Editing Amusement arcade (section)

===2000s and beyond===
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[[File:Great Yarmouth - panoramio (27).jpg|thumb|Two traditional amusement arcades on [[Great Yarmouth]] sea front, 2011]]
In the late 1990s, a bar opened in the new [[Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex|Crown Casino]] complex in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] named ''Barcode''. Barcode was a 'games bar' with the latest arcade games, the classics, pool tables, air hockey and pinball machines which players could play while consuming alcohol.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barcode |url=http://barcodebar.com.au/index.html |website=Barcode bar |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103231930/http://barcodebar.com.au/index.html |archive-date=2007-11-03 }}</ref> The bar was very popular with other bars later opening in the early 2000s in [[King Street, Melbourne|King Street]] alongside the [[strip club]]s and at the shopping centre [[Melbourne Central Shopping Centre|Melbourne Central]]. A Barcode opened in [[Times Square]], [[New York City|New York]] in May 2000 and was very popular, with the launch featuring on an episode of TV series ''[[Sex and the City]]''. Barcode Times Square closed in March 2003. Barcode Crown Casino closed in 2006, followed later by King Street and Melbourne Central.<ref name="NY">{{cite web|title=Remembering Barcode: NYCs Failed Arcade Club|url=https://www.destructoid.com/blogs/SpielerDad/remembering-barcode-nyc-s-failed-arcade-club-273499.phtml|website=Destructoid|access-date=8 July 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816134325/https://www.destructoid.com/blogs/SpielerDad/remembering-barcode-nyc-s-failed-arcade-club-273499.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Porter|first1=Ian|title=Barcode goes Indian as night-life dims at Crown|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/barcode-goes-indian-as-nightlife-dims-at-crown/2006/08/16/1155407883511.html|website=The Age|date=17 August 2006|publisher=17 August 2006|access-date=8 July 2016|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213161630/http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/barcode-goes-indian-as-nightlife-dims-at-crown/2006/08/16/1155407883511.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the mid-2000s, [[Madrid]] businessman Enrique Martínez updated the video arcade for the new generation by creating a "hybrid movie theater with...fog, black light, flashing green lasers, high-definition digital projectors, vibrating seats, game pads and dozens of 17-inch screens attached to individual chairs." At the Yelmo Cineplex in Spain, $390,000 was spent refitting a theater into a "high-tech video gaming hall seating about 50 people." In Germany, the [[CinemaxX]] movie theater company was in 2007 also considering this approach. It conducted a four-month trial with video games to test the level of demand for video gaming in a theater setting.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/technology/26games.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Doreen | last=Carvajal | title=The New Video Arcade in Spain Might Be the Movie Theater | date=2007-02-26 | access-date=2014-10-02 | archive-date=2014-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006213159/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/technology/26games.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Wizard of Oz game.JPG|200px|right|thumb|A 2015 ''Wizard of Oz'' [[coin pusher]]]]
[[File:VR World 4 E34 St jeh.jpg|thumb|Facade of VR arcade in Manhattan]]
Manufacturers started adding innovative features to games in the 2000s. [[Konami]] used motion and position sensing of the player in ''[[Police 911]]'' in 2000 and ''Mocap Boxing'' in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9066 |title=Police 911 Videogame by Konami (2000) – The International Arcade Museum and the KLOV |publisher=Arcade-museum.com |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-date=2010-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115135226/http://arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9066 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8724 |title=MoCap Boxing Videogame by Konami (2001) – The International Arcade Museum and the KLOV |publisher=Arcade-museum.com |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-date=2010-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210043036/http://arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8724 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sega]] started using "Tuning cards" in games such as the ''[[Initial D Arcade Stage|Initial D]]'' series of games allowing the customer to save game data on a card vended from the game; [[Namco]] copied the idea with the ''[[Maximum Tune]]'' series.  Arcade games continued to use a variety of games with enhanced features to attract clients, such as motorized seating areas, interconnected games, and surround sound systems. Redemption and merchandiser games are also a staple of arcades in the 2000s.  One of the most popular redemption games, ''Deal or No Deal'' by ICE, simulates the popular [[Deal or No Deal|television game show]].  Merchandiser games such as [[Stacker (game)|Stacker]] by LAI Games gives the player the chance to win high end prizes like iPods and video game consoles.

