The biggest arcade in Europe - which is in Bury - is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.
Arcade Club, based at Ella Mill, began as a passion project by owner Andy Palmer.
Andy first opened up his private collection of 30 machines to the public from the back room of his Haslingden computer shop in 2014.
It quickly gathered pace and he moved the club to a small Haslingden warehouse, which became home to around 100 machines.
Just a year later, they relocated to Bury and began to fill the new space with even more technology, including VR headsets, retro games consoles and a tuck shop.
The business has gone from strength to strength ever since, expanding from one to four floors in the Cork Street mill and opening two additional arcades in Leeds and Blackpool.
Dan Butt, brand manager at Arcade Club, said: “The support we’ve had over the past decade has been fantastic. It’s all been built around community.”
Once visitors have paid a one-off entry fee of £10 per child or £18 per adult, all games inside are free to play.
The arcade also boasts an American-style diner and bar, offering subsidised food and drink to players.
Dan added: “Everything we make, we put back into business to make it better for the community.
“We have to give people the best experience possible for the best value we can. That means free play gaming and giving them more for less.
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“Our food and drinks are all subsidised to help keep it accessible.”
The family-friendly venue has been featured in the Netflix thriller, Fool Me Once, and supplied props to major productions such as Ready Player One, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Black Mirror.
One particular highlight for the business was hosting a sold-out event with John Romero, who is dubbed the "rock star" of gaming design, two years ago.
The creator of Doom, one of the biggest games of the 90s, then paved the way for the first-person shooter genre which remains one of the most popular today.
Fans were also given the chance to play a "once in a lifetime" deathmatch with the star.
The arcade, which has hundreds of five-star reviews on TripAdvisor, remains a family business and officially marked its 10th anniversary on October 31.
To celebrate, Arcade Club has launched an online community for the first time.
The new website allows users to register high scores, write reviews for their favourite games and connect with the wider community.
Dan said: “We wanted to bring back traditional competitions and get the community re-engaging with that old school mentally where they can bond over high scores.”
Speaking about the arcade branch expansions, Dan added: “It was all a leap of faith but we believed that the concept worked so we hit the ground running.
“The Blackpool opening was pretty special as it was a real full circle moment for Andy, who had a lot of happy memories there from playing in arcades as a child.
“It’s fair to say that nostalgia has governed it all.”
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