Here’s why this retro gaming lounge is for everyone—not just gamers
Retroscape isn’t like the other businesses on its street. In fact, there aren’t any other places like it in Wilmington because Retroscape was designed to look and feel like your best friend’s basement, where you’d linger after school and on the weekends, playing video games.
Tucked into the heart of the Soda Pop district, near familiar favorites like the Wandering Cone, Cugino Forno, Hi-Wire, and The Ibis, you’ve likely driven by Retroscape plenty of times without noticing or truly understanding what it is. It’s not a video game shop, though you can buy some of the games in the store. And it’s not a D&D lounge, though you can play D&D inside. And it’s not (solely) a Pokémon card trading stop.
Retroscape is, quite simply, a space where you can play old video games in a relaxed environment. Its allure lies in the shelves of classic and collector’s video games from the 1970s through the 2000s that fill the store, as well as the fact that leaning back in one of the retro-style couches really does transport you to a simpler time, before high-tech video games…