"Funspot was founded in 1952 by Bob Lawton, who still runs the arcade. In the late 1990s, he realized that he'd accumulated enough classic games over the years to merit a museum," the Only In Your State says.

"Now, the museum displays about 250 arcade and pinball machines at any one time, with more in storage. Unlike most museums, you're welcome to touch the exhibits! All of the games in the museum are available for visitors to play.

"The games represent a broad swath of American arcade history, ranging from 1930s pinball machines to Donkey Kong. All of the games in the museum were made before 1987 - the founders felt that cut-off date represents the transition to the modern video game era."

"Housed inside New Hampshire’s Funspot, which holds the Guinness World Record for largest arcade, the American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM) collects almost 200 vintage arcade machines for future generations to marvel at," the Atlas Obscura says.

"Founded in 1998, the museum was the brainchild of Funspot employee Gary Vincent who proposed that they gather all of the aging games in the huge arcade into one spot and start a museum. His bosses took the bait and the ACAM was born.

"Vintage games like Tetris, Toobin’, Galaxian, Tron, and Space Invaders are all organized by their publisher, with big signs hanging over the cabinets trumpeting, “Atari,” “Taito,” and “Nintendo.” Each year the museum is also home to the Annual Classic Video Game and Pinball Tournament where gamers from around the globe come and try to beat Guinness-recognized high scores."

"The arcade industry has a colorful and lively history that is not being preserved for future generations. Many manufacturers such as Mike Munves, Chicago Coin, Chester Pollard, Genco, Gretchen, Photar, Centuri, Taito, Nichibutsu, Midway, Irem, Gottlieb, Atari, Exidy and many more are no longer in the coin operated game business. Their history and the games they produced are fading away and need a place where that legacy can be remembered and preserved," the official website says.

"One of the major goals of the organization will be keeping alive the history of coin-operated arcade games. This will be accomplished through educational displays, cut-away models of games, vintage publications, antique catalogs and guest lectures given by prominent figures in arcade history. The organization presently has a large collection of vintage advertising materials and catalogs from the post WWII era that will also be displayed.

The American Classic Arcade Museum will be a one of a kind facility that will keep this part of American history alive for those that experienced it and for those who were too young to remember."

"Jewels from the Golden Age include the first ever coin-op video game, Nutting Associate's 1971 Computer Space, as well as other early pioneers like Exidy's controversial 1976 Death Race that let you score points by running over stick-figured monsters, Atari's 1972 Pong, and even Tatsumi's TX-1, one of the original sit-down driving games that utilized not one, but three screens -- a tactic also used by the Patriots in Tecmo Bowl," the Funspot.com says.

"More contemporary rows of donated and lovingly restored machines are organized by system manufacturer: Nintendo (Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers, Punch-Out), Atari (Pac Man, Berzerk, Galaxian), Taito (Space Invaders), Sega (After Burner, Turbo), Bally Midway (Tron), plus color vector games like Star Wars and Tempest, and classic fighting faves like Double Dragon, Street Fighter
and Mortal Kombat.

"Because it's more fun when there're losers, ACAM also hosts an annual tourney hoping to draw retro gamers from across the globe -- an epic event assuming it doesn't turn into a Maine one."

"Thousands of Zaxxon, Galaga, Asteroids and other console games ended up in dumps. But Fun Spot survived. It had a bowling alley, kids' rides and lots of other attractions. It had ample space to store its big console games — and Vincent had learned to repair and maintain them," the WBUR says.

"Then, in the early ’90s, Vincent noticed something funny happening when visitors showed up. "They would see a Defender on the floor, or a Pac-Man, and say, ‘Wow, they used to have one of these at the pizza place in town, but they took it out. So, I’m so happy you have a few of these games left,’ " Vincent recalls.

"He found games at yard sales and on eBay. They were in various stages of working order, so Vincent bought old control panels, marquees and industry-standard 19-inch screens. While juggling his other responsibilities at Fun Spot, he found time to hole up in his massive workshop to repair and reconstruct games."

"The arcade industry has a colorful and lively history that is not being preserved for future generations. Many manufacturers such as Mike Munves, Chicago Coin, Chester Pollard, Genco, Gretchen, Photar, Centuri, Taito, Nichibutsu, Midway, Irem, Gottlieb, Atari, Exidy and many more are no longer in the coin operated game business," the Roadtrippers.com says.

"Their history and the games they produced are fading away and need a place where that legacy can be remembered and preserved. Some notable facts from arcade history include David Gottlieb’s invention of the pinball machine in 1931. His game, Baffle Ball, was a huge hit at the time. In January of 1942, New York Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, confiscated 2,325 pinball machines and had them destroyed saying they were gambling devices.

"His photo, sledgehammer in hand, has appeared in many publications over the years. LaGuardia donated the metal from these destroyed machines to the military to help with the war against the Nazis. The directors of this organization have a combined experience of over 100 years in the arcade industry. Their experience is the driving force behind the organization and gives it the knowledge base to make it a success. There is no such museum in existence at this time that covers the history of coin-operated arcade machines."

"This is a list of games at Funspot, an arcade located in the village of Weirs Beach in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States.

"Funspot is ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's largest arcade. (Wikipedia)

"The majority of games at Funspot are part of the American Classic Arcade Museum's collection, a non-profit organization located on Funspot's second floor, whose goal is to "promote and preserve the history of coin-operated arcade games."

"The video game era had arrived, and quickly took over Funspot’s floor space. Pool tables were removed and replaced with banks of video games, and by 1986 a whole new building was designed and constructed to house what is now known as The Largest Arcade In The World," The Arcade Blogger says.



"A fact almost unique to Funspot is that the majority of video games found within the property, have been there from new; they have been ‘on location’ at the same location for over 30 years – an incredible feat considering the videogame industry fell off a cliff during the 80s. Even those original Sea Wolf and Indy 4 machines are still on the floor and still going strong.

"Now known as The American Classic Arcade Museum, ACAM houses over 300 original classic arcade games all under one roof. It’s an impressive sight."

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