Happy Days Family Fun Center at Old Town

Step off Old Town’s strip into a neon pocket of pinball clatter and ticket-chute triumphs. Happy Days is a compact, slightly rough-around-the-edges arcade where Skee-Ball lanes rattle next to Jurassic Park and The Walking Dead cabinets, and a busy redemption counter glints with midway prizes. There’s a kitschy sideshow energy too — a fortune teller booth, a noisy electrocution cage gag, and frozen drinks served just next door. Families treat it like ritual; kids sprint for the high-score and parents linger over token specials while staffers patch machines and dole out bonus tokens when things go sideways. Tourists find it an easy, low-stakes stop between classic car nights and Old Town’s live entertainment; locals use it for quick birthday parties and weekday escapes. It isn’t polished, but the charm is in the misfires, the friendly attendants who smooth over glitches, and the small wins at the prize counter. Bring cash for token deals and lower expectations for perfection, but leave with the kind of small, loud memories arcades are meant to make.