A Visual Archive of Alexandria's Smoke-Filled Arcade Halls
Marquee art, cabinet shots, and control panel close-ups pulled from the golden run of 90s arcade floors we still talk about today.
Browse ArchiveThe Cabinet Gallery
Curated shots and stories behind the machines that lined our local arcade rows
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
The side-scrolling brawler cabinet with its unmistakable marquee art, remembered for packed corners and coin queues that never seemed to shrink.
Pang / Buster Bros.
A quieter cult favorite whose bouncing-ball chaos turned casual players into regulars, tucked between louder fighting cabinets near the entrance.
Growl
A rough-edged co-op brawler with a control panel worn smooth by years of elbow-to-elbow play, still one of our most requested photo scans.
Cyberball 2072
The oversized dual-screen football cabinet that dominated a back corner, its blocky sprite art a snapshot of arcade sci-fi at its peak.
Rod-Land
A pastel-colored oddity that stood out against the darker fighting cabinets around it, remembered fondly for its two-player ladder-climbing chaos.
NAM-1975
An early SNK military shooter whose weathered side art and joystick wear tell their own story about hours logged under fluorescent arcade lights.
Recognize a Cabinet? Help Us Fill in the Gaps
Every photo, flyer, and marquee scan adds another piece to Alexandria's arcade record — share what you remember.
Voices From the Floor
Found a Rod-Land photo in this gallery and it took me straight back to the arcade near my old school. Nobody else has documented these machines this carefully.
The Cyberball 2072 shots are exactly how I remember the cabinet, down to the worn corner paint. Spent way too long comparing them to my own blurry photos from '96.
I sent in a flyer from my dad's old arcade and they actually added it with full credit. Small thing but it made the gallery feel like it belongs to all of us.