Founded in 1952 by Bob Lawton,[1] Funspot includes over 600 video games (both retro and modern), pinball machines, and ticket redemption machines; an indoor miniature golf course; 20-lane ten-pin and candlepin bowling; cash bingo; a restaurant; a tavern; an ice cream stand; kiddie rides; and several other attractions on its grounds.

[2] Originally called the Weirs Sports Center, which remains its legal business name according to a copyright notice on its official website, and located across the street from the Weirs Beach boardwalk, Funspot moved in 1964 to its current home on Route 3.

It was opened by then 21-year-old Bob Lawton as an indoor miniature golf course and penny arcade with $750 USD borrowed from his grandmother.

On the first day the center was open it made $36.60 from miniature golf admission and $5.60 from selling soft drinks.

Buildings ranged from a "Nookta Whaling Shrine," to a "Mandan Earth lodge," to "Plains Indians Teepees."

[3] Funspot expanded over the years, opening satellite locations in Wolfeboro, Concord, Dover, and Amherst in New Hampshire, as well as South Portland, Maine, and Port Richey, Florida.

One attraction in the building, the American Classic Arcade Museum, has approximately 180 pre-1988 video games and pinball machines.

Opened in the late 1990s, the American Classic Arcade Museum accepts donations of games built no later than 1989.

[8] Records have been set at the American Classic Arcade Museum by well-known gamers such as Billy Mitchell,[9] Steve Wiebe, and Brian Kuh.

"[3] In 1965, the creator of the Archie comic series, Bob Montana, drew the jester that appears on every Funspot token.

[3] Funspot's founder and owner, Robert Lawton has launched other community ventures that are not associated with his family entertainment center.

Records of Funspot's web site show that at least from 2006 to 2012, several of its charity bingo games each week—staffed in part by volunteers—have had one of the associated nonprofits as their beneficiary.

Many of the artifacts were found by Bob and Tim from scuba diving expeditions the two regularly made into the lake.

The museum building was opened in 2004, and has been expanded to include a state of the art presentation area for guest lectures.

[13] The Weirs Times is known for devoting a large percent of its copy to Republican and Tea Party columnists and letters to the editor.