If you're not familiar with game works, they have this system, unlike your typical arcade where a machine dispenses tokens, where you have a card that you swipe and add however many credits you want. I received my first card when i visited their Las Vegas location so that's the card that I use. They are set up on a network so you can use the same card at any of their locations. Do to my strange addiction to crane games and UFO catchers, that's always the first thing i check for when entering an arcade, scanning other games along the way. Sometimes the prizes are stacked correctly and they are somewhat easy to get if you're an experienced skill game player, but that's only sometimes. The majority of Skill games they have there are the Sega Japanese style UFO catcher type that has 2 prongs instead of the 3 of your typical claw machine (they have a couple of those as well). I think that since these are Japanese crane machines in an American facility, the people that stock the machines forget that there is a different way that the prizes are supposed to be set up. The other problem that i have is the fact that they cost 8 credits each for 1 play or try, that's $2! sometimes seemingly for no reason, the machines will be set to 12 credits ($3) per play. Not that that's a lot of money, but if you're going to charge that much you should at least stock your machines right.

Enough about crane games, let me explain how this arcade is set up. They have 2 floors full of arcade machines, the areas are very well organized by category. The skill games are near the entrances, the ticket machines are near the front (or back depending on which side you enter) with the prize center in the middle, The shooting and racing games are pretty much centralized in the same area with sports and competitive games on the opposite side. Walk upstairs and you'll find imported fighting games, rhythm and dance games, a few more crane games and a karaoke booth (there's also one of those downstairs, talk to one of the staff and they'll give you the book for the karaoke songs), and classic arcade machines like pacman, tetris and asteroids. There's also a small restaurant and bar. This is by no means a video game bar, but it's the closest that we have in this town for now. Most of the games, that aren't skill games, cost anywhere from 1-8 credits depending on the game. most racing games will run you about $1 and the classics are only 25 cents to play. There have been days where i can be there for hours on $5 if i just feel like playing old games the whole time.
The Real draw to this arcade is the fact that there is something for everyone. There are so many games there i wouldn't even know where to start. On this particular occasion I decided that it was about time that i finally got that exclusive t-shirt in the prize shop that I wanted. They have game works logo shirts that you can ONLY get there, and you can't pay for them, you HAVE TO use tickets. The few times that i'd gone there I'd only won a couple hundred tickets, however, this summer they added some new games and it was my lucky day. We happened to win a couple of jackpots and I ended up with over 2000 tickets! needless to say, i got the shirt, and still had enough over to get a huge beach towel with Sonic on it (he's their mascot since it's run by Sega). 

Afterward I still had some credits on my card so I played (and beat) some safari shooting game, played some shmup (not sure what it was called) and the arcade port of Rhythm Heaven (japan version) as it's simplistic graphics and play are refreshing after a hard day of serious gaming. Gameworks, It's got variety, it's in a great location, the prices are pretty much tolerable, and you'll always have a good time. You should totally check it out!