I had all sorts of fun in the arcade this weekend with the guys from @basearcade.bsky.social. It's exactly what I needed after the working week. 👌

📣 Dec 13–14 tickets on sale tonight, 8pm! Get them at 🎟️ basearcade.com We'll have our 2nd annual Street Fighter II tournament Sat 13 Dec during the 7–11pm (18+) session 🏆 Think you’ve got the moves? Family sessions all weekend let’s finish the year with a bang 💥

ROUND 2, FIGHT! 💥 Are you ready for our 2nd annual Street Fighter II tournament? 📩 Mailing list presale: 19 Nov, 8pm 🎟️ General sale: 20 Nov, 8pm Join the mailing list basearcade.com 📩 📍 Banana Block, Belfast 📅Dec 13–14 #BananaBlock #basearcade #retroarcade

The future of retro gaming is in safe hands. 🫡 @basearcade.bsky.social

Another packed out and smashing session in @basearcade.bsky.social this evening!

The 007: GoldenEye competition is well underway in @basearcade.bsky.social!

The 007: Goldeneye final is intense stuff in @basearcade.bsky.social.

👀 Fancy a behind the scenes peek at the making of our trophies for our Goldeneye N64 tournament this weekend 🏆 Who wants to win one of these along with other prizes on the night? 👀👏 Grab a ticket for Saturday 15th Nov during our 7pm–11pm (18+ session) 💥 Tickets at basearcade.com

👀 Beer lovers, ready to play? 🍻 We’ve dropped a couple of our cabs to the Belfast Beer Festival for their SOLD OUT event this weekend in Banana Block Belfast 👏 Sip the best beers, bash some buttons & battle your mates at Street Fighter II 💥 Handle the hops and the high score? 🍺🕹️

🏆 GoldenEye 007 N64 Tournament! 🔫 Join us Sat 15 Nov at Banana Block Belfast (7–11pm, 18+) for a GoldenEye multiplayer showdown! Prizes + bragging rights up for grabs 👏 Who’re you picking? And don’t say Oddjob… 🚫😆 🎟️ Tickets at basearcade.com

🚨 NOV 14-16 TICKETS ON SALE 📅 Nov 14–16 📍 Banana Block Belfast 🎟️ Tickets at basearcade.com 4 hours of FREEPLAY arcade classics, pinball + retro consoles. Full bar, plus eats all weekend 🍔

🚨 TICKETS ON SALE TONIGHT 8PM 📅 Nov 14–16 📍 Banana Block Belfast 🎟️ General sale: Oct 30, 8pm 4 hours of FREEPLAY arcade classics, pinball + retro consoles. Full bar, plus eats all weekend 🍔🍕 Don’t miss it 👀 basearcade.com

🚨 MAILING LIST PRESALE TONIGHT 📢 📅 Nov 14–16 📍 Banana Block Belfast 📩 Mailing list presale: Oct 29, 8pm 🎟️ General sale: Oct 30, 8pm 4 hours of FREEPLAY arcade classics, pinball + retro consoles. Full bar, plus eats all weekend 🍔🍕 Don’t miss it 👀 basearcade.com

🚨 NEW DATES JUST DROPPED 📢 📅 Nov 14–16 📍 Banana Block Belfast 📩 Mailing list presale: Oct 29, 8pm 🎟️ General sale: Oct 30, 8pm 4 hours of FREEPLAY arcade classics, pinball + retro consoles. Full bar, plus eats all weekend 🍔🍕 Don’t miss it 👀 basearcade.com

The Ghostbusters are here in @basearcade.bsky.social #gaming #arcade #halloween

👀💥 Who’s ready for some Metal Slug action?! 1 week to go! We’re (almost) sold out for next weekend’s event (17–19 Oct) at Banana Block Belfast and our dedicated Metal Slug cab is now fully up and running! 💪 Blood, sweat and isopon have brought this beast back to life 💥

🎃 OCT 17–19 TICKETS OUT NOW! 📍 Banana Block, Belfast 🕹️ Fri 17th · 7–11pm (18+) 👾 Sat 18th 10–2 (Family) · 2–6 (15+) · 6–10 (8+) 💀 10pm Evil Dead II on VHS w/ @OrmeauCinema (£5) 👨‍👩‍👧 Sun 19th · 11–3 (Family) 🎟️ Tickets basearcade.com

