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[title]Once upon a time, it was the 90s: computers were big and boxy, movies came on discs, playlists were mixtapes, and life was a little simpler. That’s the era that Funlab, the team behind Holey Moley, Archie Brothers, Strike Bowling and Hijinx Hotel, have captured inside their latest venue: Playback96.
Open now inside The Social Quarter of Chadstone Shopping Centre, this shrine to the age of Dot Com and video stores is designed to transport you and your crew back 30 years, where you can get nostalgic (or get a history lesson, if your birth year starts with 20) via 90’s music, themed cocktails, era-appropriate decor and social games for any age.
The games include ‘Total Recall’, a 90’s pop culture memory challenge, plus the reaction-time-testing ‘Stop Hammer Time’, the oversized Etch A Sketch-esque drawing and guessing game ‘Line Master’, an arcade machine-housed, beer-free version of beer pong called ‘Pong Time’ – and ‘Ready Player Run’, a candy coloured tunnel packed with swinging pendulums.
Post-games, you can take a chill pill with nostalgic drinks like the Screen Burn, a spin on a Sex on the Beach that comes with your very own playable pixel pet, while listening to tracks from era icons like Outkast, Blur, Portishead, Moby and Massive Attack. Keep an eye out for the nostalgic devil in the details, with wicked decor like N64 consoles, modem phones, Furbys and more.
Playback96 is open now inside The Social Quarter, with an hour of unlimited play for adults for $29, and $22 for kids. Book your visit online now.