At the same time as these innovations, a small resurgence in the interest of classic video games and arcades grew with the opening of [[Barcade]] in Brooklyn, New York in 2004. Barcade combined a video arcade and a full bar, with a strict focus on classic machines from the 1970s and 1980s, known as the [[golden age of arcade video games]].<ref name="blogs.wsj.com">{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/04/22/for-arcades-survival-now-hinges-on-alcohol/ | first=Jennifer | last=Weiss | work=Wall Street Journal | title=For Arcades, Survival now Hinges on Alcohol | date=2011-04-22 | access-date=2014-10-02 | archive-date=2014-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153629/http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/04/22/for-arcades-survival-now-hinges-on-alcohol/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The idea proved popular and Barcade received recognition as a good place to play classic video game cabinets, because it is "one of the few places where classic arcade games can still be found in public, and in good working order."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/3740422/the-life-and-death-of-the-american-arcade-for-amusement-only|title=For Amusement Only: The Life and Death of the American Arcade|first=Laura|last=June|date=2013-01-16|publisher=theverge.com|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-date=2014-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081005/http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/3740422/the-life-and-death-of-the-american-arcade-for-amusement-only|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.esquire.com/bestbars/bb-barcade|title=Best Bars: Barcade|first=Ted|last=Allen|magazine=Esquire|access-date=2014-10-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113114507/http://www.esquire.com/bestbars/bb-barcade|archive-date=2014-11-13}}</ref> Barcade's success influenced other similarly themed businesses which opened across the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/popular/ci_17952476 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114061204/http://www.denverpost.com/popular/ci_17952476 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-14 |title=From LoDo to the Smithsonian, Video Games Get Their Due |first=John |last=Wenzel |date=2011-05-01 |newspaper=The Denver Post |access-date=2014-10-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/02/14/emporium-arcade-bar-to-open-in-wicker-park-in-march.php|title=Emporium Arcade Bar Opening in March|first=Samantha|last=Lande|date=2012-02-14|publisher=Chicago Eater|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-date=2013-04-10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410181800/http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/02/14/emporium-arcade-bar-to-open-in-wicker-park-in-march.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Other arcades, like [[Ground Kontrol]] in Portland, Oregon, began including full bars in their arcades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/02/northwest_portland_ground_kont.html|publisher=oregonlive.com|first=Molly|last=Hottle|title=Ground Kontrol Arcade to Reopen Thursday with Party|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131110034350/http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/02/northwest_portland_ground_kont.html|date=2011-02-15|archive-date=2013-11-10|access-date=2014-10-02}}</ref> Even regular bars added classic arcade games to their venues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/04/b_side_liquor_lounge_in_clevel.html|title=B Side Liquor Lounge in Cleveland Heights Adds Old-time Arcade Games|first=John|last=Petkovic|date=2013-04-25|publisher=cleveland.com|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-date=2014-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134505/http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/04/b_side_liquor_lounge_in_clevel.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

As the trend grew, the industry and press looked for ways to classify these arcade bar hybrids, with the DNA Association branding them "social-tainment" and also referring to them as "game bars".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dna-association.com/a-nascent-trend-the-rise-of-the-barcade/|title=A Nascent Trend, the Rise of the Gamebar|author=K Williams|date=2013-05-20|publisher=dna-association.com|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328153537/http://www.dna-association.com/a-nascent-trend-the-rise-of-the-barcade/|archive-date=2016-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many of these newer game bars proved to be popular and expansion continued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/travel/kids-activities-for-grownups-trend-91356523157.html|title=Boozy Sleepovers and Booby Bounce Houses: Kids' Activities for Grownups|first=Justin|last=Ocean|date=2014-07-14|publisher=Yahoo! Travel|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-date=2014-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114735/https://www.yahoo.com/travel/kids-activities-for-grownups-trend-91356523157.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the UK, classic arcades such as Casino and Trocadero, both located in London, closed, with some of the games from Trocadero finding their way to a new arcade, Heart of Gaming in North Acton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-16-the-last-arcade|title=The Last Arcade|first=Simon|last=Parkin|date=2014-08-17|publisher=Eurogamer.net|access-date=2014-10-02|archive-date=2014-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006131335/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-16-the-last-arcade|url-status=live}}</ref> The newer Loading Soho Gaming Cafe features arcade machines manufactured by [[Bespoke Arcades]] for its customers to use.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://arcadeheroes.com/2013/05/02/loading-soho-gaming-cafe-added-to-the-madd-bar-in-london/ | title=LOADING SOHO Gaming Cafe Added To The MADD Bar In London | publisher=Arcade Heroes | author=Arcade Hero Staff | date=2013-05-03 | access-date=2014-10-02 | archive-date=2014-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102753/http://arcadeheroes.com/2013/05/02/loading-soho-gaming-cafe-added-to-the-madd-bar-in-london/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The UK is also home to the largest arcade in Europe, Arcade Club, located in Bury, Greater Manchester. Home to over 400 original arcade machines, it is recognised as the largest collection in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-26|title=We found the Biggest Arcade in Europe inside a Warehouse in the middle of Bury|url=https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/best-burbs-arcade-club-bury/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Manchester’s Finest|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611124129/https://www.manchestersfinest.com/articles/best-burbs-arcade-club-bury/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019 Arcade Club opened a second venue in Leeds <ref>{{Cite web|title=Arcade Club Leeds – Everything you need to know|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/arcade-club-leeds-everything-you-need-know-478632|access-date=2020-06-11|website=www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk|date=13 July 2019 |language=en|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611124129/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/arcade-club-leeds-everything-you-need-know-478632|url-status=live}}</ref> with a third announced for Blackpool opening in 2020, <ref>{{Cite web|title=Arcade Club: Classic arcade with 250 games teased to open in Blackpool – here's everything we know so far|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/arcade-club-classic-arcade-250-games-teased-open-blackpool-heres-everything-we-know-so-far-1332287|access-date=2020-06-11|website=www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk|date=4 December 2019 |language=en|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611124129/https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/arcade-club-classic-arcade-250-games-teased-open-blackpool-heres-everything-we-know-so-far-1332287|url-status=live}}</ref> with actual opening delayed to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleaves |first=Sean |date=2022-06-20 |title=Take a look inside Blackpool's new Arcade Club bringing back retro classics as well as modern video games |url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/business/take-a-look-inside-blackpools-new-arcade-club-featuring-retro-classics-from-pac-man-to-space-invaders-to-modern-video-games-such-as-luigis-mansion-and-fortnite-3738757 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Blackpool Gazette |language=en}}</ref>