Wayback's Arcade

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*As of July 20, 2025, the only known locations with rhythm games in Louisiana are:

-Adventure Quest Laser Tag | New Orleans | DDR SuperNOVA | PUBLIC
-Barkdale ATB Arcades Room | Shreveport (Barkdale ATB) | StepMania Converted Cabinet | PRIVATE
-Big Easy Social | New Orleans | Dance Central 3 | PUBLIC
-Dave & Busters Lafayette | Lafayette | Pump It Up XX | PUBLIC
-Dave & Busters New Orleans | New Orleans | Pump It Up XX | PUBLIC
-Game On Social Hub | New Orleans (Kenner Area) | Guitar Hero | PUBLIC
-Main Event | Baton Rouge | Beat Saber | Pump It Up XX | PUBLIC
-Wayback's Arcade | Alexandria (Pineville Area) | CHUNITHUM Paradise Lost | DDR SuperNOVA 2 | Guitar Hero | jubeat Ave. | pop'n music Unilab | Pump It Up PRIME | Sound Voltex Exceed Gear | Wacca Reverse | PUBLIC
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"Wayback’s Arcade in Pineville, LA is like the one you loved “way back,” but with a big difference. You won’t pay quarters, tokens, or even swipe a card to play a game. $13 gets you all day unlimited free play from open to close." - From the main website.

Wayback's Arcade is the largest arcade in Louisiana, created by local hobbyists and arcade enthusiasts to answer the call of "there is nothing to do in Central Louisiana."

Wayback's Arcade offers a wide selection of over 100 arcade games, one of them being DDR SuperNOVA2, a console room with 10 consoles preloaded with hundreds of games(Atari 2600 to PS3), dang near 20 pinball machines, pizza, ice cream, drinks, snacks, merchandise, side rooms for birthday parties, classic music from the 80s, a photo booth, basketball hoops, skeeball, foosball, air hockey tables, old movies playing in the console room, free Wi-Fi, and a wonderful retro atmosphere to finish it off. Oh, and a shiny discoball! With this much space and that many games, you'll be a long ways from boredom. Plus, tournaments for various games are occasionally held, special events are sometimes held and announced in the Facebook page, and there's a high score board to shoot for too!

Wayback's also has a membership service, where you can pay a single cost of $35 to get unlimited access for that whole month. You can even pay for 3 months, 6 months, a year, or, at a whopping $1,500 dollars, a lifetime membership!

Wayback's knows money can be hard to come by, and so they offer discounts!
Every Monday, college students get in 50% off with proof of ID.
Every Tuesday is Family Day, where one immediate family member gets in free with your purchase of entry.
Every third Thursday is Membership Appreciation day, where members get 30% off any purchase made in the arcade, plus the ability to bring in one guest free.
Military, law enforcement officers, and first responders get 10% off anytime.
When you come in for the first time, ask for a loyalty card. This card has 5 slots to be punched, and when all 5 are punched, you can redeem that card for a free entry.

So, if you ever find yourself in CenLA thinking there's nothing to do, because there really isn't much around here, swing by Wayback's Arcade. Whether it be for 30 minutes or 3 hours, you'll be glad you came. As an added bonus, there's a local coffee shop next door too, in case you need that extra push to get a AA on MAX 300 Expert.

A slightly outdated, but mostly complete review of the arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8448s6foyA
A slightly less outdated, but more complete review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nmgrvil-WM

Due to rambunctious idiots breaking the computers, they are gone, but in their place, the console and PC room is being upgrade to the console and Rhythm Game room, where all existing and new rhythm games will be moved.
EAmusement + Aime cards will now be sold for $10 for people to save their scores on our rhythm games.

Due to limited space, every pinball machine we have cannot be out at one time. If you see one listed as "Not Working," and "Currently out of commission," that just means it's in the back and may come back again one day.

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left Cabinet. Online. Cabinet is rather quiet and and can be hard to hear given the cabs surrounding it. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad feels a bit loose. Still plays just fine though.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left Cabinet. Cabinet is rather quiet and and can be hard to hear given the cabs surrounding it. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad feels a bit loose. Still plays just fine though.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Right cabinet. Online. Cabinet is rather quiet and and can be hard to hear given the cabs surrounding it.".

Guitar Hero Arcade (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "P1 over strums sometimes. P2 tilt sensor doesn't work.".

Location updated.

Location updated.

CHUNITHM PARADISE LOST (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Online. Hand sensors are little wonky sometimes but it's VERY rare that it'll effect gameplay.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Right cabinet. Definitely NOT online. Cabinet is rather quiet and hard to hear, considering it sits right next to a TV blasting movies at max volume.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left Cabinet. Definitely NOT online. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad feels a bit loose. Still plays just fine though.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left Cabinet. Online. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad feels a bit loose. Still plays just fine though.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Condition changed from Great to Perfect.

pop'n music UniLab (Japan) updated.
• Condition changed from Great to Perfect.

