Planning an arcade themed birthday party in London?
Boutique Party Hire can transform your chosen venue into a temporary arcade packed with full-size gaming machines, racing games, basketball challenges, reaction games and multiplayer entertainment.
Instead of taking your guests to a public arcade, bring the arcade experience directly to your birthday party.
Whether you’re organising an 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th or another milestone celebration, we can create anything from a small arcade corner to a complete arcade-themed birthday experience.
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An arcade-themed birthday gives guests entertainment they can actually participate in throughout the event.
Popular options can include:
Choose several favourites or combine multiple machines to create a much larger arcade installation.
You don’t need to hire an existing arcade venue.
Full-size arcade machines can be installed inside suitable:
This gives you much more freedom when choosing where to hold your birthday.
Build the entire entertainment experience around gaming.
For larger parties, create several different areas.
Head-to-head racing machines.
Recognisable classic-style gaming.
Basketball and competitive challenges.
Fast high-score games.
Guitar Hero.
Pool and table football.
Guests can move around the different areas throughout the celebration.
A dedicated gaming zone can become one of the main features of your party.
A strong combination could include:
Mario Kart
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Basketball
Reaction Game
Pool
Table Football
For larger guest numbers, add additional arcade machines so more people can play simultaneously.
Add Mario Kart DX Twin and create a racing championship.
Run challenges including:
Birthday Person vs Best Friend
Friends vs Family
Couples vs Couples
Team vs Team
Guests can race casually throughout the party or enter a structured tournament.
Add World’s Largest Pac-Man and create an ongoing high-score competition.
Display the leading score and challenge guests to beat it throughout the event.
Pac-Man can be particularly effective for milestone birthdays where different generations are attending.
Add Guitar Hero Arcade and combine gaming with your party music.
Guitar Hero can work alongside:
It can be particularly suitable for 30th and 40th birthday celebrations.
Add Pac-Man Basketball and create a birthday basketball challenge.
Track:
Highest Score
Birthday Champion
Friends Champion
Family Champion
Overall Champion
Guests can keep returning to try to take the top position.
Create a dedicated reaction challenge featuring:
These provide short competitive rounds and can help add variety to a larger arcade setup.
Create a dedicated racing section within your birthday arcade.
Guests can race head-to-head throughout the event or take part in an organised competition.
Everyone gets a chance to race.
Winning players progress.
The fastest players compete.
Crown the overall racing champion.
Add a Commercial Pool Table for more relaxed social gaming.
Pool can work well around:
Leave the table open for casual games or create a birthday pool tournament.
Add Table Football for quick multiplayer competition.
Run:
One vs One
Two vs Two
Couples vs Couples
Friends vs Family
Team vs Team
matches throughout the celebration.
Take the arcade theme further with a nostalgia-focused gaming area.
Combine:
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Retro Arcade Games
Pool
Table Football
with music, lighting and decorations inspired by a particular decade.
This can work particularly well for 30th, 40th and 50th birthdays.
Create an 80s-inspired arcade atmosphere using retro-style games, neon-inspired event styling and an 80s soundtrack.
Pac-Man and classic-style arcade entertainment can become the centre of the gaming area.
Combine the arcade with a DJ playing music from the era.
Planning a 90s-themed birthday?
Create an entertainment area combining arcade machines, racing, pool and competitive games.
Add a 90s soundtrack and themed styling to bring the wider party together.
A 2000s-themed birthday can work particularly well with Guitar Hero and racing entertainment.
Combine:
Guitar Hero
Racing Games
Basketball
Arcade Machines
with music and styling inspired by the decade.
An arcade theme isn’t just for children’s birthdays.
Full-size gaming can work particularly well for adult celebrations because it provides another entertainment option alongside drinking, dining and dancing.
Guests can move between:
Arcade
DJ
Dance Floor
Bar
Food
Lounge Areas
throughout the evening.
Create a high-energy 18th birthday arcade featuring:
Mario Kart
Basketball
Reaction Games
Guitar Hero
Multiplayer Arcade Games
Add leaderboards and tournaments to keep the competition running.
For a 21st birthday, combine the arcade with your DJ, bar and dance floor.
