Arcade Vintage

Arcade Vintage is a Spanish cultural association and interactive video game museum dedicated to the preservation, restoration and public play of classic arcade machines. It originated in 2013 in Petrer (Alicante) as a collectors' initiative led by José Litarte, who gathered fellow enthusiasts to maintain a collection of roughly fifty arcade cabinets. The group opened a commercial premises owned by Litarte's mother to members and the general public for a ten-euro entry fee, since turning the project into a conventional business was not viable. The association became a pioneer in Spain for its specialisation in classic games and dedicated arcade furniture, with a venue that recreates a late-20th-century amusement arcade. In May 2015 Arcade Vintage held its first ArcadeCon, featuring machines such as After Burner, Daytona USA, Double Dragon, Gauntlet, Hang-On, Pac-Man, Pang and Tetris. One notable piece in the collection, the Missile Storm (Sidam, 1980), came from the amusement arcade of the museum ship TSS Duke of Lancaster, beached in Wales. In 2019 the association launched a new project: the creation of a video game museum in the former Rico factory in Ibi (Alicante). Today the Museo del Videojuego Arcade Vintage presents itself as the first great video game museum in Spain since 2019, an interactive museum where visitors learn by playing. Its collection includes more than 300 authentic, fully playable machines. The museum is located at Fábrica Rico, Carrer les Eres, 74, 03440 Ibi, Alicante, and is open on Saturdays and Sundays, with morning sessions from 10:00 to 14:00 and afternoon sessions from 16:00 to 20:00 (Sundays closed in the afternoon except in July and August). It offers exhibitions, sponsorships and partnerships, and maintains an active community presence through social media and events.

Arcade Vintage began in 2013 as a cultural association in Petrer (Alicante, Spain) dedicated to the restoration of video game arcade machines. The project was initiated by collector José Litarte, who asked other enthusiasts to help maintain the roughly fifty machines he had purchased. He used a commercial premises owned by his mother and opened it to members and the general public for a ten-euro entry fee, because converting the collection into a conventional business was not viable. The association became a pioneer in Spain for its specialisation in classic games and dedicated arcade furniture, with a venue that recreates a late-20th-century amusement arcade. In May 2015 the association held its first ArcadeCon, an event featuring machines such as After Burner, Daytona USA, Double Dragon, Gauntlet, Hang-On, Pac-Man, Pang and Tetris. One of the pieces in the arcade, the Missile Storm (Sidam, 1980), came from the amusement arcade of the museum ship TSS Duke of Lancaster, beached in Wales. In 2019 Arcade Vintage undertook a new project: the creation of a video game museum in the former Rico factory in Ibi (Alicante). The museum presents itself as the first great video game museum in Spain since 2019, an interactive museum where visitors learn by playing, with more than 300 authentic and fully playable machines. It is located at Fábrica Rico, Carrer les Eres, 74, 03440 Ibi, Alicante, and is open on Saturdays and Sundays, with morning sessions from 10:00 to 14:00 and afternoon sessions from 16:00 to 20:00 (Sundays closed in the afternoon except in July and August). The museum offers exhibitions, sponsorships and partnerships, and maintains an active community presence through social media and events.

• 2019

  Launch of the video game museum project in the former Rico factory in Ibi, Alicante.

• 2015

  First ArcadeCon held in May, featuring classic arcade machines such as After Burner, Daytona USA, Double Dragon, Gauntlet, Hang-On, Pac-Man, Pang and Tetris.

• 2013

  Arcade Vintage cultural association founded in Petrer, Alicante, by José Litarte and fellow enthusiasts.

Spain's first great video game museum and a pioneering retrogaming cultural association focused on playable classic arcade machines.

• Museo del Videojuego Arcade Vintage

  Interactive video game museum in Ibi with over 300 authentic, fully playable arcade machines.

• ArcadeCon

  Annual retrogaming event first held in May 2015.

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