Fun-O-Rama

Awesome classic, old-school arcade! It really makes you feel like it's the late 80s again! (assuming you're old enough) And if you're not old enough to remember, well then this is pretty much the vibe! The arcade games (at least the ones we played) were still only 25¢, which is unheard of. A great place to spend an hour or so hanging out!

Yikes! Who's in charge of this place? Not that I blame them because what a terrible job but staff seems like a bunch of checked out teens with no personality. First two games we tried just took our money, got refund. Continued our rounds with $20 worth of quarters and found many machines out of order and not marked, some worked but not correctly etc. It was honestly a joke. So many games took our money it wasn't even worth walking up to counter every 2 minutes for refund. Aweful shell of an arcade that hasn't spent any money on upkeep..

This is a large arcade by the beach, so it's fun to come down and play some arcade games. As other reviews have stated, there are a few games aren't working, and it's obvious because they're not on, so you don't try to play them. The problem is when the game is on but doesn't work or give out tickets, and you've wasted your money on it. That just shows its a poorly run arcade. Overall it's fun. There are some brand new arcade games mixed in with all the other ones.

Fun-O-Rama in York is a true gem! It's a vibrant arcade, bursting with a wide array of games catering to all age groups. The lively atmosphere coupled with the friendly staff makes your visit even more enjoyable. Whether you're a fan of classic or modern games, there's something for everyone. Don't miss out on the chance to win some cool prizes. A must-visit spot for family fun or a nostalgic trip down memory lane! Sorry I didn't get a whole lot of pics!

This place has the perfect variety of video games and ticket games! Although some of the games could use some maintenance (like waverunner and Daytona USA) but overall, I had fun here! Staff were super friendly and those other reviews don’t give this place enough credit. My dad went here as a kid and they still have the machines he used to play on! Overall 7/10 experience.

This place is a shell of what it may remember it being. I would say around 38% of the games are out of order, which is sad, as many of these games should be preserved with care. Instead, they are shoved into corners and left to decay with the salty air. Many of the games that were “working” had mechanical issues, most to the point of inoperability. There is still a lot going on, and much fun to be had, but I would meter your expectations as best as possible. Also, the staff all seem depressed. It doesn’t help the atmosphere, and I hope they are okay.

It feels as though you stepped into a time machine at Fun-O-Rama. I would say 45% of the games didn't function properly or at all. Still had a nice time. Not very clean.

The selection looked great. SO MUCH of it was broken and not marked out of order. At least two pinball machines (champions pub and the Star Wars one) took one quarter and then didnt recognize the next one. Time Crisis and Silent Scope had broken light guns, so i paid and then couldn’t actually play the game. Theater of Magic played fine but took ages to return balls once they were locked or went to the trunk, and High Roller soft locked when I locked a ball and it just never came back. Completely unacceptable and a giant disappointment.

Fun-O-Rama is classic amusement arcade that opened in York, Maine in the 1960s. The building located right on Short Sands Beach originally operated as a bathhouse in the 1940s and then a rollerskating rink before pinball machines began to appear in the 1950s. By the 1960s, the building was converted into a full-blown amusement arcade. Over 250 games can be found at Fun-O-Rama, both classic and modern alike. Since 2001, the owner of the arcade has been Robert Lago of New Hampshire-based Grape Hill Associates LLC. The arcade operates seasonally from Memorial Day through Labor Day. My family and I visited Fun-O-Rama this summer while we were spending the week in York. It was our first day in town, and after exploring the Short Sands Beach area we wandered into the arcade. Both of my young sons are obsessed with arcades, so they were very excited. Fun-O-Rama has a nice mixture of various types of arcade amusements, both classic and modern. In addition to the classic arcade cabinets of the 1980s, there were also pinball machines, skee-ball, air hockey, arcade basketball, arcade bowling, kiddie rides, a fortune teller machine, driving games, and shooter games. The place (and the games) seemed well-loved; countless hands had used those joysticks over the last several decades. We only stayed for a little while, as it was getting late, but my sons both had a fun visit. If you're planning to visit York in the summer and you love classic arcades, then you must visit Fun-O-Rama!

My husband went here on vacations as a kid and I've been here with him at least 3-4 times now, it's a blast, especially for people who grew up in the 80s / 90s. A lot of the games are broken, so choose wisely and look before you pop your coins in. Or, you can ask a staff member if it works. They just keep some of the broken games for the nostalgia factor. We've lost coins at times but we've also gotten free games or tickets at times, so it all works out and it's more about the fun than anything. Some of the games do not give tickets and you're just playing for fun - you can tell by looking at the machine beforehand if it gives out tickets. If a game malfunctions and doesn't spit out your tickets, it's pretty easy to get a staff member to fix the game (usually jammed or empty tickets) - and they will make sure you get your tickets.

