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R-CADE Summer Retro Games

Book now and enjoy an hour of gaming in R-CADE's retro video game arcade over the Summer holidays... choose from over 1500 games across over 20 consoles from the last 40 years!

R-CADE Summer Retro Games

About R-CADE Summer Retro Games

We will be extending our opening times for the summer school holidays. Our cafe is open from 12-7pm with over 250 board games and tabletop games free to play (fair usage applies). Our retro video game arcade will host hourly game sessions that you can book via the R-CADE website, retro games suitable for all ages.

We will also be hosting special one of events, meetups and game days throughout the summer holidays. Individual events can be found on our website.

For retro game sessions in the arcade area please check the following description:

Enjoy over 1500 games across over 20 consoles from the last 40 years in our retro video game arcade!

Each pass covers one person in the arcade area of our venue. Our current maximum capacity for the arcade section is 16 people (not including staff).

Kids age 0-4: pass not required for child, but parent must purchase a pass and stay with child in the arcade during the game session. One Adult pass must be bought.

Kids age 5-7: child pass required for child and supervising adult (aged 18+). Adult must stay with child in the arcade during the game session. Two passes must be bought.

Kids age 8-11: child can enter the arcade alone, supervising adult can stay in café but cannot leave the venue during game session. One pass must be bought for child with a second pass if supervising adult wishes to also play in the arcade.

Gamers age 12+ : adult supervision not required. Gamer can play in the arcade alone. One pass must be purchased for per person in the arcade.

We have varied ticket prices for our arcade area. Please choose your tickets based on the age of gamers attending.

Please note that games rated 15 / 16 / 18 are not permitted during All Ages sessions to protect younger gamers.

Maximum number of passes per booking is 10. For larger parties please visit www.rcadeglasgow.com/privatebookings

Each session last approximately 60 minutes with a 10 minute gap between sessions to facilitate cleaning and resetting of the arcade.

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