Tilt, also known as Tilt Family Entertainment Center, is a chain of classic video arcades once found inside various shopping malls across the United States. Tilt is owned by Nickels and Dimes Incorporated (NDI), founded in Carrollton, Texas and currently headquartered in Celina, Texas. The classic Tilt chain has been supplanted by much larger Tilt Studio and Tilted 10 locations.
The first Tilt! game room was in Six Flags Mall in 1972. It was founded by Craig Singer. At its peak, the chain had roughly 200 locations from Hawaii to New York, and two in New South Wales, Australia at Manly Fun Pier at Manly Wharf and Miranda Westfield Shopping Centre in Sydney.[1][2] The classic Tilt arcades have had their ups and downs over the years; there were 30 Tilt locations in 2016,[3] just "over 15" at the end of 2019, and only 5 during the pandemic in February 2021. As of May 2023 only 4 classic Tilt arcades (now referred to as "amusement centers") remain in California and Hawaii.
NDI continues to grow its Tilt Studio family entertainment complexes (14 open as of May 2023 with 2 more on the way), which include arcade games plus food service and major attractions. Tilted 10 facilities (2 open as of May 2023) also include bowling.[4]
Locations[]
Arizona[]Mesa[]
Phoenix[]
California[]Bakersfield[]
Canoga Park[]
Carlsbad[]
El Cajon[]
Eureka[]
Fairfield[]
Fresno[]
Hayward[]
Laguna Hills[]
Modesto[]
Montebello[]
Newark[]Pasadena[]
Stockton[]
Thousand Oaks[]
Tracy[]
Valencia[]
Victorville[]West Covena[]
Woodland[]
Colorado[]Aurora[]
Florida[]Lake Wales[]
Georgia[]Atlanta[]
Dunwoody[]Hawaii[]Aiea[]
Hilo[]
Kaneohe[]
Waialua[]
Waipahu[]
Idaho[]Twin Falls[]
Illinois[]Alton[]
Bloomington[]
Champaign[]
Normal[]
Rockford[]
Indiana[]Evansville[]
Fort Wayne[]
Indianapolis[]
Twin Falls[]
Iowa[]Sioux City[]
Waterloo[]
Kentucky[]Florence[]
Louisiana[]Hammond[]
Monroe[]New Orleans[]
Massachusetts[]Dartmouth[]
Michigan[]Bay City[]
Minnesota[]Burnsville[]
Missouri[]Cape Girardeau[]
Crestwood[]Joplin[]
Springfield[]St. Louis[]South County Mall St. Peters[]
Montana[]Billings[]
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New Jersey[]Atlantic City[]Phillipsburg[]
Voorhees[]
New Mexico[]Farmington[]
Gallup[]
North Carolina[]Greensboro[]
Wilmington[]
Ohio[]Sandusky[]
Oklahoma[]Oklahoma City[]
Oregon[]Medford[]
Salem[]
Pennsylvania[]Altoona[]
Bethel Park[]
Erie[]
Greensburg[]
Monroeville[]
Tarentum[]
Tennessee[]Kingsport[]
Texas[]Amarillo[]
Arlington[]
Austin[]
Baytown[]Beaumont[]Brownsville[]
Corpus Christi[]
Dallas[]
Del Rio[]
Denton[]El Paso[]
Friendswood[]
Houston[]
Humble[]Hurst[]
Irving[]
Killeen[]
Laredo[]
Lewisville[]
Pasadena[]
Plano[]
South Denton[]
Temple[]
Texas City[]
Victoria[]
Waco[]Wichita Falls[]
The Woodlands[]
Utah[]Murray[]
Virginia[]Arlington[]
Bristol[]
Newport News[]
Washington[]Bellingham[]Federal Way[]
Kelso[]
Spokane[]
Vancouver[]
West Virginia[]Beckley[]Wisconsin[]Madison[]
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Game Sales[]
Tilt locations have long been known for their yearly holiday game sales. These were held in order to reduce the number of games in the arcades to make room for new titles, to clear unwanted games from inventory, and to avoid taxes for the following year. Game sales started in September or October and ran through the end of the calendar year. Each game had its own price tag. Very old or undesirable games might be priced under $50; a brand-new game might be priced at or even above retail price in order to recoup replacement costs.
Trivia[]
Other brands operated by parent company NDI included Gold Mine and Electronic America. Updated Tilt facilities would become rebranded as Tilt Studio, adding many other features other than just an arcade, such as laser tag, snack bars and rides. Locations with bowling alleys became branded as Tilted 10.
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References[]
- ↑ Gaming Arcades - Sydney by salsicce77, Whirlpool Forums. 2019-02-07.
- ↑ Westfield Miranda TVC 1992 by For The Love Of Broadcast, YouTube. 2019-03-17.
- ↑ Locations, Tilt Studio. Archived 2016-08-21.
- ↑ Locations, Tilt Studio. Accessed 2022-05-19.
External links[]
- Tilt Studio official website
- Tilt (archived 2006-04-28, 1998-12-02)
- Tilt (arcade) at Wikipedia