Optimus Entertainment

"Great place for children's parties and outings! So much for them to do in a safe space. The food was delicious and the workers kept a watchful eye one the children for their safety. I can hardly wait to go back! Fun time!"

"Fun arcade has some premium attractions but some where offline. No outside food or drink, unless prearranged for a party. 25$ gets you like 140-150 tokens most things are 8 with bumper cars/laser tag are 20."

"The game room is very limited, it's hot, and the bathrooms are a mess. The staff was nice, but I did not like how the owner Interacted with my 1q year old daughter then wouldn't even address me as her parent. My daughter was in the play center keeping an eye on her 5 year old brother as I asked her to. When the owner kicked her out and wouldn't let her explain why she was in there. My daughter came and told me what happened and the owner wouldn't even address me."

"It has potential but its lacking. It smells, hot and dark. Like almost pitch black besides lights on the games. I asked can the light be turned on because I had 2 toddlers with me and the manager said “no, this is how we keep it”. The toddler area needs to be cleaned. They require kids take their shoes off and their feet was filthy after playing and the area smelled like urine. If we wasn’t invited to a party we would have immediately left."

"TL;DR: Great for casuals, hardcore gamers stay away. When I heard that a new arcade was opening up in New Orleans, I was very excited, and for the casual looker, this will fill their needs. However, a good number of issues prevent this location from being a regular spot for me. The main arcade is definitely a unique experience, with multiple non-traditional ticket games with inconsistent timing and huge RNG pools that make AP tough, though the prize selection is simple and has some good picks. Many of the selling points of this arcade include VR stations with a variety of experiences (no full games like Beat Saber, Superhot, or Pistol Whip), a driving simulator (not suitable for anyone who's played more traditional racing games like Forza or Grand Turismo), along with new laser tag setups and a small bumper car arena. As for the true arcade games, while I wasn't able to test Dance Central, I did take some time to play on a variety of their racing, fighting, shooter, and puzzle games. This is where it all breaks down. I'll call out two specific examples. One is the build of Outrun 2, which was actually a modified version of Outrun 2006 for PC. While it played fine, the game asks for a selection concerning car, course, and so on, then proceeds to dump back into a script that selects the options again for you, and then after some loading, starts. Okay, fine. Then the game starts, and all the music has been replaced with some random pop track?! The original rock and house tracks got replaced, and it just loops the same song over and over. Definitely not Outrun 2. Next, let's look at their multicades. While official multicades are available, if I mention "Pandora's Box" you should know what to expect. Inconsistent performance, a variety of unlicensed games, and easily the slowest game of Tetris Grand Masters I've played in my life. This system CRAWLS and I'm not kidding. This thing runs at about 30-50% speed and makes playing properly impossible. I had to stop after a minute of in game time (around 2:30 actual time) and move on. To finish off, the fighting games played well, and the controls were snappy despite not being Sanwa parts. No lag on SFV, and looking at another player doing Tekken 7, it wasn't bad at all. In conclusion, most people will come here for a bit and have an absolute blast, but this place is not suitable for anyone looking for an authentic arcade. The huge examples of running bootleg arcade games is a massive red flag and absolutely must be corrected before I come back in. I wish this company the best of luck in making a solid arcade, but I want to pay the people that developed these games, not an anonymous shell company producing random PCBs with illegal software. Background: I've been going to arcades for 20+ years, focusing on rhythm and hardcore games including DDR, PIU, SDVX, and a wide variety of classic games including Pac-Man, Tempest, Galaga, and Centipede."