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Ground Kontrol Arcade

Retro arcade games and pinball at Ground Kontrol in Portland. Best of three on a game nobody knows.

Load up at Portland's classic arcade, full of old cabinets and pinball machines. Each pick a game the other has never played, then go best of three on one that's new to everybody. Whoever wins puts their initials on the high score screen, and you photograph it as proof. Check the age rules if anyone under 21 is coming.

  • Date or adventure
  • 1-3 hours
  • Easy
  • Under $20
  • Indoors

Good with friends

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Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, Old Town, Portland115 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
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Checked October 2026

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About this place

Ground Kontrol has been Portland's classic arcade since 1999, packed with Golden Age arcade cabinets and long rows of pinball machines in Old Town, with a full bar since 2011. It's all ages in the afternoon and 21 and over in the evening.

If you get hooked, they run monthly pinball tournaments.

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