Half the games are out of order, the claw machines are such a joke the claw will drop your win 9 out of 10 times. My family spent about 100$ in less then 1 hour & all together maybe had 300 tickets. 3rd visit this summer same outcome. We wont waste our time or money here anymore. Kids get frustrated they cant even win a .50$ fluorescent neon rubber pig that squeaks (5 or so claw machines are filled with these things been the same since 2021) ! Or how about the mini stuffy filled claw machine, nope you wont win that folks dont get excited!! Old school nostalgia some people say. I beg to differ it looks and feels like your on a horror movie set and Freddy Kruger is behind the blacked out game machines that line the entire back half of the arcade.

Fun-O-Rama has all the flashback appeal of an arcade of the past! Unfortunately, it's also got the game reliability of the past. Many games are old and breaking down and the number of tickets needed to get anything of value is massive. It is located right on the beach and is a great visit for some nostalgia, but it needs some serious renovating to be anything worth writing home about.

BEWARE!!! More than half the games are broken. Out of those that do work, half of those don't give tickets. Bring your kids if you want them to be disappointed. Also if you want your kids to smell marijuana for the first time. This is the place.

This place has a good selection of games and has a great location by the water and next to The Goldenrod. Some of the machines could use some refurbishments, and there were a few games down, but what was available here more than outweighed that. Another big plus about this place is that most of the classic non-redemption games only cost a quarter each to play. I got to play some great games here like The Simpsons game, and the machine worked great without any issues. Another game that I grinded here was DDR extreme. I thought that I was going to suck, which I did at the beginning. But I kept getting better and better, which enticed me to play more. Overall, what would elevate this place to a 5 star rating for me in the future would be to have more of the classic games up and running and to make some of the redemption games a little less expensive. But all around, this is a great arcade with a ton of untapped potential.

Fun for the family! Great old school game selection. The biggest? Prob not. The best? Prob not. But looking for that grungy-just-off-the-beach-break-from-the-sun-throwback experience? You got it! Take your kids and let them revel in an arcade as you knew them.

Great arcade and staff! Understanding the challenges of running a business on the beach (sand everywhere, salt air, people leaving trash) they do an amazing job. Sure there were some times where a machine ate a quarter or ran out of tickets but the staff was very attentive and actually thanked me for bringing it to their attention, if they don't know about it, they can't fix it. Ticket booth staff even gave my daughter a few extra tickets so she could get a prize she wanted. People complaining about this place are ridiculous and must be really fun at parties! It's a great old school arcade on the beach. Just enjoy it!!

Visited the area on 8/21/22 with my family. My wife uses a wheelchair so the first thing I looked for was an accessible way to get in. So the odd thing is, there is what looks like a fairly new deck that was built on the front of this property, but the only way to access it is via a set of stairs. On one side of the deck it's blocked off to what is basically a sidewalk that runs along the entire road where this is located, which has a ramped end so a chair is able to get up on to the walkway, but if you were to wheel all the way to the end, you'd end up with essentially a wall in your face. So we went around to the rear of the building and they had a small curb size lip to a "ramp".. I use the term ramp very loosely here and then a typical step up doorway threshold. So if you're in a wheelchair by yourself, you will not be able to get in to this arcade. However, I am able to tip back and lift my wife's chair to get around these types of obstacles. Once inside, she was able to wheel around with no real issues. There did not appear to be any restrooms in the facility and if there were, they are almost definitely not wheelchair accessible / ADA compliant bathrooms. I lost at least $2 worth of quarters across the myriad of games I deposited coins in to. I didn't bother bringing it to the attention of the guy behind the desk because he didn't seem overly thrilled to be working there honestly. Overall though, my family and I love Skee Ball and had a good time in a retro / nostalgic kind of way since this is a very dated arcade.

It was fun but almost everything is BROKEN. We spent almost as much time getting help for lost money or no rewards tickets as we did playing the games. We eventually gave up getting help and after a few more broken games left. However, even when cashing out tickets the machine broke and said 'call for help'. We did have fun though and the staff was helpful. They seemed to be aware that non of the games work. Dance dance revolution was pretty awesome!

Around half of the machines are broken. We don't call it the Fun-O-Rama, we call it the Broke-O-Rama. The owners should have some respect for their customers and fix the machines. We have been there 3 years in a row and the same broken machines from 2022 are still broken in 2024.

Overpriced. Meager prizes. Games are always breaking. This place used to be fantastic a few years ago.

Stopped in last Summer and wow, this is an incredible arcade. Lots of fun, vintage games, with that old vintage feel. Very nostalgic. Staff are a great help and very nice. Some people complaining about dirty, but it is on a beach Perfect spot for rainy day at the beach. Kids absolutely loved it. If you're in York, definitely stop there to play a few games. Loved it. Can't wait for them to open so I can stop in with my kids.

