Arcade

A coin in the slot, the hard click of the Start button, neon reflected on a curved screen. The arcade was its own world, dark and loud, where you went to challenge the local champion. An arcade poster puts that glow back on your wall.

A short history of the cabinets

Namco's Pac-Man, released in 1980, carried video games into popular culture with its yellow muncher and colourful ghosts. In 1991 Capcom's Street Fighter II kicked off the fighting-game craze that ruled the whole decade, with queues forming behind the cabinet to play Ryu or Chun-Li. In 1996 Metal Slug landed on the Neo Geo, full of humour and hand-drawn animation.

In Tunisia too, the neighbourhood game room shaped generations: tokens clutched in a sweaty hand, combos learned by watching the older kids, games that lasted until someone came to drag you home.

The neon look

The arcade spawned a whole graphic style: midnight-purple backgrounds, a perspective grid racing to the horizon, a striped setting sun, hot pinks and electric cyans, chrome lettering. It's the language of synthwave, and it looks brilliant in a room lit with LEDs.

Arcade prints on your wall

A single poster can pack the whole world in: neon grid, striped sun and "Press Start" in glowing letters. To go bigger, spread one neon grid across four posters hung 3 cm apart, a proper game-room wall above your setup.

These visuals shine in a gamer's bedroom, a living room with a console, or a café after a retro vibe. Round it off with the PlayStation 1 or Sega & Sonic.

Printed in Tunisia and paid for on delivery. Insert coin, game on.