very big, but it does have a fair amount of video game themed signs and decoration that help draw your attention to it. Glad that it does since we nearly drove past it as we were looking for it. Parking is similarly small and limited, but it wasn’t an issue finding a spot nearby. Since the building isn’t very big, the interior is also rather tight and cramped. I’m amazed at just how many arcade consuls and pinball machines they were able to fit into a few small rooms/corners. They also have a lot of arcade memorabilia hanging on the different walls. Takes me back to being in an 80’s arcade, although others might find it a little claustrophobic. This location requires tokens per game played (versus being a flat fee for unlimited play). They do offer some decent deals, such as getting 30 tokens for $5 (versus just 4 tokens per dollar). However, many of the arcade games take 2 or more tokens, and the pinball machines take 6 tokens per play. Not unreasonable prices per se, but those coins are going to disappear very quickly.