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    Timeline Arcade

    3.6 (30 reviews)
    Fri 12:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)
    Sat 12:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)
    Updated a few days ago

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    Regina T.

    I wanted to love Timeline Arcade. I came here with my dad (60s) and my 14-year-old sister last Sunday afternoon, and we planned to stay for an hour. It seemed like a pretty good deal for $10 each. My dad hoped for some pinball games from the 60s and 70s but was told from the gentleman in the game store on the first floor that they only have pinball games from the 80s and younger. That's fine, there were still tons of pinball games! There was ski ball, several versions of pac man, racing games, a dance game like DDR, and many game consoles, including Nintendo and Wii. My sister was most excited about playing Wii games, and I wanted to play the DDR game. Unfortunately, we wasted about 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get to the Wii game because there was an error message. The worker came over and said she would try to fix it while we played other games. Unfortunately, we never got to play any Wii games because she later informed us that Nintendo was performing a system update for about another half hour. We wandered around and found some other games to play. I enjoyed ski ball, several pinball games, racing games and pac man rounds. Then my sister and I tried the DDR game. It worked at first, but the level was too difficult for us so we waited for the song to end, and we changed the difficulty to easy for the next song. Then the next song never came. The screen went black. The worker reset the game and it just had codes running across the screen for the rest of the time that we were there. My dad felt like he overpaid even though it was only $10 each since those games didn't work. He had experiences with other games while we were there that didn't work correctly as well that I do not recall, so it was a disappointing experience. The worker tried to be helpful, but I think she should have offered to extend our time since a lot of our time was spent interacting with non-working games. I have been to other retro arcades that had their games in working order whenever I was there, so I was surprised by my experience at Timeline Arcade.

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    Jillian F.

    This is the best arcade I've seen in a long while! Huge selection of games, many vintage from the 80's and 90's. All the machines were in good, if not great condition. About 15-20 different pinball machines too. If you want to be thrown back in time to your youth, this place will surely take you there! We took a trip from Harrisburg to Hanover just for this place alone. It was well worth it. My boyfriend and I love pinball and each bought an all day pass for $25. It was money well spent! We checked in shortly before 3pm and ended up staying until 11pm. We took beer and food breaks at the local breweries and bars within walking distance. It made for a great day trip. They also allow BYOB after 7 pm. We took advantage of that and saw many similarly aged patrons doing the same. Surprisingly, you did not have to wait in line to play most games. The layout of the place was nice. It was very clean and welcoming. It would be a great place for parents to take their kids, as both could connect a bit of pop culture together. It's a family run establishment and you can tell. The staff was helpful and welcoming. We plan on returning soon! A must stop if you're in the area and enjoy old school video games and pinball.

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    Awesome spot! Can't beat the price when it comes to playing the games. 10$ per person an hour.

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    11 years ago

    It's great to find a cool arcade in this day and age. The staff was friendly, the games were a lot of fun, we had a blast.

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    Awesome staff and great location in Downtown Hanover, Pa. was an awesome place to visit with my family during the weekend. Very nice staff

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    Timeline Arcade

    Timeline Arcade

    (53 reviews)

    So much fun! Everyone in here is having a good time. If you have to wait for the game you want,…read morejust go play something else. Tons of pinball. Frogger, 4 different Pac Man games, Burger Time, Dig Dug, Centipede, Time Crisis Two and Three, Return of the Jedi, Empire Strikes Back, Skeeball, Basketball, Guitar Hero, Donkey Kong, 4 or 5 Mortal Kombats, pool, air hockey, tons of other games that just weren't my kind. There is also a neat section with 80s couches, console TVs, Nintendo, Atari, and other consoles with tons of game cartridges. It's clean enough considering all of the people, including kids, touching everything. There were a handful of games that were broken. It's hot. Leave your coat in the car. Absolutely recommend. I'll see you there.

    Went here to celebrate a friend's birthday. I knew what to expect. Arcade games are not accessible…read moreto me. There's a great set of old sofas and chairs in the back, with retro consoles hooked up to those huge televisions like your grandparents had... I could have played those if they had any games that had appealed, but my first console was a n64 and they didn't have one of those. No nostalgia for me. Jeremy found the place overly loud so we left before our time ran out. There was a saint Patrick's Day parade going on right out front, since the arcade is on Yorks main Street. I suppose our other friends enjoyed themselves, but I didn't see them play any game for longer than 5 minutes. I think we're officially too old.

    Timeline Arcade - arcades - Updated May 2026

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