Wunderland Electric Castle’s

I’m not that impressed with it. It’s more of the ticket gambling games now than video games.
Also I work with special needs foster children and unless you specifically work for DHS they won’t let you in without paying even though I am required to be with the child at all times in public (Some of them within x feet, some just in the room). Which I personally believe is illegal of them to prevent me entrance. But hey, I’m not a lawyer so what do I know?
I’ll probably start taking the kids next door to Pietro’s Pizza instead who has about the same number of video games without the admission fee, probably pay about the same overall.

Fun place to take kids who love video games. Some machines are down and it gets a bit crowded at times, but the clerks were pleasant.

My 3 and 6 year old kids loved it. Its like a mini Dave n Busters minus the food and drinks. It was clean and the staff was friendly. A fun, cheap way to spend an afternoon with the kids. I will be back.

«200 tickets for a rubiks cube»
«6 tickets for a green army man»
«3000 tickets for those lava lamps»
«60 tickets for a rubber ducky»
«40 tickets for a mardi gras bracelet»
This place has a lot of useless prizes that kids might like. This place has a decent amount of games. However even though it cost nickels, some games do add up. Upon entering, their door was wide open, even with the door open, it was still stuffy!
8 tokens for a rigged claw machine, that does NOT pick up the stuff animals
1 token for plinko
2 tokens for that roll the ball/​shoot the hoop game
6 tokens for the grab the ball game (which each ball are worth 80 tickets)
I hate the idea of an entrance fee. Before they didnt have it. I am a bigger fan of ‘avalon’ in SE portland, since they often send coupons to waive the fee!
Children under 12 are like$ 2.25
Children above 12 is like $ 2.75
Adult is like $ 3

Wunderland is like Chuck E cheese but cheaper.
I have been going for many years. They advertiser games for $.05 apiece however it’s more like $.20 apiece. They’re all types of video games shooting, fighting, racing, and anything you can think of. They also have games in which you can win tickets. Tickets can be turned in for cheap toys your kids will love. Regardless of your kid or adult wonderland is fun for all. Over last two years though they’ve been getting rid of some of the better games and replacing them with ticket games. The place is still fun as worth checking out.

Terrific place to spend some fun time playing games. The admission is acceptable and the cost to play is cheap. They’re 5 cent games costing 1 – 4 coins each. So some are 20 cents a game. Still acceptable.
The place is clean and easy to walk around. The setup of the games are nice and relaxing. It’s also small enough where you can see everything at once and walk around quickly. So you don’t have to worry too much if you have kids. If there’s a problem with a game such as eating tokens or not giving tickets, it’s easy to ask someone for help and reimbursement.
The prizes are good enough, they’re more for kids whom enjoy winning prizes with their tickets.

None too impressed. Just like Chuck-​e-​Cheese with admission and really not meant for kids under 7. While the admission is low I find it ridiculous to have to pay just to pay to play video games so that my 5 year old disabled son can play games that are way to hard for him in the first place. You aren’t allowed to see what is behind the counter, walk around, until you pay admission. With younger kids I’d just go next door and and buy their tokens. The measly tickets you win here don’t win anything unless you spend ten times of what you win.

Sunday night, my fiancé and I looking for something to do other than go to a movie. For $ 10 we both got in the door and each got a nice little bag of nickels. Most games were 2 or 4 coins each. Not sure which game the previous reviewer played that cost 20, but we didn’t see it. Favorites included the 4 – 5 variations of skeeball, various racing and shooting games (specifically the boat racing one) and air hockey. Would have loved a basketball shooting game.
We ran out of desire to play more games before we ran out of coins, so it was a great value for an entertaining couple of hours.

