Kino Amusements Arcade Walton

Local Area

Kino amusements is a family-run arcade that is ideally located opposite the beach on Prince’s esplanade at the seafront in Walton. Intersecting the end of the main town High Street, there are plenty of local pubs and food vendors in this area along with some beachside kiosks selling ice cream and other holiday treats. Along the promenade are many parking spaces, which are free (with time limit) so a perfect destination for an afternoon visit. 

Arcade Fun

The outside of the venue is welcoming and has a selection of young kiddie rides out-front to help entice passers-by. There are also a couple of smaller claw grabber machines for youngsters to play. These smaller machines are only 20 pence per play, which is great value for money. 

Upon entering the arcade, one Is greeted with a large open plan venue chock full of a broad range of different machines. The layout is straight-forward with family games and ticket machines at the front with the adult casino area at the rear. 

The signage states that the arcade is open in the daytime until the early evenings and the casino slots area opens later via a side entrance.

Coin Pushers

At the front of the venue is a great selection coin pushers including Butterfly, Princes & Princesses and Caterpillar. These are the latest pusher machines, which have the ‘big ticket’. This means that it tallies player ticket wins and instead of spitting out a big reel of tickets it has a digital button on the top of the machine and when you have finished playing it prints out a small paper coupon style ticket with a barcode and the total amount of tickets won. This is a great way of cutting down on wastepaper and saving the environment. There is also a classic Beach Ball coin pusher.

The coin pushers also had some fun shelf prizes including little yellow rubber duckies, keychains and other toys. The prize shop / redemption corner is located just before the adult gaming area and is stocked full of great prizes including sweets & lollies, boardgames and giant branded plush toys such as Mario and Groot.

Crane Claw Machines

There is a nice range of crane claw machines here including classic full-size machines like EX-1s and E-claw.  Prizes included branded plush toys including Deadpool and Wolverine. They also have a range of 'Around the World' Animals including Pengiuns, Tigers, Elephants, Giraffes - all up for grabs!

They also had smaller grabbers designed for children being closer to the ground. These included Toy Box Catcher and Toy Town machines, perfect for small hands. In keeping with the modern theme was a Win Fall Revolution was offering keychains and Prime Energy drinks as prizes. 

Fairground Ticket Arcade Machines

Kino amusements has a great range of the latest fairground arcade games where an element of skill can help gain big ticket wins. Games include a two-player Lane Master and Monopoly Roll-n-Go. There is a 'Game On' basketball arcade game where you can win tickets and also a ‘Shoot It Win It arcade shooting game from Sega, where you can win prizes shooting all the targets down. They also have a three-player Dinosaur Era game where you shoot to win tickets and also a Tornado Coin Stacker. 

Ticket Slot Machines

There is a Doctor Franky’s triple ticket slot machine nearer the front of the venue. These types of ticket paying slot machines could also be classed as 'ticket fruit machines' as they are mechanical and have hold/nudges buttons. Often these ticket slots can be more generous in terms of wins than a traditional fruit machine. 

£5 Jackpot Fruit Machines

There are £5 jackpot fruit machines are dotted around the adult gaming section. They have a Rainbow Riches (blue) triple and a Golden Winner triple. We also noted a classic £5 fruit machine in the form of a standalone Spotted Dick fruit machine. 

There is also a Skill ball Zingy 2 machine in the main arcade with a £50 jackpot. 

Casino Slots Area

The casino gaming slot machines area is large and spacious and well-stocked for modern gamers. They have a modern ticket exchange machine, whereby you can swap tickets for cash. This centralises the note tender process, making it easier to close-down not having to empty loads of machines and instead just a single digital change machine. 

Kino has great range of the latest digital terminals from Blueprint Gaming. Games available to play on these digital slot machines include Spirit Wolf Wins, Crabbin for Cash and Luck o’ the Irish Fortune Plays. They have variable wins depending on the players stake that can go all the way up to £500 jackpots with many machines have £100 jackpots. 

Venue Verdict

Kino Amusements is an ideal venue to visit as part of a day trip to Walton. With a large park and also much of the parking at this end of the promenade, the venue is perfectly located for a quick visit on the way in or out of the High Street. The atmosphere here is great and they have LEDs all around the venue to keep it bright and colourful.

With convenient side entrance, the casino slots area is perfect for locals to nip to from the local pubs or even visitors staying in one of the many local hotels. The staff here are really friendly and they also have a weekly winner promotion in the adult gaming area. 

The ticket system and the games machines are modern and perfect for many hours of fun. With a huge range of ticket prizes to suit youngsters of all shapes and sizes it makes the perfect venue for some good old-fashioned British seaside entertainment.

Featured Machine: Tornado Coin Stacker Machine