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Araiguma : Advanced Battle Center
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Pay-What-You-Can | Donation Funded Underground Arcade & Select Shop - Downtown Urbana IL ( 202 S. Broadway Ave , Suite 28 , Floor B1 )

The quintessential late night stop for inebriated office workers seeking a few rounds of their favorite fighting games !
Re:ARAIGUMA MEMORY
August 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Drinking Osaka fine beer with visitors Jefu Desu and Jenny from CT repping EC3 Arcade here at Araiguma Battle !

After 3 years and 12 hour trip , finally making it out !
May 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
「 The future of arcades is bright here 」
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You should see it when we're open !
March 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
「 I've been to many stores before , but I've never experienced an atmosphere like this . What is this ?

It's close to the word hideaway .

The next arcade is waiting for me . I told myself , and reluctantly headed home . 」
March 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our motive for this is based on the lives this small arcade has changed . We don't get paid on entry . We don't see a dime on clicks on these platforms . We run on donations . Our merch and drinks are not even available online .

This post was made for the same reason we exist .

Provide a space .
February 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We keep hearing about a loneliness epidemic . People coming out telling how they have not had friends in many years .

If fortunate enough to have places that you could go to , and meet people , and hang and be yourself . Find the courage to out just once .

It could change your life .
February 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
legend tells of a mysterious arcade in joetsu . . no sign . no employees . there plays a powerful team . we will one day conquer this arcade
February 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
December 23, 2024 at 4:02 AM
" I just want to play games without thinking about anything . I don't want to be interrupted by unnecessary human relationship troubles .

But this is a cool store that makes you think , " Maybe this is okay . . . "
December 23, 2024 at 3:56 AM
" The type of shop that would have changed my life if it was in my neighborhood .

Ah . . It is nice .

I envy people who can come to this shop casually .

Gamers who live nearby and do not go to this shop are missing out in life . . I am a wanderer with no specific home . "
December 22, 2024 at 6:25 PM
" And what am I searching for ? A rival ? A memory ? Or a fragment of myself left behind in a hidden corner of the arcade ? "
December 18, 2024 at 10:50 PM
" It is not even flatteringly pretty , but it has a really tasteful , " THE arcade ! " feel that is irresistible . As an arcade monster , I find the exterior attractive and alluring , but it is an exterior that light users are reluctant to enter . "
December 15, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Araiguma Battle にようこそ !
December 9, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Team No Loser 🪖
November 13, 2024 at 2:31 AM
" face of a man who is about to lose money in fighting games "
October 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
The regular customers here , they are all very strong .
October 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Already know we are here !
October 19, 2024 at 2:56 PM
" The general greeting among this arcade was different than that of others . I could not help but notice players greet each other by cracking their left and right fingers alternately and saying , ' You are already dead ' . . "
October 19, 2024 at 2:18 AM