Experience Game History at Gameorama

Entrance:

This museum is a little pricey at 18 CHF.

I got entrance for ‘free’ with my Swiss Museum Pass though (177 CHF for the year).

You can play any game, included in the entrance price. The only rule is you can’t bring food or drinks into the museum area.

Gameorama recommends reserving a time slot ahead of time, although we didn’t do that and didn’t have a problem.

Time slots are limited to two hours.

The Museum:

Gameorama is fairly small but absolutely packed with games, and even has a few exhibits discussing the history of games.

They have a neat section with a few pin ball machines from over the years. Sev and I spent a lot of time here, and it was really cool to see how this technology evolved and became more complex over time.

Another section hosted typical arcade games. I always liked the racing games so it was really fun to play them an unlimited amount of time!

Another part had computer and console games, including some favorites like Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart.

There were also some very old gaming devices, like the Commodore 64.

In the back of the museum are several VR headsets.

The Cafe:

We stepped into the cafe to get a drink, and it was so cute how they affixed pixel-art labels on the cold drinks. I got the sparkling apple juice because I liked the Pikachu (5CHF) and Sev got a Sinalco (5CHF).

There were hundreds of board games and card games available at the cafe. We picked a couple easy ones because we didn’t want to learn too many rules.

People can go to the cafe for free, without going to the museum (if they buy a snack), so this seems like a really fun option to just hang out.

Conclusion:

We spent about 2.5 hours at Gameorama between and cafe and museum and had a really good time!

It’s expensive, but I could see that these games probably need a lot of maintenance for so many people to keep using them. Besides the fun of playing the games themselves, it was cool to see the technology change over time, and the exhibit signage provided a lot of interesting new information.

We give Gameorama a solid 4 snacks.