Penny Arcade

Old and new games! I was visiting and had an afternoon to spend in the Colorado Springs area. Manitou was hardly 15 minutes area and the whole area was so splendid and quaint. We walked around the city and shops and then stumbled across Penny Arcade. OH MY GOSH MY HEAVENS WAS IT MAGICAL. The arcade is actually located in 4 or 5 little buildings all connected by a courtyard of outdoor games and kidding rides (like put in 2 quarters to sit on a horse that rocks). I had a blast spending over 2 hours here. My cousins and I each had such a fun time playing games from when we were kids and new games. Most games were a quarter or 2. There were some that ranged up to a dollar. You do get tickets and you can buy the typical junky things with them.
I kept thinking, «wow this would be the perfect 1^st date place». There was so much to do and in the surround shops there were funnel cakes, ice cream, burgers, fries, all of the typical goodies. This was one of my highlights of the trip. It was a really fun quality time thing to do with family and friends.

Cool place to stop in and get out of the heat, but the games are not well maintained and the staff isn’t friendly.

Really and truly, something for everyone. My favorites are pinball machines. Always love to cram all the kiddos and I into a photo booth. Those photos are like memory gems to the kids.
To the owner and employees, thank you so much for the happy memories you help so many families have!

Classic Vintage Fun! We stumbled upon the arcade after a delicious meal at The Cliff House. Our kids needed to release their energy out after staying buttoned-​up for lunch. The arcade features dozens of old-​school pinball games, Skeeball, classic arcade games, and coin-​operated rides. In fact, they have the most extensive collection of coin-​operated rides my wife and I have ever seen. Our toddler was overwhelmed with joy at the numerous rides available. I will definitely return allowing for more time to enjoy the games and will bring plenty of change. We found the games in the northernmost spaces were the least crowded. I recommend heading that direction to avoid the largest crowds.

Cute, vintage arcade tucked behind the main street of downtown Manitou.
There are lots of games that are spread across the complex, although the machines themselves are packed tightly together. It may feel a bit cramped or a bit cozy, depending on how you view it.
Be sure to print plenty of quarters and other coins to play, it didn’t seem like anyone was available to help you get change.
There are plenty of antique pinball machines and other old school games, but they do have some more modern machines/​games (i.e. DDR and your typical arcade shooting game) there as well.
No matter your age, definitely check this place out if you’re in town!

Good luck finding someone to help you in case the machine ate your quarters, but dang! this place was pretty awesome!
There were four inside sections of games. then it is littered with lots of games on the outside.
You can definitely find 4 games that you totally love when you were young. It is awesome here in Manitou Springs. would def. be back.

This was a lot of fun Great food and a beautiful place .we will definitely be going back

What a fun place! Do take an hour or two to spend some time at this arcade in Manitou Springs!
Tons of old and new arcade games and machines. I spent $ 20 in change, but since most of the machines are 25 – 50 cents, this went quite far. We were there for at least an hour and a half.
I was very pleasantly surprised that they even had the old school skee ball! Wooden balls, pull levers and all! That is usually our favorite game so we played quite a few games on that.
Their ticket prizes weren’t half bad either. For 400 tickets we walked away with one of the helicopters that you launch and it comes back to you.
A very fun date night activity! I highly suggest going in the evening so you can appreciate all the lights of the buildings! A plus of going during the day would be that all the cute little shops on the remainder of the street would be open.

This is nice if you like having your kids around a bunch of homeless begging, girls dressed slutty, and obvious drug users running around. Oh did I mention there’s a bar right in the middle of the arcade!!! Def will not be retuning. Its a shame it was a family favorite for a long time while visiting. And downtown manitou went to crap def not the family friendly shopping. Will not be returning. I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t get taken over by them and shut down. Total waste of time!!!

Brings me back to when I was a kid!
They had all the old antique games I use to play!

Amazing place and a must visit for anyone remotely interested in old arcade games. Even if you’re not, go anyway! Penny Arcade is sprawled across several buildings, with even an outdoor area. So many games, all at original prices. For the raunchier minded Unilocalers, there are several «peep show» machines, which were probably pretty racy at the time but won’t shock too many people these days.
As an old school gamer, I LOVED this place. Manitou Springs is a great town but worth a visit for the Penny Arcade alone.

Really old machines, that you can still play ! Vintage wooden pinball, still operating for a dime !? Penny flip book «peeps shows». This place is a museum. This place should not exist. It is just too good!!!
Also black and white photo booth and coin op «rides» of every sort. Great photo op .
Skee ball and slot races a few doors down. So glad it survived the floods. So much of old manitou was «washed away «but this little GEM remains. Worth the trip to Manitou for this Arcade alone !!

Love this place! My boyfriend and I had a blast bouncing from one arcade to another. The Penny Arcade was our favorite. Old arcade games are awesome. It’s wonderful playing games from back when our parents were kids. We played the pinball machines for a while. You can play lots of games for just a quarter and only a few you can actually play for nickels or dimes (the older machines). It was a great time!

How much do I need to say to describe an indoor/​outdoor arcade wiith old-​school arcade machines? Skeeball, asteroids, etc. An awesome place to nerd out or to bring some small people without spending too much money.
The only reason it is not 5 stars is that it does not have Area 51. The best arcade FPS ever invented.

Ever wonder where old arcade games go to die? Well wonder no more, because they go to the Penny Arcade in Manitou Springs and live on forever! I swear you can find just about anything here, from vintage nickel games that your parents (or grandparents?) may have played, through the more recent video games. Do you have fond memories of riding the horse outside the grocery store when you were a kid? Well you can relive them there, with dozens of those «rides» to choose from. There are games everywhere, in multiple storefront spaces & outside. Some even spit out tickets you can trade in for trinkets, if you’re into that sort of thing. There is something for everyone here.
The only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is because some of the machines were out of order during my last visit. With so many old machines, it’s it’s probably hard to maintain the all. Still you’re sure to find the majority of them operational, so it’s a fun stop for kids of all ages.

FUN FUN FUN!!! Good for families, children, or Adults. Inexpensive and brings you back when you were a child. This place works for families so that they can stop by and enjoy themselves, the scenery, and I always find smiling faces of anyone who visits here!

This place has magic within its walls.
Beautiful & absolutely charming.
Nostalgic and mysterious.
Vintage games and reincarnated versions of the classics, possibly even side by side.
This place left me with beautiful memories of my time in Colorado. I love Manitou Springs, charming in every way.

Relax-​O-​Lator — Foot Massage.
Penny Arcade — Left Hand Corner.
Best 25 cents you will spend in Colorado.
Love this place.
It’d be Six Stars if they added the X-​Men Arcade Game with the Widescreen — but I digress.

My wife and I were on vacation in Denver and took a trip down to Colorado Springs and we were following the trail of these awesome free 7 natural water fountains that spit out the natural mineral spring water that the town in famous for.
Anyway, we came upon this place that had old school arcade games and my favorite, penny arcade baseball. It is kind of like a pinball game, but with baseball scoring. I have only seen about 5 of them in my life.
The arcade is pretty sprawling, skee-​ball if you want, Donkey Kong type games, a ton of old school pinball.
Just a fun place I could spend hours in if we were not on a short vacation.

Pretty impressive in terms of pinball selections and how old some of these machines are.
Most of games at Manitou Penny Arcade cost 50 cents. If you are looking for newer arcade games (like Guitar Hero, DDR SuperNova, Deal or No Deal, etc), then you can always walk right across the alley to Arcade Amusements.
It’s pretty tough to beat Round One’s arcade games (located in Southern California,
), but sometimes we want our childhood memories back.
Fun, fun, fun!