[SportsandRec] recreation at arcaids

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi all,

I’ve asked about pool as recreation. I have a few more questions about indoor recreation participation.

Many recreational activities are visual and are not so physical.
I’d really like to play those arcaid games which are often part of restaurants. For instance, Glory Days has some. Dave and Busters also has some.

Other than a few games with some sighted assistance, I’ve not done arcaids.


How can a blind or low vision person play those video games? Some arcaids have ball games such as air hockey or ski ball.

I probably could play air hockey if someone explained how I could play it.

Here is what I’ve done so far. Any more ideas? I have some central vision.
I have low vision in both eyes.

I played ski ball at Dave and Busters. That is similar to bowling. 
In ski ball, there is no screen to see.
The person I was with just told me how many pins I knocked down and where the balls were.

I also played some bumper car game. I did this by primarily listening and someone told me what the controlls did so I knew which one to use.

Finally, I’ve played the pin ball machine. I used my vision to track the ball coming down. The ball made a different sound when going up so I listened to see how far it went up.

Thanks.
Ashley