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Activates secret features in vintage arcade machines.
StackableConsumableEquipped
Bonuses
- Nostalgia
- Yes
- High Score Boost
- 5
Translucent polymer, coin-sized, shot through with a refracting layer that cycles from magenta to cyan depending on the angle of the light. The edge reads HF-21 in raised script on one side and nothing at all on the other.
Entry

Activates secret features in vintage arcade machines.
The Holographic Arcade Token pulses with retro energy. Drop it into a functioning cabinet and watch as hidden menus and bonus stages flicker to life. Some swear it whispers cheat codes when held close to the screen.
“The token glowed, the screen glitched, and suddenly I was fighting the final boss on level one.” – Anonymous arcade junkie
Chronicle
Issued as loyalty rewards by a chain of arcades that closed during the Neon Recession, in quantities the accountants were never able to reconcile against the official run. Cabinets that read the token recognize it as a second-tier operator key, and respond by unlocking menus the cabinet's own maintenance crew never knew existed. A handful of collectors have worked out that not all tokens unlock the same hidden modes, and none of them have explained this finding to the rest.
Pixel art by KBVE Pixel Workshop.