Arcades in Dublin

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Dublin, Leinster? There are 5 arcades mapped here. That's 5 arcades mapped around Dublin. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Check whether the venue runs on tokens, cards or coins before you arrive with the wrong currency.

This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Dublin (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Barney's 777 and Bob's Amusement Arcade, plus Leisureplex. If an arcade's missing from Dublin's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Dublin arcade lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Dublin

None of the 5 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Arcades tend toward long evening hours; call ahead if you're making a special trip.

The Dublin arcade run

The efficient Dublin arcade run strings these together: Barney's 777 on Marlborough Street, Bob's Amusement Arcade on South Strand, Leisureplex on St. Margaret's Road, Airtastic Entertainment Centre, and Hook A duck — 5 stops, one logical order.

Arcade tips for Dublin

A few things worth knowing before you work through Dublin's arcades:

• Save your high-score photo at Barney's 777. Take the photo. High scores are ephemeral and the bragging rights are forever.
• Check the retro corner at Bob's Amusement Arcade. The old cabinets in the back are often the best-maintained — they're somebody's pride and joy.
• Ask about tournaments. Fighting game and pinball tournaments run weekly in many towns. Beginners are usually welcome and it's the fastest way to improve.
• Bar-arcades: pace yourself. Drinks and games mix well until they don't. The machines get harder exactly as you get worse at them.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Dublin — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in Dublin can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 5, or a arcade we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 5 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.