# Game Underground, Waltham: a video game store in Waltham (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ma/waltham/game-underground-waltham-ma. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 5 sources. Updated 2026-08-13. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ma/waltham/game-underground-waltham-ma ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7fohu0blvyecifazrz3rs%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7fohu0blvyecifazrz3rs%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7fohu0blvyecifazrz3rs%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7fohu0blvyecifazrz3rs%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7fohu0blvyecifazrz3rs%2F4.jpg) ## In short Game Underground is a video game store in Waltham, MA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Video game store | | Address | 349 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 11 AM to 11 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM | | Phone | (508) 283-1503 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.6 across 461 reviews on Google | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 18, 2026, 9:48 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 349 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Buy and sell classic and current video games, play in our arcade full of Import music games and classics like Pac-man, Skeeball and Ninja Turtles, Enter Tournaments for Super Smash Bros and other games or even have a Birthday Party! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Game Underground | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (508) 283-1503 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | | Services | Service | Arcade | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Arcade games | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Birthday parties | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Classic games | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Events tournaments | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Music games | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sell video games | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Super smash bros tournaments | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Tournaments | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Trade ins | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/gameunderground | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | http://www.game-underground.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 3 services Game Underground offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Arcade | | | | Confirmed | | Events tournaments | | | | Confirmed | | Trade ins | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Game Underground Address: 349 Moody St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA. Phone: (508) 283-1503. Hours: Mon to Sat 11 AM to 11 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 13, 2026 at 3:36 AM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Game Underground on its Google Business Profile: "Buy and sell classic and current video games, play in our arcade full of Import music games and classics like Pac-man, Skeeball and Ninja Turtles, Enter Tournaments for Super Smash Bros and other games or even have a Birthday Party!" ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Angel Tea | Tea house | 1 min walk | | Bonchon Waltham | Korean restaurant | 1 min walk | | Vinotta Restaurant | Italian restaurant | 1 min walk | | Shiki Shabu Shabu | Hot pot restaurant | 1 min walk | | Bistro781 | American restaurant | 1 min walk | | Pho 1 - Waltham | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 461 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 13, 2026.) Game Underground is a nostalgic arcade experience but struggles with game maintenance and customer service. (AI guess, from 461 reviews.) ### What people like - Variety of retro arcade games - Mini Street Fighter tournaments ### What people do not like - Machines frequently out of order - Long waits for assistance - Unprofessional trade-in offers ### Press No press story about Game Underground found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Game Underground Game Underground hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### Anything the shop is known for doing well? No answer yet ### Booking a first visit at Game Underground, what happens? No answer yet ### do I need to book the shop or can I just turn up? No answer yet ### budget options in Waltham, what is decent No answer yet ### same day slots, does that ever happen here No answer yet ### the good stuff about the shop, what is it? No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ### is there parking at Game Underground or is it street only? No answer yet ### people keep recommending Game Underground, what for? No answer yet ### Busiest day at Game Underground, anyone know? No answer yet ### lunch near Moody, what is good No answer yet ### discounts for coming back, is that a thing No answer yet ### Are the hours on Google right for Game Underground in Waltham? No answer yet ### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at No answer yet ### best video game store in Waltham No answer yet ### what has Game Underground posted recently, I am not on Instagram No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Game Underground We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Game Underground. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 26 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Video game stores on the registry run 26 to 52. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Game Underground scores 26. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Game Underground | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 85 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 56 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 59 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a video game store When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a video game store in Massachusetts, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with Massachusetts. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Game Underground if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Game Underground | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Game Underground | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.game-underground.com/ | Subject of this page | | Waltham, Massachusetts | City | #city | Nothing found | City Game Underground is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the video game stores in Waltham, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best video game stores in Waltham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/waltham/video-game-store - Best businesses in Waltham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/waltham ### Nearby - /boston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/boston - /cambridge: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/cambridge - /newton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/newton - /somerville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/somerville - /brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline - /wellesley: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/wellesley ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Massachusetts: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Game Underground. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ_6dB6aOJ44kRbXdU6LY6RIY (accessed Aug 13, 2026) - [2] gameunderground.store, https://www.gameunderground.store/trades (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] gameunderground.store, https://www.gameunderground.store/copy-of-events-tournaments (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] gameunderground.store, https://www.gameunderground.store/arcade (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [5] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)