The Four Quarters, Peckham, is one of the biggest curiosities in the South East London area. It’s a bar that specialises in craft beer and old arcade machines. You could not appeal to my inner geek more. Beer that tastes like the ambrosia of the gods (my tipple of choice was Meantime’s California Pale Ale, which Meantime themselves say is in limited supply, so back off its all mine!!), combined with arcade machines I’ve either not seen in years, or have only heard about from our American brethren.

I finally got my hands on a Smash TV machine, which was everything I ever dreamt it would be. There was Street Fighter, the ultra rare Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire, a Star Wars Trilogy machine, and an entire cabinet dedicated to the greatest hits of SNK. Oh and Point Blank. I haven’t played Point Blank in ages. Point Blank is hard. Very hard. This is not even half of them. And there will be more to come as they plan on rotating them on a regular basis.

They also have a private conference room with a screen, an N64 complete with Mario Kart, and an old German cabinet that is so rare it’s under lock and key. But the best thing about The Four Quarters? The feeling of old-school arcade authenticity. They’re even taking out the modernisations of these machines, so the experience of playing them is just like it was back in 1992.

This is an adults playground for sure, but you can still play the games you loved when you were a kid, and drink the beer you love as an adult. They’ve also got a bar full of cider, wine and spirits just in case that isn’t your thing. I can see a lot of drinking sessions running well past midnight in a place like this.

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