Information Sources
cectoken.com would not exist without the decades of work done by independent collectors,
historians, and online communities who came before me. The sites and communities below are
the primary research sources I draw from, both for the broader history of Chuck E. Cheese,
ShowBiz Pizza, and related family-entertainment venues, and for the brand descriptions
you'll find throughout the Brand Timeline. Many brand pages link directly back to a specific
article on one of these sources. Please support their work by visiting them.
CECTokenCollectors.com
cectokencollectors.com
CECTokenCollectors.com is the pioneering online encyclopedia of arcade tokens and tickets issued by Chuck E. Cheese, ShowBiz Pizza Place, Peter Piper Pizza, Pistol Pete's Pizza, Discovery Zone, and other related family-entertainment venues. The site has spent years cataloging every known variant, photographing both sides of each token, and documenting the brands and locations that issued them. Much of the foundational research that cectoken.com builds on originates here.
ShowBizPizza.com
showbizpizza.com
ShowBizPizza.com is the definitive fan-run encyclopedia of ShowBiz Pizza Place, documenting the chain's history, the Rock-afire Explosion animatronic stage show, locations, characters, and memorabilia. Maintained by long-time fans of the brand, the site preserves a rich archive of advertisements, photos, store listings, and oral history from the ShowBiz era and its eventual merger with Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre.
r/CECTokensCollector
reddit.com/r/CECTokensCollector
The r/CECTokensCollector subreddit is the active online community where collectors share recent finds, ask for help identifying tokens, post trade and sale listings, and discuss the broader world of Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz memorabilia. New variants are often surfaced here first, and the threads form an informal but invaluable real-time supplement to the more structured catalog sites.
ArcadeTokens.net
arcadetokens.net
ArcadeTokens.net is a broad catalog of arcade and amusement tokens spanning the full breadth of American game rooms, family entertainment centers, and pizzeria-arcade venues. Its scope reaches well beyond Chuck E. Cheese to include hundreds of independent operators, but its CEC-adjacent listings are an important cross-reference for collectors trying to place a token within the wider arcade-token landscape.