I know people come here for nostalgia to play the old ski ball machines. But other than that - don't waste your money. Most games are at least $1 to play. Even more are just broken with either tape on them or they swallow your coins. You might win 2 tickets by playing. Then 15 mins later and $30 between the three kids they were psyched to have 168 tickets between the three of them....go to the prize counter excitedly to find that ONE TOOTSY POP was 60 TICkETS!!! What??? Major disappointment.

Old school beach arcade. Some super oldies but goodies - video games, pinball, skeet ball. Ticket system that kids can swap for prizes. It's not plush it's on the beach. But it's much more than a game room. It's a landmark old treasure that should be in every Maine summer vacation. Just like York Animal Kingdom. Live in the moment.

This is a nice arcade. It's clean for a beach arcade. The only drawback is that there are a lot of games that are not in working order. It would be nice if they could restore the broken games or replace them. There a lot of places to buy refurbished games for a third of the price of new ones. There are also places that can repair the broken games they have in the area. Just a suggestion. More working games means more income.

Drove 30 minutes to this establishment when both Yelp and Google said they were opened. They were closed upon arrival. Please update your listings for folks in the future. We'll come back at another time to provide an updated review. We settled on Token Taproom in Dover (who had correct hours on both Yelp and Google).

I came here almost every night during my three-day vacation in York Beach!! We liked it better at night because the crowds weren't as intense, but it was still pretty bustling nonetheless. Fun-O-Rama = m a j o r nostalgia vibes. Its spacious interior offered a variety of games. There were classic ones such as Skeeball and DDR and some older machines with games like Ms. Pac-Man. Most games ranged from one to three tokens. We rarely played the ones that required four tokens! We used lots of quarters on Skeeball. We just had so much fun, even though I was pretty bad at it. :- ) A few of the games can be glitchy. Sometimes the machines weren't marked (or visibly marked) as out-of-service, so we wasted a few tokens as a result. There were plenty of staff members to flag down, though! The prize table was pretty standard! They had fun little trinkets and lots of candies to choose from. A lot of the bigger prizes were outdated, but it just made it all the more nostalgic! We won several small plushies, a bunch of temporary tattoos, and a hacky-sack! Yay!!!

Had a blast! The sudden influx of nostalgia when I entered this building was invigorating. I spent a ton of money only to give my tickets away. But, old games from when I was a kid to some new FPS games: this place is a blast. People who are complaining that it's dirty... bring hand sanitizer. It's an arcade on the beach. Most of the games worked, there were 2 games out of the 100 or so that said "Out of Order" which is a good ratio in my opinion. Parking is terrible, but that's this area as I've learned.

Been coming here for years. The age is starting to show on many of the games themselves. The location is key and everyone has fun. Just a little sad to see some days they are closed for heat and games are broken a lot.

After I played Millipede and was only given 2 lives (and I played TWICE because I like the game so much) I just became aware of how the games are set to rip you off a little at every turn. I was even shorted about 6 quarters at the change machine. My 9 year old had fun, of course, and the location on the beach can't be beat.

I'll give it three stars for the fact that my kids had a blast here. My youngest especially loved the Skee-Ball. But...ownership really, REALLY needs to either fix it up or hang it up. The games are in such a sorry state of disrepair that's it's nearly pointless to play. Half the pinball machines were out of commission as well. I've been coming here since even before the advent of video games, when it was a dime to play the driving test game. I was there as a teen, during the glory days of arcades in the 80s. I've seen this place grow and change, and now I'm seeing it deteriorate. There's no good reason not to renovate and get it going again. The place is packed with people every day of the week during the summer. And console games and pinball are making a comeback in most major cities. This is a sad missed opportunity.

Nostalgic places like Fun-O-Rama rarely exist anymore, and are like stepping back into your childhood. I look forward to coming here whenever I'm in York. Classic and modern games. Still winning tickets to redeem prizes. Great for adults and kids. Love the old skeeball machines with a quarter play. Set on a little boardwalk overlooking Short Sands beach. Only complaints are it gets real hot inside with from all the games running, and the games should state how many quarters it takes per play.

It's a dump. Hasn't been updated since 1920. Went to pay and guy would not accept my payment without looking at my scorecard. Dude, I played in the lane right in front of you. Accused me of having more players, dude it was only 4 of us and we've been here for about 40 mins. $24 dollars is a ripoff for this dump

Kids heaven and adults playground. Good bar and food to hang out in after you get your 80's arcade fix and the kids continue to game

I was HIGHLY disappointed in the Fun O Rama. After looking forward to taking my step-daughter to play Skee Ball for the first time, I was chagrined to learn that the about half of the Skee Ball Machines were not properly keeping score, thereby depriving her of some hard-earned tickets. I shudder to think that this may actually be a plow on the part of the Fun O Rama's owners into saving themselves having to hand out some rubber balls and tootsie rolls as prizes. In addition, I lost several quarters in the pin ball machines and various games. When speaking to staff, they shrugged their shoulders and did not seem at all concerned. The equipment is in such poor repair, that I canceled a trip to go there a second day. Again, I'm not sure if it was the equipment, or a despicable plow to save on tickets, but I hope they get their act together before we vacation their next year.