🎃 OCT 17–19 - TICKETS ON SALE 📍 Banana Block Belfast 🕹️ Fri 17th 7–11pm (18+) 👾 Sat 18th 10am–2pm (Family) 2–6pm (15+) 6–10pm (8+) 10pm – Evil Dead II on VHS 👨‍👩‍👧 Sun 19th 11am–3pm (Family) 🔗 Get tickets basearcade.com

Monday Maintenance 💀 Spooky season means spooky fixes! Jumping inside our Tales from the Crypt pinball to repair a smashed drop target. The real scare? Lifting the playfield without scratching those mirror blades 👻🤣 Play it at our next event Oct 17-19 at Banana Block Belfast #Pinball #ArcadeLife

🔪🎃 GROOVY ANNOUNCEMENT 🎃🔪 Something wicked’s coming to Banana Block this spooky season Base Arcade x Ormeau Community Cinema 🩸 Oct 17–19 🧟 Presale: Sept 24, 8pm 💀 General: Sept 25, 8pm We’re summoning Evil Dead II on Sat night horror, laughs & chainsaw antics! #EvilDead2

Getting our pins at Boundary Taproom ready for the week! 🧼🫧 Grab a drink & play pinball 5 days a week 🍺 Wed–Sat: 12–11pm | Sun: 1–7pm Take on Uncanny X-Men, Jaws, & Godzilla while sipping a cold beer or cocktail 🍹 #Pinball #Belfast #BoundaryTaproom #SternPinball #ArcadeVibes #Basearcade

Another rammed all-ages event here in @basearcade.bsky.social! #belfast #arcade

The BBC Micro is popular today in @basearcade.bsky.social

👀 IT’S ALMOST ARCADE WEEKEND! 🕹️ Our SOLD OUT event at Banana Block, Belfast on 19–21 Sept is almost here Quick etiquette ✅ Tickets only,no walk-ups ✅ Share the machines + good vibes ✅ Bring your skills Can’t wait to see you in the arcade! 🔥 #basearcade #ArcadeBelfast

🦈 Have you tried our new Stern Jaws pinball at @BoundaryTaproom yet? 🍺 Perfect for pints & high-score shark hunting! We even squeezed in a game while cleaning this morning (for “testing” of couse 👀) #Pinball #Jaws #BoundaryBelfast #Basearcade

Fri 19th & Sun 21st Sept sessions are SOLD OUT! Only a handful of tickets left for Sat 20th 🎟️ Family, teens & 18+ sessions still up for grabs! Expect retro consoles, arcade classics & pinball ❤️ 🗓️ Sat 20 Sept 📍 Banana Block, Belfast 🔗 Tickets at Basearcade.com

Yesterday was a banger at Boundary Taproom 👏 Proud to team up with Boundary Brewing to add two new Stern heavy-hitters: Uncanny X-Men & Jaws 🦈 (so Godzilla isn’t lonely 🦖). Now live with Insider Connected – get your app ready & start logging those high scores

Another game that will feature on the Mega Drive at @basearcade.bsky.social this weekend will be the notorious Paprium! People will finally have a chance to play the ambitious and controversial beat-em-up that still hasn't seen a widespread release.

I'm doing some testing today for something that will hopefully hit @basearcade.bsky.social on their next event... The wonderful MSX2! The MSX platform was co-developed by Microsoft and ASCII Corporation in 1983, with the MSX2 released in 1985. There are plenty of great games for this platform!

📣 SEPT DATE ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 You asked (a lot) so here it is 👇 🗓️ Sept 19–21 📍 Banana Block 🎟️ Tickets drop before our Aug event: 💌 Mailing list pre-sale – Aug 13 🌍 General sale – Aug 14 Set your alarms 👀 #Basearcade #BelfastEvents #PinballLife #retroarcade

👀 Who’s excited for next week?! We’re just over a week away from our next SOLD OUT event at Banana Block Belfast Aug 15-17 and we can’t wait to be back in action! 💪 Get ready for retro vibes, high scores, and some good times! We hope you’ve all been practicing 👀👾

⚡Flashback Friday 👀 Dec 2023. The arrival of our beloved Namco Time Crisis 2🔫 Had to wheel it down a rickety ass cobble lane to get it into Dave's garage on a cold, wet winter's night 🌧️ It was one of the very first machines we cut our teeth on with repairs 🥵

👀 Did you know... On Stern's Godzilla pinball 🦖 the main voiceover is provided by actor Keith David known for his iconic roles in The Thing, They Live & the voice of so many prolific animated characters such Goliath in Gargoyles & Spawn the animated series 🤯 What a guy 👏

