Physical retail has been surprisingly resilient, but that’s entirely down to a rise in online selling. Video games on the High Street are under serious threat. Games expos are, too, with leading events businesses forced to cancel shows and lay off entire teams.

And then there are the arcades. Despite it being a long way from its glory days in the 1980s, the arcade industry has found a way to endure over recent years, through retro establishments, VR, more specialist offerings, and video game museums.

Then the pandemic hit, and the arcades around the world had to close. As the months rolled on, Sega shut its iconic Tokyo arcade permanently and sold off its entire arcade business. Newly launched VR arcades had to close their doors, and gaming museums launched funding campaigns just to stay afloat.

“We are suffering a lot economically — we have been closed since March 13, 2020,” says Joaquín Litarte Maestre, co-founder of Arcade Vintage. “And with little hope of opening in the short term.”

Rick Gibson, CEO of the British Games Institute, which runs the National Videogame Museum, adds: “The pandemic, and subsequent lockdown, have led to some retro arcades closing permanently. The entire hospitality industry is unsurprisingly under massive pressure due to the pandemic and we’re not certain how much will have survived.”

Gibson adds: “We’d argue that you can’t know where you are going without knowing where you are from. It’s always revealing when young developers come to the galleries and discover game designs from 30 years ago that they didn’t know existed. We’re by definition a pioneering industry. but some of these wheels don’t need to be reinvented and the original inventors still have lots to teach the innovators of today.

“There’s such a rich heritage in games, especially in the UK. The founders of our sector are spread right across the country, especially in the north, so we’d appeal to everyone to support the efforts of charities like ours who are fighting to save our games heritage before it disappears altogether.”

Maestre agrees: “It is very important to remember where we come from, and to be able to analyze the evolution of the video game industry.”

There are challenges for these museums due to the restrictions of COVID-19. Maestre says that Arcade Vintage is struggling to cover the costs of basic maintenance needs for its units as it remains closed. The Strong was able to reopen in July 2020, and has maintained a steady stream of customers since, but it did require some changes and financial hardships.

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