Five stars because I got the high score on Ms. Pac-Man this past weekend. I have a sneaking suspicion, however, that maybe they unplug it every night. Great old school arcade where a video game still costs a quarter. All the ambiance you expect from a beach-front arcade.

What is a trip to short sands beach without some skee-ball at Fun O Rama? This place is sick with arcade games, I was a kid in the 70's and some of the stuff there just blew my mind. OK I was more of an early 80's arcade kid but still, they have some weird stuff here I never ever saw. My favorite was the punching bag game, I'm no Mike Tyson but I did OK. I think this place is staffed by local high school kids, so don't get down on them if the 1981 Asteroids their parents played isn't working right.

Omg talk about being brought back to childhood mrs. Pacman, donky kong, q-bert, and so so much more!!!! You have no idea! I played forever and could have stayed all day!!! and its on the beach. It even had that old smell. I will be back with my daughter.

My daughter and I we're looking for new arcade and specifically drove here from Waterboro Maine to find out that fun O Rama is closed even though multiple websites have it listed as open until 10 p.m. tonight (Tuesday)...

There are many games broken which I could've looked past but what I can't stand is poor customer service. The woman behind the counter was miserable. I saw her be extremely rude to several people who claimed the machine ate their money and the final straw was when my friend went up to see if someone turned in her sons 2200 ticket receipt. The woman waited for my friend to walk away and then went on for five minutes about her being a liar and not deserving any help with the tickets and so on and so on. When my friend returned w the ticket I asked to speak to a manager who was not anymore helpful. I know nothing will happen from this incident but it's poor business practice to treat paying customers like this. I feel like this lady knows she can get away with this behavior because people will visit this arcade since it's the only one on the beach but I just hope the owners see this and realize the type of people working for them.

Came up over Memorial Day weekend this year. Classic Beach front arcade. Lots of nostalgic games. It was a great place to bring the kids and spend some time since the weather wasn't too great for the beach.

Dirty Rama - This arcade is underly disgusting. My son was so excited, unfortunately a majority of the games were broken and very dirty. Prizes were junk. We left disappointed. This is to bad this has been let to rot because it's in really great location.

Arcades.. I love them. This one was a little bit (almost too) old school so it felt like you were walking around in 1989. Time warp aside.. I loved that there are about 8 pinball machines all together to play with at only 50c a pop! The weirdest thing was probably the claw machine that instead of small stuffed animals was a tank of live lobsters.. yikes! So-so arcade but still a thumbs up for being an arcade.. no matter how weird.

Fun-O-Rama is always a fun hangout spot at Short Sands Beach in the summer. The atmosphere can get a bit loud, but that's normal for an arcade. They are closed during the winter, as are most businesses on York's beaches. (But not all, so keep your eye out for those gems that stay open year-round).

This place is awesome! If you like interesting locations and vintage feel this is it! No shoes, sand on the floor and all the 80's games. Qbert and amazing pinball selection plus 25cent ski-ball. Apparently it used to be a skating rink and the ski-ball machines date nearly back to WWII. Totally cool, highly recommended.

Fun place, I grew up in York. This use to be my everyday place. The best part is its right on sand ocean facing. Classic.

Had to make my yearly stop at fun o rama and play some skee-ball. This place has so many memories for me, and I love going back there. Wish they had more stand up arcade games and fewer of the huge driving ones that take up tons of space. Also - their pinball selection isn't what it used to be, but still decent. Definitely worth a stop if you're at the beach with kids.

Worst place ever. I have 4 little kids and most machines were broken, not working properly or just taking the money and not doing anything. The place is run down and dirty. Grown men at the prize counter didn't give the kids the correct amount of stuff because they couldn't add quick enough in their heads. I highly suggest that you save your money and never go there...so disappointed.

Brings back old memories. Its unfortunate their letting the place go. Many games don't work or they eat quarters, and don't even have out of order signs on them. However the staff is good and kids had a blast.

Great for what it is. It's clean for being right on the beach. Several games are only one quarter still, unlike many other arcades where games are several credits. The place definitely has a vintage feel, which makes it unique!

After 30 years of going to fun o rama everynight during the summer I have finally given up going. The new owner of the last few years do nothing to keep the machines working. Always losing money and half the games don't work or work properly. I have spoken to them about problem but it goes on deaf ears. I'm DONE

i love this arcade!!!!! its really big and has tons of cool games like skee ball and pac man and its right on short sands beach!!! this is a really great arcade and you should deffinetly go!!!! :)