Throw down on the best entries in the biggest fighting game franchises ever at Monday Night Fights! This month, we’re hosting a FREE tournament on Ultra Street Fighter IV. Winners walk away with Ground Kontrol credit and bragging rights! Sign-ups begin at 6pm, and we'll run casual matches until we start the tournament at 7:30pm. […]
Wrap up 2019 with an afternoon of family-friendly FREE PLAY fun at Ground Kontrol! Our All Ages FREE PLAY Party offers you another chance to introduce your young ones to the games you grew up with, in their original condition! Everything from Donkey Kong to The Simpsons will be available to play with no quarters […]
We’re wrapping up another big year at Ground Kontrol the only way we know how: by flipping the “free play” switch on all of our 150+ games and inviting YOU to party like it’s 1985! Leave the 2010s at the door at our New Year’s Eve FREE PLAY Party with an arcade full of classic […]
Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade will be OPEN for regular business on New Year's Day, January 1. We're all-ages from Noon-5pm, and 21+ from 5pm-close. If you've got the day off, come on down and start the new year off with some classic gaming!
Monthly guest DJs and resident DJ Cache bring a diverse mix of electronic music primed for foot tappin', bun movin' quarter droppin' fun.
7PM: Fiasco w/ DJ Brokenwindow: hardware meets records Since 2005, David Chandler has curated one of Portland's longest-running monthlies - FIASCO. As Solenoid, he improvises using keyboards, drum pads, sequencers & drum machines to create live electronic music. As DJ Brokenwindow, he spins a wide variety of emusics. Sometimes he's both, making live remixes by […]
Nate C. cues up 80s hits, anthem rock, hair metal, movie soundtracks and good time retro fantasy OTT fun! $3 cover from 7:30pm-1am, 21+ only after 5pm
A neon colored night of synthwave, retrowave, outrun, and synthpop. $3 cover from 7:30pm-1am, 21+ only after 5pm.3
Ground Kontrol's biggest monthly Killer Queen tournament is coming up! On the first Sunday of the month, bring your friends or fly solo for this bee battle. Killer Queen is the world's only 10-player arcade game, available in our party room! This game's hard to find and harder to miss -- two giant cabinets support […]
Definitive metal expert Nate C has got the knowledge, the records and the experience to truly rock your soul! You'll hear everything from Iron Maiden to Slayer while you game away, sip libations and chow down dogs!