Spooky Season at Time Rift Arcade: The Scariest Games on the Floor
October is here, and Time Rift Arcade in Bedford is stocked with zombies, Xenomorphs, killer clowns, and at least one very hungry ghost. You don’t need a haunted house this year. You need a $12 day pass and a steady trigger finger. Here’s your field guide to the creepiest cabinets and pinball machines at Time […]
Mike’s Current Top 5 Games at Time Rift Arcade
Everybody asks me the same question when I’m working the floor: “What’s your favorite game in here?” Fair warning, the answer changes. My tastes drift. Something I’m obsessed with in September might get replaced by whatever I fixed last week or whatever movie I just watched. The floor changes too. We rotate cabinets, we add […]
Arcades You Forgot Existed: The Lost Arcades of Dallas Fort Worth
In 1982, the United States Supreme Court had to decide whether a North Texas city could keep kids out of an arcade. That is not a joke. The city of Mesquite passed an ordinance saying nobody under 17 could play a coin-operated amusement device without a parent or guardian standing there. It also let the […]
A Customer Asked Us 5 Blunt Arcade Questions
Every so often we get an email that’s more interesting than the usual “what time do you open?” A customer recently sent us a list of questions about how an arcade actually runs behind the scenes. Broken cabinets, whether four player games really get four players, whether we track play counts, how we handle “grown-up” […]
Tornado Terry’s Gets an Extra Life: A Keller Arcade Saved!
The auction was booked. The closing date was on the calendar. After 35 years on Keller Hicks Road, Tornado Terry’s Family Amusement Center was going to sell off every cabinet and turn off the lights on August 9. Then the community hit continue. Owner Shannon Bell called off the auction. The games are staying. The […]
Autobots, Roll Out: Transformers Premium Pinball Lands at Time Rift Arcade
Something big just rolled into Bedford. The Stern Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Premium is now on the floor at Time Rift Arcade, and it is every bit as loud, fast, and ridiculous as you want it to be. If you grew up with the toys, the cartoon, or the movies, this one is […]
Pokémon Pinball Just Landed at Time Rift
The newest machine on our floor needs no introduction, but it’s getting one anyway. Pokémon Pinball by Stern is here, it’s lit up, and it is every bit as good as you’re hoping. This is the real thing. Not a digital recreation, not a tribute. Stern built a full commercial pinball machine around the franchise […]
My the Fourth Be With You
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… someone decided a pun was a perfectly acceptable basis for a holiday. And honestly? They nailed it. May the 4th is the unofficial-official Star Wars Day, and even though Time Rift Arcade is closed today (we know, we know), the Force is still very much […]
Home Consoles Will Never Replace the Arcade
Somebody has been declaring the arcade dead since 1985. It was the NES that was going to kill us. Then the Genesis. Then the PlayStation, the Xbox, online multiplayer, smartphones, and now VR. Every few years, a confident guy on the internet writes the same obituary, and every few years he’s wrong. Arcades are still […]
Cruis’n Blast Has Arrived at Time Rift Arcade!
Hold on tight, Bedford — we just dropped one of the most adrenaline-pumping driving games in the arcade world onto our floor. Cruis’n Blast by Raw Thrills is now live at Time Rift Arcade, and it’s exactly as wild as it sounds. A Legend Returns The Cruis’n series has been a cornerstone of arcade racing […]
