Games
Arcade Date with a RM20 Card
Top up one card, take turns, and win the other person the ugliest plushie in the claw machine.
- Where
- Petaling Jaya
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Best for
- Day or night
- Ideal for
- First date, Long-term couple
Why it’s a good cheap date
Fast, silly and full of small wins. Nobody's checking their phone.
Load RM20 onto a single arcade card and share it. Alternate picking games: racing, rhythm, basketball hoops. The final RM5 goes to a joint claw-machine attempt with one goal: the least cute prize in the machine.
Tips
- Look for double-credit promos on weekdays.
- Rhythm games are the best two-player ones.
- Leave the tickets counter for last. Pool them for one prize.
Make it more romantic
- 1Claw for the other person, not yourself.
- 2Take a photobooth strip if there's one nearby.
- 3Keep the arcade card and top it up on your anniversary.
- 4Bring a handwritten note and hand it over at the very end.
Conversation idea
“Which video game or cartoon did you love most growing up?”
What to wear
Rainy day backup
Alternative if fully booked
- Board game café
- Retro game bar
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