Location: 153 Essex Street, New York City, NY 10002, USA
Date: September 2013

Report by John

In September 2013, my wife and I had our first trip to east coast of the USA (New York City and Orlando), and Canada (Vancouver).

We arrived at the arcade in the early evening and it seemed we were the first guests.

Two Bit's Retro Arcade with a cool bartender

Upon the friendly invitation from the cool bartender, I had no choice except to order my first alcoholic drink.

My first drink

The arcade had total of eight pinballs as follows:

• The Simpsons Pinball Party (Stern, 2003)
• Metallica - Master of Puppets LE (Stern, 2013 )
• Funhouse (Williams, 1990)
• Theatre of Magic (Bally, 1995)
• Twilight Zone (Bally, 1993)
• The Sopranos (Stern, 2005)
• Revenge from Mars (Bally, 1999)
• Star Wars Episode One (Williams, 1999)

The Simpsons Pinball Party, Metallica and Funhouse

Theatre of Magic, Twilight Zone and The Sopranos

Two Pinball 2000 games - Revenge from Mars and Star Wars Episode One

There were two things which grabbed my attention. The first was the Metalica Master of Puppets LE which I had never seen before.  Of course, I spend almost an hour playing this pinball.

Stern's Metallica Master of Puppets Limited Edition

The second thing was the innovative fixture to the left eye of Ruby. Probably his left eye had been broken and it was not immediately repairable.

Pirate Rudy

The cost of a 3-ball game on any of the machines was $0.75, or $2.00 for 3 games.

The price to play

Apart from the pinballs, the arcade also had quite a selection of retro video games.

Some of the retro video games at Two Bit's

More retro videos

I stayed at the arcade for two hours before taking a subway train back to hotel.

One of the nearest subway stations - Essex St.

Additional information about the Two Bit's Retro Arcade is as follows:

• Opening hours: 5pm-2am Monday-Friday, 1pm-2am Saturday & Sunday
  
  
• Telephone: (212) 477-8161

• Subway: F line (Delancey Street station) or J, M & Z lines (Essex St.)
  
  
• Website: twobitsretroarcade.com
  
  
• Comments: All pinballs were kept in acceptable condition, however it was a little bit noisy there.

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