The Niagara Falls area has much to recommend it whether you’re an eight-year old or an eight-year old’s mother and father. From the region’s eponymous waterfalls and the many museums to the musical dinner theatre and the massive Hershey’s store, fun, wonder, education, and history abound. While it’s definitely a plus that you can spend your days in Niagara in such a wide variety of ways, sometimes all you really want is be over-indulgent and easily distracted. Thanks to the games at Clifton Hill, that want can easily become a reality.
With over 300 games available, there really is something for everyone on the Great Canadian Midway. That being said, some games stand out a little more than others. Here is a look at some of the best games on the Great Canadian Midway, known for their wide-ranging and seemingly endless appeal, as they seem able to delight everyone from the honeymooner and the middle schooler all the way to the grandparents recapturing their youth.
Skee Ball
A classic arcade game that involves a measure of athletic skill, skee ball is fun to play whether you’re squaring off against your best friend or just trying to score points all by yourself. Weighted balls about the size of a grapefruit are rolled one at a time up an incline into a space that has circles of varying size worth different amounts.
The points that could possibly be scored with each ball range from 10 all the way up to 100, with the amount at stake corresponding directly to the difficulty you’re likely to have in netting it. The goal is to score as many points as possible in the time allotted — a feat that also garners you tickets that you can exchange for prizes.
Hi Striker
Hi striker is the digital version of the timeless carnival game where a person — usually a male trying to impress a girl or his friends — attempts to swing a sledgehammer or mallet with enough force to ring a bell at the top of a tower. While it masquerades as strictly a game of strength, Hi Striker is just as much a game of accuracy and flair as one of muscular fortitude, which is why children are sometimes able to best bodybuilding men at it. Challenge your friends and family to see which of you is the best at wielding the mallet.
Flappy Bird
The popular app has now become an arcade game, and you and your crew can play it to your hearts’ content on the Great Canadian Midway at Clifton Hill. Instead of keeping your feathered friend aloft and alive on a small smartphone screen, however, the arcade version of Flappy Bird is a whopping 42 inches and features a giant red button that you must constantly press to keep the bird in the air and alive. As you avoid hitting pipes and meeting your downfall, instead of just accumulating points like you would in the app, the arcade version lets you also accumulate tickets that can be gathered and turned in for prizes once you’ve wearied of the arcade.
So, head out to Clifton Hill. No matter who you are, you’re bound to at least enjoy one of these three great arcade games.