Taking over Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse from 31 July to 2 August, RADAR brought together three days of progressive metal, alternative music, gaming and general glorious noise, headlined by Thy Art Is Murder, Skindred and Animals As Leaders.

And for the fourth year running, Arcade Club was there supplying the arcade.

Heavy Metal. Heavy Cabinets.

While everyone else sensibly arrived carrying a weekend bag, we turned up with things like OutRun, The Simpsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Street Fighter II, Bishi Bashi and a pair of Tekken 7 cabinets.

RADAR's Music & Gaming Market has become a massive part of the festival, bringing together gaming, instruments, tech and interactive nonsense alongside the bands.

It's also a combination that makes a surprising amount of sense.

Finish watching a band.

Grab a drink.

Play Street Fighter.

Watch another band.

Festival perfection.

Arcade Club Asks the Important Questions This year we also decided that simply supplying the games wasn't enough.

We needed journalism.

Serious journalism.

So Arcade Club took to RADAR to ask festival-goers some of the most important questions facing modern society.

What's your biggest gaming flex?

And the improbably named:

Name a game that could also be a band that could headline RADAR.

Pulitzer committee, our inbox is open.

The answers ranged from genuinely impressive to completely unhinged, which, coincidentally, is exactly the sort of content we're looking for - Check out our socials for some TOP TIER entertianment!

A Huge Thank You to RADAR

Four years in and RADAR continues to be one of our favourite weekends of the year.

It's independent, ambitious, slightly weird (in the best way) and built around communities that are incredibly passionate about the things they love. The festival itself describes that mix as music, gaming, artists, creators and interactive experiences all woven together across the weekend, which probably explains why Arcade Club feels so at home there.

So a massive thank you to the entire RADAR team for inviting us back once again, and to everybody involved in somehow making three days of bands, gaming, masterclasses, markets and thousands of people actually work.

And, of course, thanks to everyone who came over to the Arcade Club area for a game.

We appreciate you.

Four years down.

At this point, we should probably just leave the machines there.

See you next year, RADAR. 🤘