In Glendale, Gene Lewin has amassed a bounty of pinball machines and old-school video games. There are about 80 inside the Vintage Arcade Superstore showroom, with more stored in his three warehouses.

I love my Arcade1Up machines — my NBA Jam Deluxe cabinet still gets play to this day — but with prices typically ranging from $400 to $750, these arcade replicas don’t come cheap. Fortunately, the ...