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$1.99per month introductory price

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Unlock every member-only cabinet, save your scores to the global leaderboards, and join tournaments — all for less than a cup of coffee a month.

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Top 5 Played Games

The five most-played cabinets right now, ranked by live leaderboard activity.

Top 5 Played Leaderboards

See where you stand on Arcade 51's five most active boards right now — every score is live and pulled straight from the cabinets.

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Administrator Controls

Admin-only tools are hidden from normal players. Enter the server admin code to unlock clearing options.

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Homepage Hero Editor

Change homepage hero images and media. Use site paths such as images/my-hero.png, media/video.mp4, or full URLs. The feature game hero accepts one image path per line and still links to the Game Room.

Feature Game Hero Images, one per line My Alien Tale Hero Image Membership / Kevin Video Media Contest Hero Graphic Text

Hero edits save to the server when the PHP endpoint is uploaded; if unavailable, this browser will still preview them locally.

Create / Update Leaderboard

Use this to create a global leaderboard for any current or future game without uploading a new cabinet. If the game already exists, this updates the board settings.

All current cabinets are seeded automatically; this tool is for adding or correcting boards from admin tools.

Add Complimentary Member

Use this when a customer has a payment issue and you want to manually grant member access. This creates a paid-status member without charging Square; the member will still create their own password.

After you add them, tell the member to open Members → Sign In, enter their email or gamer tag with no password, then create their required site password.

Member User Manager

Add, edit, remove, or assign a temporary password when email reset is not working. Temp passwords are displayed once; give the player the code and have them sign in, then change it.

Unlock admin tools, then refresh users.

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Upload New Game Cabinet

Admin upload saves the HTML game into /games, saves card art into /images, optionally extracts extra assets into /assets/game-id, adds the game to the homepage automatically, and injects the Arcade 51 leaderboard registry/name-entry helper so players can submit scores.

Game Name Game ID / Slug, optional Icon Access Description Game HTML File Homepage Art Image Optional Assets ZIP

Upload a complete single HTML game with no Arcade 51 app-level HTML size cap, or include a ZIP if the game needs extra images/sounds. Uploaded games automatically receive Home and Save Score leaderboard controls.

Replace Game Cabinet

Use this to replace an existing game while keeping the same homepage slot, game ID, tournament listing, and leaderboard registry. Upload the new HTML game file with no Arcade 51 app-level HTML size cap; artwork and assets are optional.

Game to Replace Replacement Game Name, optional Icon, optional Access Replacement Description, optional New Game HTML File New Homepage Art, optional New Assets ZIP, optional Clear old uploaded assets before adding replacement assets

Replacing keeps the same game ID, so old homepage links and leaderboards keep working.

Remove Game Cabinet

Use this to remove an uploaded game from the homepage, tournament list, favorite-game dropdown, and leaderboards display. Built-in games are hidden from the site; uploaded games can also have their files removed.

Delete uploaded game/art files too

Only use this when you want the cabinet removed from the player-facing website.

A Fun and Exciting Safe Place

Arcade 51™ is building toward a safe, welcoming after-school haven for students from 3 PM to 6 PM — the hours when many young people need a positive place to go, connect, learn, play, and stay supervised while families finish the workday. The goal is to provide structured arcade fun, mentoring, homework support, creative technology projects, and a community space where students feel seen, safe, and encouraged.

Why Donations Matter

A physical location makes this mission real: it gives students a consistent place to gather after school, gives parents an affordable option, and creates room for supervised activities that cannot happen through a website alone. By raising support directly through donations instead of relying on traditional financing, Arcade 51™ can reduce debt, lower monthly overhead, avoid passing heavy loan costs on to families, and keep the membership price as low as possible while still working toward a safe, high-quality student space.

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Donation payments open through Square in a new tab. Thank you for helping build a lower-cost, student-centered Arcade 51™ location.

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