🎂Huge happy birthday to the one and only @richardtroupe.bsky.social Richard has been helping us from day one. Ensuring the greatest care & attention with our consoles, microcomputers and PCs. He's one of a kind and we are so grateful for all of his expertise and time he gives to us ❤️

Who's a fan of the stone cold classic Frogger from 1981?🐸 Looks simple, but so hard to master. It always cracks us up when kids jump on and say, “Hey! This is like Crossy Road!” Our reply: “No way kid, Crossy Road is like Frogger!” 👀

🔥 Who’s your go to team on Midway's NBA Jam from '93? Are you repping the Hornets, lighting it up with the Magic, or going full beast mode with the Bulls? 🐂 Who else likes to settle it old school style on the court? 🏀 #ArcadeThrowdown #Boomshakalaka #basearcade #nbajam

🔥 Well yesterday was awesome, a hot summer arcade day filled with the coolest people and most chilled vibes at Banana Block Belfast ❤️🕹️ Roll on today's SOLD OUT family session 👏 we can’t wait to close out the weekend with another full house of arcade antics! 👾

😎 Last night was a total vibe 🔥 So good seeing so many of you loving Dave's 'The Shadow' pinball machine by Bally Midway from 1994. And a major shoutout to everyone who clocked our sneaky new arrival… Atari's Tempest from 1981 Roll on 11am for another SOLD OUT full day!

Soon 👀 See you all tonight at 7pm at Banana Block Belfast for another SOLD OUT arcade weekend. It's almost arcade o'clock. 🕹️💪 #Basearcade #BelfastArcade #BananaBlock #PacMan #spaceinvaders #RetroGaming #RetroArcade #arcade

🎉 ARCADE ETIQUETTE TIME! 🕹️ Our next SOLD OUT event is just around the corner... THIS WEEKEND! 🥳 here’s a quick reminder to follow our Arcade Etiquette so everyone has the BEST time! These are fully ticketed events no general admission and no walk-up payments at the door

🧦 Crew socks back by popular demand! Our Base crew socks are back in stock for our June 20-22 event at Banana Block 💪 You asked and we listened... just in time for summer 😎 Sun’s out, ankles out, arcade on 🕹️ #BaseArcade #crewsock #arcademerch #ArcadeStyle #SummerVibes

📌 New Pin-tastic merch just dropped! 🧷 Say hello to our shiny new black nickel soft enamel pin badges 👀 Each one is hand-assembled with love by us! Featuring arcade legends like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and a little chaos from Revenge from Mars for the pinball fans 👏

AUGUST TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT We’re taking a much needed break in July so join us 15–17 August at Banana Block🕹️ Presale tickets live Wed 11 June @ 8PM, so make sure you’re on the mailing list to get early access! 🎟️ General sale Thurs 12 June @ 8PM via basearcade.com

I had a lot of fun at a birthday party yesterday in Boundary Brewery, partly because of the celebrations and partly due to the arrival of the Godzilla pinball table to @basearcade.bsky.social! This pinball is one of my absolute favourites and I was glad that my son had the chance to play it too!

💥 GODZILLA HAS ARRIVED 🦎 We’re excited to welcome Stern's Godzilla to the family. An absolute monster of a pinball machine and one we honestly never thought we'd be able to get 🤯 We had a fantastic day yesterday hosting an Irish Pinball League meet at Boundary Taproom Belfast

📢 Q-CON 2025 HERE WE COME! We're beyond excited to announce that we've been invited to appear at Q-Con Belfast, June 14-15 🕹️😯 Step into the past as we bring some of our classic arcades, pinball and retro consoles to the heart of Queen's Students' Union.

We’re extremely proud to announce we’ve been invited to appear at Jubilate International Beer Festival this weekend celebrating 10years of Boundary Brewing Fri 30 & Sat 31 May lets celebrate together with classic arcades, pinball, and retro consoles 👏🍺

Tonight is the night! Our Mortal Kombat II tournament & Mortal Kombat '95 movie screening! 🚪 Doors 7pm 🍿Movie 7.30pm sharp 🥷Tournament 9.30pm sharp The tournament is fully packed 👏Those taking part please be on time otherwise we will have to start without you

It's almost time for Mortal Kombat at @basearcade.bsky.social. The arcade is all geared up for the Mortal Kombat II tournament tomorrow evening. #gaming #arcade

To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we're bringing back our first ever shirt from 2023… but making it 2025 fresh! ✨ New logo 🖍️New colour 💓 Same killer vibes These will be available at this weekend's SOLD OUT event 👏