# www.classicarcademuseum.org ## Pages - [Bingo](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/bingo): Tuesday Night Bingo Offers Exciting Fun and Cash Prizes! Come early and enjoy pizza, sandwiches, hot entrees and more! And if you're feeling lucky, purchase some Pull-Tab Tickets and have the chance at winning cash prizes worth thousands of dollars! - [SUPPORT](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/support-the-american-classic-arcade-museum): Our staff consists of uncompensated volunteers that bring many decades of experience in game repair/restoration and arcade operation. As a non-profit, we rely on contributions to maintain the games in our collection so they may always be available for play by the general public. - [GAMES](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/games): From Asteroids to Zaxxon… If you had a favorite arcade game, chances are it’s here. ACAM also has some of the rarest games on earth! - [Home](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/): All of the Games You Grew Up With right here at the American Classic Arcade Museum located at Funspot in Laconia NH. Play hundreds of coin-operated arcade games, learn video game history, and more. More than 250 classic arcade games! - [About](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/about): The American Classic Arcade Museum promotes and preserves the history of coin-operated arcade games. The museum will cover the industry from its pre-electricity inception in the early 20th century through the Penny Arcades we all enjoyed as children and into the economic crash of the arcade industry in the late 1980s. - [Breakout](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/breakout): The story of Breakout cannot be fully told without looking at the people that had a major hand in its creation; an aspiring electronics engineer names Steve Wozniak & Atari technician Steve Jobs. - [Q-bert](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/q-bert): Gottlieb was a pinball manufacturer who briefly got into the videogame business. Founded by David Gottlieb in 1927, the company created pinball machines from 1931 through 1996. Over a nine year period beginning in 1980, the company released eleven arcade video games & had another eight games in development that did not hit the market. Of those games, the one big success was Q*Bert, an unusual and colorful game with creative characters that are still part of pop culture today. - [Game History](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/game-history): From Asteroids to Zaxxon… If you had a favorite arcade game, chances are it’s here. ACAM also has some of the rarest games on earth! - [Triple Hunt](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/triple-hunt): Triple Hunt is one of the extremely rare treasures that can only be found at ACAM. According to our scorekeepers at AURCADE, ACAM has the only Triple Hunt currently available on public display. - [Exidy Max-A-Flex System](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/exidy-max-a-flex-system): Usually when I write articles or ACAM & our education program, I write about titles that we have in the museum. On occasion, though, I think it is fun to look at some unique games that we do not have in our collection... games that are super rare, or perhaps just became lost with the passage of time. With that in mind, let's have a look at the Exidy Max-A-Flex system... an arcade game cabinet based around an Atari 600XL computer. - [Education Program](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/education-program): Established in 2009, the Education Program at the American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM) has been teaching video game history to students who wish to pursue career options in the video game industry, or for anyone who has a love of video game history. - [The Birth of Video Games](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/the-birth-of-video-games): Something a lot of people tend to forget is exactly how much game development has taken place in New England. In fact, all video game development has its roots in the first video game console….a device that was developed in New Hampshire….just a stone’s throw away from ACAM’s location. - [EDUCATION](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/education): Learn Arcade History from the American Classic Arcade Museum. Established in 2009, the Education Program at the American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM) has been teaching video game history to students who enjoy video games, or for students wishing to pursue a career in the video game industry. - [NEWS](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/Blog): Keep up to date with all news for the American Classic Arcade Museum - [Charley Chuck’s Food Fight](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/newpageb4e50452): Charley Chuck’s Food Fight has always been a popular game at The American Classic Arcade Museum. It has unique gameplay and a “cute” style that appeals to all ages, both men & women. - [Ralph Baer](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ralph-baer): Ralph Baer, the “Father of Videogames” is best known for his groundbreaking work creating the first video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey. While the initial ideas came to him in the early 1950s, Ralph developed this early video game technology in the mid to late 1960s while employed at Sanders Associates in Nashua. - [CONTACT](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/contact): Contact us today or visit us at 579 Endicott Street North Laconia, NH 03246. ## Blog Posts - [Gaming's "Mecca" Hosts Classic Videogame Design Legends](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/gaming-s-mecca-hosts-classic-videogame-design-legends) - [ACAM Provides Arcade For Escapist Expo](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-provides-arcade-for-escapist-expo) - [ACAM Returns To PAX-East In 2014](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-returns-to-pax-east-in-2014) - [Pac-Man at 35](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/pac-man-at-35) - [ACAM Shines at 12th Annual MAGfest](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-shines-at-12th-annual-magfest) - [ACAM PAX East 2012 Video Game Panel](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-pax-east-2012-video-game-panel) - [ACAM PAX East 2012 Pinball Panel](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-pax-east-2012-pinball-panel) - [Escapist Expo 2012](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/escapist-expo-2012) - [BYT Video of the Week: Becoming a Pinball Wizard at Magfest](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/byt-video-of-the-week-becoming-a-pinball-wizard-at-magfest) - [ACAM PAX East 2013 Video Game Panel Filmed on 03/23/13](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-pax-east-2013-video-game-panel-filmed-on-03-23-13) - [Behind The Scenes With ACAM - PAX East 2013 Filmed 03/13](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/behind-the-scenes-with-acam-pax-east-2013-filmed-03-13) - [ACAM Showcases At GraniteCon 2013](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/acam-showcases-at-granitecon-2013) - [Fun Without The Sun](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/fun-without-the-sun) - [Curt Vendel Donates 8 Rare Games to American Classic Arcade Museum](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/curt-vendel-donates-8-rare-games-to-american-classic-arcade-museum) - [Billy Mitchell Achieves Perfect Pac-Man Score At ACAM](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/billy-mitchell-achieves-perfect-pac-man-score-at-acam) - [World's Oldest Video Game Champion Still Young At Heart](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/world-s-oldest-video-game-champion-still-young-at-heart) - [Arcade Museum Celebrates 1980s](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/arcade-museum-celebrates-1980s) - [The Museum Of Mario](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/the-museum-of-mario) - [Arcade Wizards](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/arcade-wizards) - [Pac-man Fever Returns](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/pac-man-fever-returns) - [The Pinball Doctor](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/7-great-reasons-to-blog) - [16th Annual International Classic Video Game Tournament A Hit](https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/16th-Annual-International-Classic-Video-Game-Tournament)