Bishi Bashi Channel (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Game is currently in Japanese, and is not on free play, taking Yen only. They have been trying to fix it for months.".
• Condition changed from Perfect to Not Working.

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Right cabinet. Online. Cabinet is rather quiet and hard to hear, considering it sits right next to a TV blasting movies at max volume.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left Cabinet. Online. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad is a bit finicky and almost feels loose.".

pop'n music UniLab (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Online. The game is partially in English. No headphone jack.".

jubeat Ave. (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Online. Most if not all buttons are very undersensitive and require some force to be pressed and registered. Speakers very quiet, cab has no headphone jack".

SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "BOOTH cabinet with a VIVID WAVE marquee running EXCEED GEAR. (Confusing, I know) Connected to the servers. 0 on the keypad is stuck down but can still be pressed. Cannot access Blaster Gate and Paseli. Left knob is extremely loose and often drops inputs.".
• Condition changed from Bad to Moderate.

SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "BOOTH cabinet with a VIVID WAVE marquee running EXCEED GEAR. (Confusing, I know) Connected to the servers. 0 doesn’t work on the keypad. Cannot access Blaster Gate and Paseli. Left knob is extremely loose and rubs/binds when trying to turn unless you hold it a very hyper-specific way. Both FX buttons are very sticky. 2nd button is sticky and often unresponsive. Please, for the love of god Wayback's, show this cabinet some love!".

SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "BOOTH cabinet with a VIVID WAVE marquee running EXCEED GEAR. (Confusing, I know) Connected to the servers. 0 doesn’t work on the keypad. Cannot access Blaster Gate and Paseli. Left knob is extremely loose and rubs/binds when trying to turn unless you hold it a very hyper-specific way. Both FX buttons are very sticky. 2nd button is sticky and often unresponsive. Please, for the love of god, show this cabinet some love, Wayback's.".

Stellar Wars (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left flipper occasionally gets stuck and bumpers calculate score incorrectly.".
• Condition changed from Perfect to Great.

Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball (International) deleted.

Tee'd Off (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Spinny wheel in the middle never fails to give you the wrong letter lol".
• Condition changed from Perfect to Great.

Star Wars Arcade (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Controller is often unresponsive. Also, The Last Starfighter fangame is next to this.".
• Condition changed from Perfect to Moderate.

pop'n music UniLab (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "The game is partially in English. Connected to the servers. Cards will work. Originally Sunny Park, later Unraveling Mysteries. No headphone jack. Right white button is a bit sticky sometimes. (Volume has been significantly increased as of 5/25/25)".
• Condition changed from Perfect to Great.

SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Original BOOTH cabinet from 01-2011 with VIVID WAVE marquee running EXCEED GEAR. Connected to the servers. 0 doesn’t work on the keypad. Cannot access Blaster Gate and Paseli. As of 11/28/2025, left knob is in pretty bad condition. Knob is extremely loose and rubs/binds when trying to turn unless you hold it a very specific way. Drops inputs often, the cab isn't very playable in its current state. Right knob is a bit wobbly but works perfectly fine. Both FX buttons are very sticky. 2nd button is sticky and often unresponsive.".
• Condition changed from Moderate to Bad.

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Right cabinet. Connected to the servers. Cards will work. Cabinet is rather quiet and hard to hear, considering it sits right next to a TV blasting movies at max volume.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Left Cabinet. Connected to the servers. Cards will work. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad is a bit finicky and almost feels loose.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Connected to the servers. Cards will work. Right cabinet. Cabinet is rather quiet and hard to hear, considering it sits right next to a TV blasting movies at max volume.".

Bishi Bashi Channel (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "In English. Card scanner is VERY finicky and barely works half the time. Please grab an attendant and let them work their magic for you.".

WACCA REVERSE (International) updated.
• Comment changed to "Connected to the servers. Cards will work. Cabinet is slightly louder than the one on the right. Right side of the touchpad is a bit finicky and almost feels loose.".
• Condition changed from Perfect to Great.

jubeat Ave. (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Connected to the servers. Cards will work. Formerly Jubeat Festo. 2nd Row 2nd Collumn button is sometimes unresponsive. Speakers very quiet, cab has no headphone jack".

SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR (Japan) updated.
• Comment changed to "Original BOOTH cabinet from 01-2011 with VIVID WAVE marquee running EXCEED GEAR. Connected to the servers. 0 doesn’t work on the keypad. Cannot access Blaster Gate and Paseli. As of 11/28/2025, left knob is in pretty bad condition. Knob is extremely loose and rubs/binds when trying to turn unless you hold it a very specific way. Drops inputs often, the cab isn't very playable in its current state. Right knob is a bit wobbly but works perfectly fine.".

Location information updated.