The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment

This place is exactly what "keeps Oakland weird" (in a good, Portland kinda way)

They have the ancient consoles you can play from the 70s!  Some systems you need to figure out how to jigger to access the treasure trove of billions of hours of game design, game design of a golden age, an age before every game turned into a first person shooter game.  Games were good back then the same way movies were - back then they didnt have the luxury of fancy graphics to paper-over shitty plots; so they sank or swam on pure artistry.... the same goes with gameplay.

I wouldn't come here if you are looking for a pure coin-op focused nostalgic experience the same way Hi Score in Alameda provides.  But if you want to relive the home console experience of the ages, then this your place.

(Small Sidenote: Guys... there are billions of us rapidly ageing Gen Xers who grew up with Commodore 64s; given its massive market share and influence of the gaming Zeitgeist of yore, you can't just put an exhibit showing the ancient hardware and call it a decade,  leaving us bereft of even a single C64 emulator to play on?!?  Amiga too was brought in from an advanced dimension for us to enjoy back then)

This place was so fun! I brought my brother and son here for a day out & we had a wonderful time.
It was a $10 entry for unlimited play on multiple consoles. Everyone on the staff was super nice and friendly.
I highly recommend this place if you're looking for a way to amuse the kiddos or want a cheap day date.

M.A.D.E. is a unique Museum in Oakland where about 20 home video game consoles are set up with a brief description & history of each. The cool thing is that you can play all the games here so if you are a gamer you would be in heaven.

For non-gamers like myself I still enjoyed it & found it educational. I used to play Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis back in the day so there was definitely some nostalgia being here playing these consoles. Some consoles have only one game set up to play while many others allow one to choose between a dozen or more games.

Everything from Super Mario Brothers to Sonic the Hedgehog is here. My favorite game from back in the day was Street Fighter II & glad I was able to play some games of it. It is interesting to trace the evolution of the Nintendo & Sega consoles as they evolve w/ better technology over time.

There is even a Tetris game set up & if a player beats the high score than they can get a free t shirt. The most interesting console that came out before I was born was the Atari 2600 that came out way back in 1977. You can play it & the game is quite remedial showing how far video games have come since the late 1970s.

With a $5 admission fee allowing you to play to your heart's content it is well worth coming here instead of an arcade for the variety, the write ups about the consoles, & community of other game enthusiasts.

As a gamer, this place is heaven on earth.

Large space, and packed to the prim with amazing games -- 5300+!

They have everything from Guitar Hero & Rockband (drums and keyboard too!) to a really massive collection of Dreamcast, Genesis, SNES, NES, Atari, and PS1/2 games.

Seriously a gamer's paradise. And for $10 for a day admission, it's a helluva cheaper than buying rockband equipment or even playing video games at an arcade. Plus it's a non profit!

So cool, plan on coming back a ton.

This place is a true homage to childhood. For $10 you can relive all the excitement, rage, and general carefree youthfulness of playing video games. Of course adults play video games too but for someone like me who stopped sometime during those transitional teenage years, this place brought back a lot of nostalgia and good memories. I didn't look around the entire place but I would be surprised if they didn't have a game you wanted. There is even a game you pay trapped in a box! Overall, an Oakland gem and I hope to return soon!

I was next door at Honda for a test drive, and popped in here to take a look with my son.  We did not have time for a proper visit--I asked if we could do a quick peek to see what sort of consoles and games they had, but they didn't allow it.  Sure, they absolutely didn't need to let us, but it rubbed me the wrong way--a little friendliness goes a long way in impressions to your potential customers.
My kids and I have great fun at similar sorts of places like High Scores Arcade or the Pacific Pinball Museum (both in Alameda), and the management at those places seem more catering to their clientele.
Maybe sometime I'll give them another chance...

This place is pretty awesome. All the games are loaded onto the consoles so sky's the limit for nostalgia. Kids enjoyed playing Rock Band and Smash Bros. with other patrons. We will be back

This is great fun for all ages! Absolutely love this place and there's no Alcohol which is good clean fun! No drama, no loud cursing or annoying drunks LOL. Great for family's please come and spend your money so this Diamond in the rough can open it's doors more often!

Impressive game selection. All day game play for only $10. Great spot for families or date night.

Amazing place. It was only $7 and I got to play old video games from my childhood. They have a wide variety of games and nice staff