DEAR Unilocal, this review is NOT FAKE!!! Or malicious! :(
Below are many tips for getting an even better deal and having a great time! For free admission see sections 5& 6.
UPDATE Sunday January 3, 2016: I have updated this to reflect some changes in prices and policies.
I am an honest person, because I worked here for 5 years (I quit over 6yrs ago now) and maintain a good relationship with management, I know more about this store than most, and you may have seen me there, I was an assistant manager, my name is Amy. So, yes, I am a bit biased, but I am also fair so I will give you a fair assessment of Wunderland.
Wunderland is for ALL ages, there are customers in there ranging from new born to ederly. While some people may not enjoy their experience (usually because they fail to bring something up to the staff), for the most part, everyone leaves happy. If you are wondering if younger children enjoy it, yes they can, and I often see them being dragged out crying they had so much fun!!!
FIRST: Wunderland IS a nickel arcade (nickel, but since when do all arcade games only cost one coin?).
–YES there is an admission (how is this false advertising, its not) whether or not you play games and you don’t have to like this, it’s the way it is, and it is a business, money is not primarily made on nickels, but admissions.
–Complaining about it is like complaining about having to pay to go in to Disneyland but you’re not riding rides, you still have to pay regardless.
SECOND: ²⁄₃ of the game room are ticket games, and if you want more arcade games go on WUN​DER​LANDGAMES​.COM and request them (arcade games) and rally your friends to join you in the endeavor, they will listen to the multitudes.
THIRD: Here’s some perspective: Would you rather pay 2 quarters, 4 quarters or 2 or 1 – 4 nickels?, and at some places, ie Game Works, you will pay this. 5 – 11 $ 2 and $ 2.90 for adults, $ 2.40 for children 5 – 12, 4 and under are free. The rest of the games are generally 1 – 4 nickels, which is A LOT cheaper than Piettro’s next door or Chuckee Cheese, even with the admission. Besides the coupons I will detail below, On Wednesday, there is $ 1 admission if you want a good deal on admission.
Let me be frank, the games do NOT take 20 nickels like a past reviewer said. The highest cost game is 8 nickels and onlythe GIANT claw games take that much, and on the giant Pinnacle crane on the right wall you can win quite a bit.
FOURTH: If you plan on bringing a group in to get the group rate more call ahead at 503−399−9410 or you will not get the group rate. and if you are wanting passes (donations) for school raffles or things like that, call there as well and we will give you contact information to corporate.
FiFTH: If you do not want to pay the admission, go in to the store and ask about CLUB WUDNERLAND, they send out quarterly coupons that give you not only free admission but either 5 dollars in nickels or $ 2.50 bags a piece (whichever is more, on some coupons), and EVERYONE who lives at your house in for free, if they do not live with you, they do not get in for free or get nickels. These mailings are quarterly.
SIXTH: Besides the mailied coupons, go to WWW​.WUN​DER​LANDGAMES​.COM and print «Buy one get one free coupons» plus other by-​weekly coupons, which sometimes are free nickels, or free wunderland coupon coupons. Note on the coupons: If your printer prints the coupon out in a different size then is on the screen re print it, it will not be accepted, this IS stated on the site, but most people miss it.
SEVENTH: I can vouch for the Salem store, the customer service standards are VERY high, everyone strives to be friendly and accommodating, just because you have a bad experience don’t stop coming it, talk to the management and they will do their best to help you feel better about your experience and change it in the future, feed back to the company is the only way they can change, they DO listen, just be reasonable about it.:)
EIGHTH: They do strive to have high cleanliness standards including on the games and also in the bathrooms, if something is dirty in the bathroom, like someone missed the toilet, let them know, they do check in every few minutes, except on very slow days. :) They also strive to have safe store, if you see anyone doing anything dangerous (climbing on top of games or going under them «looking» for nickels) notify staff immediately, or any jagged edges on games they want to know when there is something unsafe going on.
NINTH: If its your B-​day, you get free admission, same goes for if you are in the military or a veteran! :D
I hope I helped, I do not work for the company anymore, but I have a high respect for the manager of the Salem store, he is a great manager and will always do what he can to insure you have a great experience.
God Bless and Have Fun!
PS: Busy days are Fri night, Saturday all day, and Sunday afternoon/​evening. Also all school breaks.

This place boasts that you can play video games with nickels! And you can! It just takes 20 nickels for one machine – at least in some instances. And you get to pay more than $ 2 per person for admission before you can spend 5 minutes plugging nickels into one machine.
False advertising and admission aside, this place is pretty fun. They have a pretty decent selection of video games and an air hockey table (my favorite!) as well as skeeball (2^nd fave!).
This place is never too busy and I’d bet that’s because so many of us have video game consoles at home. It’s a double edged sword, really, because on one hand I like that it’s not busy but on the other I don’t want to see it go out of business.
If you take your kids here, watch out for the nickel-​eating-​ticket-​producing «games». It’s similar to Chuck E. Cheese in that it takes about 10,000 tickets to «win» anything worth while and the rest of the stuff is just junk.