Arcade Paradise review – enjoy some 90s retro vibes in this tribute to classic games
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/aug/11/arcade-paradise-review-enjoy-some-90s-retro-in-this-tribute-to-classic-games-launderette-pc-xbox-nintento-playstation
PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5; Nosebleed Interactive/Wired ProductionsThis unusual game has you managing your dad’s launderette while running a secret arcade out the back
It’s the early 1990s, and you – a college dropout – have been tasked with babysitting your chronically disappointed father’s launderette business. It is not an exciting job. You pick up rubbish, you unclog the toilet, you load laundry into machines and take it out again. But in the back room, there’s a small collection of arcade machines to help customers while away the time as their shirts dry, and there’s enough money in their coin hoppers to buy a whole new cabinet. And so you begin the slow process of secretly transforming your father’s business into a thriving arcade, reinvesting the cash you make from washing people’s dirty underwear into buying more video games.