Losing his job during the pandemic forced Matt Coulsey, a single dad with two girls, to take a risk by turning his hobby of building arcades into a full-on career.
MORRISTOWN, Minn — You don’t see arcades like you used to, but one man from Morristown, Minnesota is looking to change that.
Matt Coulsey builds custom retro arcades with all the classics, including Pac Man and Frogger. It was a hobby that turned into a full-time gig.
“I lost my job,” said Coulsey. “I worked in Mankato at a nonprofit, and the nonprofit basically shut down.”
Losing his job during the pandemic forced Cousley, a single dad with two girls, to take a risk by turning his hobby into a full-on career.
“Thirty years ago, you’d never find a guy building arcade machines in the middle of nowhere,” said Coulsey.
Each arcade machine has the ability to play and store over 5,000 arcade and console games. …