| 2022-01-04 | Anonymous | Aftershock reopened as of 12/27/2021 at 1444 E. Washington ave. The new location looks amazing, with a full bar and kids are still welcome with an adult until 7 daily |
| 2005-09-25 | Tony P | This place has been closed for a few months. Last I heard the owner was considering starting a new venture that may incorportate the games at a later time. I'll leave this place up for a while due to the comments. |
| 2005-09-23 | Teef | That was (I think) their original location before they moved onto the campus.
I did get an email back from the proprietor who said they are currently closed but plan to reopen sometime soon.
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| 2005-09-22 | Sean | Google maps now lists the location of this arcade as 1311 Northport Dr, Madison. I haven't been out there yet, but it may still exist... |
| 2005-09-16 | Teef | Seems to have vanished. Nothing at 506 State Street and our hotel clerk is thinking that 916 Williamson sounds suspiciously like the location of her friend's new coffee shop...
I sent an email to aftershockgames at aol.com and will post if I get anything back. |
| 2005-03-06 | Tony P | The phone number may be from a previous location? I haven't hear that it is close or has moved again. |
| 2005-02-21 | Todd | Is I was wondering if this place was still open tried calling but got nothing. |
| 2004-09-02 | Chris Freiberg | Visited again 9/1 - Asteroids is fixed, great! But "Reverse" on Defender was broken, bummer. Lot of dead machines around for some reason, but still many good classics to play on. Hope that the arcade can stay afloat with the new location and hourly rates. |
| 2004-03-30 | Chris Freiberg | Quibbles: Asteroids desperately needs new buttons-- monitor looks great, but I quickly gave up playing since the controls were so sticky and unresponsive. And no sound on The Empire Strikes Back? Upside: Tempest, Sinistar, and Missile Command play great. |
| 2004-03-30 | Chris Freiberg | Just there today-- nice place, nice selection of games. I'm glad that there's an arcade of the non-adult variety on State St. again, and I hope business is good enough to keep them going for a long time. I’ll definitely be coming back. |
| 2003-12-05 | Aftershock Retrogames | Added a Sinistar, and a Twilight Zone pinball machine. Picking up a Discs of Tron this weekend (12-6-03). |
| 2003-07-02 | Brad Van Kauwenbergh | Update: The games have been running for a couple of months now. Since then we've been working on the atmosphere to try and make it feel more like a classic arcade. Just finished up with re-modeling and lighting, and it looks pretty nice in here! So far, so good. Come check it out! |
| 2003-06-05 | Ivana Fukalot | This place is really cool and all, but the one thing I really hate is this dirty diaper smell. It really turns me off....it smells so bad, I think there might be a dead body in one of the machines or somehting |
| 2003-03-02 | Lee | I guess I'm lucky to live so close to this retro arcade. I've been a regular customer for about two months now, re-living all those great memories. Friendly arcade with awesome games. Rock on! |
| 2002-10-11 | Aftershock Retrogames | We have added more games! Tony stopped by recently,so we should get an updated list posted pretty soon. Some recent additions include a Black Knight 2000 (pinball) Defender, Spy Hunter, and Frogger. Q Bert, and Zaxxon are on the way! |
| 2002-07-26 | Chris Del Reo | Definitely a place to stop for any classic gamer. It was a true slice of heaven. The people there were great and the games were well worth the travel to play. |
| 2002-07-15 | cp | Some cool games, only lacks Defender!!! Nice guy running the place. I feel young again.
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| 2001-03-05 | Newtim | This place is out of a dream. So many good games. Not overpriced like Mall Arcades. All the games you loved to play when you were a kid! Even import Japaneese games. Strider 2, RocketMan 1,2. And the Manager is a cool guy. What else do you want? Check this place out! |
| 2001-02-23 | Pete B | Any classic gaming fan no matter your stripe (they sell consoles and the like as well) really needs to visit and support this place. A very impressive selection and run quite well. |
| 2001-02-13 | Tony P | Great place, run by a collector! |
| 2001-01-29 | Tom Severson | This arcade is great. Anyone in the Madison area should check it out. Lets just hope they can get Elevator Action and Discs of Tron as well. But you should go and support this place so it will stay here forever! |
| 2000-12-09 | Brad Van Kauwenbergh | An arcade dedicated to the preservation of classic gaming. Many more classics on the way! |