The guide, as an arcade
12 of them. No account, nothing to install — all but one keep a best score right here in this browser, and pick up where you left off.
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Jellyfish Invasion
Ten arcades, ten real places, one nemesis — the Inlet jetty to the dark under the Oceanic.
Play Jellyfish InvasionThe rest of the arcade
- Run the TramDodge the July crowds and keep the retired boardwalk tram rolling.Take the wheel
- Marlin FishingHook it, fight it, weigh it in — timed to White Marlin Open week, playable any time.Cast a line
- Quarter MasterJammed quarters, impatient kids, a Friday-night arcade. Tap fast.Work the shift
- Metal DetectorSweep the dawn sand for rings, quarters and the rare storm doubloon.Sweep the sand
- Straphanger HeroRing the bell, thread the crowd, make the rear door — or ride to Delaware.Ring the bell
- Cull Ring RunnerYou're an undersized blue crab in a crab pot. Find the cull ring. Mind the bait.Escape the pot
- Pier FishingFive casts off the Oceanic. Pick the spot, pick the depth, set the hook.Wet a line
- Beach SweeperRun the surf rake from 4:15 to 5:00, before the beach opens and the sand fills up.Take the dawn shift
- SemaphoreTwo flags off a lifeguard stand. Learn the alphabet, then read it back.Learn the flags
- CrosswordFive grids cut from the guide itself — every answer a real place, person or fact here.Fill in the first square
- OCExplorerWalk the whole island rebuilt in blocks — Inlet to the Delaware line.No score, just the island
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Rather answer questions?
The Island round is eight questions of Ocean City history, one per district, and the score goes on the same board as these.
Play a trivia roundSomething to do at the table
The taste passport is twelve things to eat and drink here — steamed crabs, an orange crush, Thrasher’s fries, scrapple — with what each one is and the kitchens that make it, read off their own menus. Tick them off as you go; no account, and the list stays in this browser.
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