Arcades in Hobart

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Hobart, Tasmania? There are 2 arcades mapped here. That's 2 arcades mapped around Hobart. 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 Hobart (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Zone3 Laser Games and Intencity Hobart. If an arcade's missing from Hobart's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Hobart arcade lineup

2 mapped within about 30 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Hobart

None of the 2 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 one mapped arcade sits on 181 Collins Street — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

The Hobart arcade run

The efficient Hobart arcade run strings these together: Zone3 Laser Games and Intencity Hobart on 181 Collins Street — 2 stops, one logical order.

Arcade tips for Hobart

The regulars' rules for Hobart's arcades:

• Check the payment system first at Zone3 Laser Games. Tokens, reloadable cards, coins, or tap-to-play — every venue differs. Ask at the counter before you feed the wrong thing.
• Check for party packages at Intencity Hobart. Birthday parties at arcades are a whole industry. If you're organising one, book ahead — weekends sell out.
• Bring friends for versus games. Fighting games, racers, shooters — all built for two. Solo arcading is fine; versus arcading is the point.
• Watch the regulars first. The high-score table tells you which machines are hot and who's worth watching. Fifteen minutes of watching teaches plenty.

Good to know

We searched about 30 km around Hobart — 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 Hobart can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 2, 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 2 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.