Blogpop about the Base Arcade Belfast 🕹️ x NI Science Festival event yesterday, playing locally brewed new games and repping #Amiga games over in east #Belfast s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025… #RetroGaming #RetroDev #GameDev #IndieGames #NorthernIreland #NISF25

💥🕹️ Cool news! 🕹️💥 I'm gonna be spinning a load of RED HOT ARCADE BANGERS at my favourite place Base Arcade Belfast 🕹️ Game OST belters! Sexy city pop grooves! Initial D Eurobeat! And looooads of kickass machines to play! If you're in Belfast, come and party with us 💖

A whooooole load of kickass machines, top people, good vibes and an earful of arcade bangers from me, let's gooooooo 😍 Expect red hot city pop, retro funkers and plenty of video game grooves. A party that'll rattle your ancestors!

🚨 APRIL TICKETS ON SALE TONIGHT Remaining tickets for our April 25-26 event go live at 8PM TONIGHT! Head to basearcade.com to grab yours! 👀 🔥 PLUS on Fri, April 25 Games composer & party animal Alpha Chrome Yayo is bringing us the sounds of the Tokyo arcades 👏🕹️

What a weekend! 🕹️ A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our sold-out event at Banana Block Belfast.👏🍌 While you were lifting pints of Guinness on St.Patrick's day, we were lifting pinball machines and breaking down the arcade. 💪😅

⚠️ PRESALE TICKETS TONIGHT ⚠️ We’re turning 2! 🎉🕹️ Join us May 16-18 as we celebrate our 2nd anniversary! 🎂✨ Presale tickets drop March 19 at 8pm make sure you’re on the mailing list to grab yours! 📩🎟️

Always have a spare PVM. #pvm #crt #retrogaming #jvc

🔥 Friday, April 25th at Banana Block we’re bringing the beats! 🔥 We're bringing you Alpha Chrome Yayo who will be spinning Tokyo arcade vibes, video game bangers, Eurobeat & more! 🚗💨 🎟 FREE ENTRY to the DJ set 9PM – 11:30PM no arcade ticket needed!

Speedy speed boy, gasoline's burnin'🚗💨 We’re buzzing to have Initial D ver 3 🕹️ ready and to go at our next SOLD OUT event April 25–26🔥 Based on the legendary manga & anime this iconic racer from 2003 throws you into the heart of illegal tōge drifting. Any fans out there?

Called down to Base Arcade Belfast 🕹️ with Li’l Luvva & it was awesome! I had a blast being in a proper arcade after decades! Great selection of game and pinball tables - me and Li’l had a great time playing games that made my childhood & some new favs for him! We will be back! #basearcade

⚠️ JUNE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT We’re back 20–22 June at Banana Block for another epic weekend of arcade antics 👏🕹️ 👀 Presale tickets go live Wed 7 May @ 8PM make sure you’re on the mailing list to get early access! 🎟️ General sale Thurs 8 May @ 8PM via basearcade.com

One thing we always love asking folks in the arcade is… what games are you hoping to play today? 🕹️ While we can’t get every arcade game 😬 we always do our best to bring in the ones we all love 💗 Let us know your favourites in the comments below! 💬👇

✨ May the 4th be with you, always! Did you know we have an original 1983 Atari Vector Star Wars sit-down cockpit? It's a beauty? Unfortunately it's currently out of commission due to a tricky monitor issue 🙃 hopefully it'll be back soon🤞 What’s your favourite Star Wars game?

⚠️ JUNE PRESALE TONIGHT We’re back 20–22 June This will be your last chance to catch us before we take a break in July so don’t sleep on June! 👀 Presale tickets for mailing list live TONIGHT (Wed 7 May) @ 8PM General sale Thurs 8 May @ 8PM via basearcade.com

💥 JUNE TICKETS ON SALE TONIGHT 8pm🎟️ We’re back 20–22 June at @bananablockni for another epic weekend. This will be your last chance to catch us before we take a well-earned break in July so don’t sleep on June! 👀 basearcade.com

To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we're bringing back our first ever shirt from 2023… but making it 2025 fresh! ✨ New logo 🖍️New colour 💓 Same killer vibes These will be available at this weekend's SOLD OUT event 👏

Tonight is the night! Our Mortal Kombat II tournament & Mortal Kombat '95 movie screening! 🚪 Doors 7pm 🍿Movie 7.30pm sharp 🥷Tournament 9.30pm sharp The tournament is fully packed 👏Those taking part please be on time otherwise we will have to start without you

Are we going on a date tonight to a retro arcade? 🕹 You know me too well! 💙❤️

We’re extremely proud to announce we’ve been invited by BoundaryTaproom to appear at Jubilate International Beer Festival this weekend celebrating 10years of Boundary Brewing Fri 30 & Sat 31 May lets celebrate together with classic arcades, pinball, and retro consoles 👏🍺

📢 Q-CON 2025 HERE WE COME! We're beyond excited to announce that we've been invited to appear at Q-Con Belfast 2025, June 14-15 🕹️😯 Step into the past as we bring some of our classic arcades, pinball and retro consoles to the heart of Queen's Students' Union.