Dorky's Arcade

Alison Thiebault★

If I could give this place a '0' star review, I would. We were told at the door that it was 'free play' night with a $10 cover charge and all of the games were 'free', but that the pinball machines were all down and that there were still hundreds of games to play. We optimistically walked in and purchased one round of drinks and looked around--wish we didn't bother. Outside of the pinball games not being operable, about 1/3 of the games were either not turned on and/or broken. Screens missing, hardware out and in the open, tools, and etcetera. The 'hundreds of games to play', turned out to be

M★

I've been coming here on and off for the past 12 years or so, and I’ve always loved an arcade, especially one where you can grab a drink. Since it’s in the same city I live in, this is usually my go-to spot when I’m in the mood to go out. I hadn’t been here in a while, and this visit was around Thanksgiving as part of my sister’s birthday celebration. I was surprised to see how many of the games weren’t playable, but there was a sign saying they’re remodeling, so that was understandable. The upstairs was also closed, which meant we couldn’t play the pinball machines and some of the other game

Alex Mindock★

Absolute scam. Went for a "free play" night with a $10/person cover at the door. Spent $8 for a beer, then found out only 10% of the games actually work. Broken games, speakers, and other old tech everywhere. I asked the owner why so many machines were broken and he said "shut up dude and have a good time"

Tom A★★

I'm big fan of arcades and have been to most of them in Washington and Oregon. While I was downtown for NW Pinball and Arcade show thought I check Dorkys. It was $10 free pay day which sounded awesome until we stepped inside. Over half the games were off. They had only 1 pinball game on. Most games were in some state of disrepair with broken joysticks, blown out screens. Karate Champ was actually missing a joystick! A few machines had the free credit button disconnected with wires hanging out. Literally a two minute job to fix. There was tons of broken machines, parts, dj equipment and general