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Tilt is owned by Nickels and Dimes Incorporated (NDI), founded in Carrollton, Texas and currently headquartered in Celina, Texas. The first Tilt game room was in the Six Flags Mall in 1972. It was founded by Craig Singer.
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Nickels and Dimes Incorporated (NDI) is an family entertainment center operator established in 1972 by Craig Singer in Carrollton, Texas. In 2019 it relocated to Celina, Texas.
Beginning with electromechanical pinball machines and arcade games, NDI rode the wave of "solid-state" innovation and rapidly expanded to operate hundreds of video arcades in the continental USA, plus Hawaii and Australia, throughout the Golden Age. As shopping malls fell out of fashion, many of their arcades were closed, and operations were consolidated. In the 1990s and beyond, NDI was able to acquire and maintain select failed locations of competitors such as Sega GameWorks, Rink-Side Sports, and Exhilarama, and operate them to the continued benefit of the property owners. Outside the traditional arcade setting, NDI sometimes placed games in high-traffic "kiosk" locations and in Brunswick Zone bowling entertainment centers.
Sensing a continued need for large out-of-home entertainment locations, NDI launched the Tilt Studio brand in 2011, applying it at large locations in Vorhees, NJ; Indianapolis, IN; and Katy, TX. These locations combine elements such as carnival rides, laser tag, minigolf, mini bowling, arcade games, pinball, ball pits, simulators, and party rooms, and serve pizza and snacks under NDI's food service brand, "J.P. Pepperoni."
After many suppliers weakened or went out of business in the faltering arcade market, NDI vertically integrated, adding design and manufacture of arcade equipment to its portfolio. Their products are distributed through established OEM Global VR.
Numerous factors led to a decline in traditional mall arcades starting in 1983-1984 and continuing to this day. NDI still had more than 100 arcades through 2006, many in the original malls were they were founded. As of 2014 NDI reported having a total of 75 locations. The original Tilt arcades remain in decline; while there were still 30 Tilt locat...
•Electronic America arcades
•Gold Mine arcades
•Nautilus arcades
•Sgt. Singer's Pizza Circus (1982) - restaurants with animated shows and arcade
•Tilt arcades
•Tilt Studio family entertainment centers
Mar 31, 2024 · Nickels and Dimes Incorporated (NDI) is an entertainment company founded by Craig Singer sometime around 1972 in Carrollton, Texas. [1] . NDI was best known as the operator of Tilt arcades and Gold Mine arcades throughout the 1970's and 1980's.
Tilt, also known as Tilt Family Entertainment Center, is a chain of classic video arcades once found inside various shopping malls across the United States. Tilt is owned by Nickels and Dimes Incorporated (NDI), founded in Carrollton, Texas and currently headquartered in Celina, Texas.
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Craig Singer Archived Record Lewisville, FL — Previous President for Nickels and Dimes of Texas, Inc.