Create a dedicated gaming area where guests can compete throughout the evening without interrupting the main party.
A 30th birthday is ideal for combining current arcade entertainment with nostalgia.
Consider:
Create a leaderboard and let guests compete throughout the celebration.
Create a mixture of retro and modern gaming.
Combine Pac-Man and Guitar Hero with racing, basketball, pool and reaction challenges.
This gives guests a mixture of recognisable games and competitive entertainment.
For a 50th birthday, create an arcade that different generations can enjoy together.
Run:
Friends vs Family
Parents vs Children
Generation vs Generation
competitions across several games.
For approximately 50 guests, you may not need a huge number of games.
Instead, concentrate on a varied selection that provides different types of entertainment.
For example:
Racing Game
Basketball
Reaction Game
Pac-Man
Table Football
The exact number of games should depend on your venue and how heavily gaming features within the party.
For approximately 100 guests, consider creating a larger arcade area with multiple games operating simultaneously.
Combine:
This gives guests more choice and helps distribute players across the venue.
For a large birthday with around 200 guests, gaming can become a major entertainment zone.
Rather than relying on a handful of machines, create several areas throughout the venue.
Multiple competitive racing attractions.
Full-size arcade machines.
Fast high-score challenges.
Pool and table football.
The final quantity of equipment should be planned around venue capacity and the wider entertainment programme.
Turn individual machines into competitions.
Create categories such as:
Fastest Racer
Basketball Champion
Reaction Champion
Pac-Man Champion
Guests can attempt to take the top position throughout the party.
For guests who enjoy competition, create a complete tournament.
Mario Kart.
Highest score.
Reaction challenge.
Pac-Man.
Pool or table football.
Award points across each game and crown the Birthday Arcade Champion.
Divide guests into two teams.
Friends compete against family across:
Racing
Basketball
Reaction
Pac-Man
Pool
Table Football
Keep a running points total and announce the winning team later in the evening.
Turn your birthday into a complete arcade games night.
Guests can compete casually or enter organised challenges throughout the event.
Combine the gaming with:
Food
Drinks
DJ
Music
Dance Floor
Photo Entertainment
for a complete evening event.
Gaming and music can operate side-by-side.
Create:
DJ and dance floor.
Full-size gaming machines.
Pool, table football and lounge areas.
Guests can move between each throughout the evening.
Hosting your birthday at a London hotel?
Suitable arcade machines can be installed in:
Full-size machines require suitable loading and service lift access.
Private venues can provide greater flexibility for a full arcade installation.
Create anything from several feature machines to a complete temporary arcade room depending on the available space.
Function rooms can work well for smaller arcade setups.
Position selected machines around the edge of the room while retaining space for:
Tables
Bar
DJ
Dance Floor
Food
and guest circulation.
Large ballrooms can accommodate a much more substantial gaming installation.
Create multiple arcade zones around your wider birthday production.
This can work particularly well for large milestone and luxury celebrations.
For a high-end celebration, incorporate the arcade into the wider event styling.
Combine full-size machines with:
The arcade can become one of several major entertainment areas.
Create an arcade inside a venue that normally has nothing to do with gaming.
Machines can be installed before the celebration and removed afterwards.
This allows you to combine your preferred London venue with the entertainment experience of a private arcade.
Planning your celebration in Central London?
Suitable arcade machines can be delivered to hotels, private venues, function rooms and event spaces subject to access.
For full-size equipment, provide:
Suitable arcade-themed birthday entertainment can be provided throughout:
Suitable surrounding locations can also be covered subject to availability.
A focused selection of standout games.
Classic-style gaming and social entertainment.
Head-to-head racing and competitive challenges.
Multiple attractions for ongoing competition.
Multiple full-size machines grouped into a dedicated gaming area.
A substantial combination of racing, sports, retro, reaction, music and multiplayer gaming.
Yes. Multiple full-size arcade machines can be installed inside a suitable venue.
Yes. Arcade entertainment can work particularly well for adult and milestone birthdays.
Options can include Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction games, pool, table football and other arcade machines.
Yes. Larger venues can accommodate multiple machines grouped into a dedicated arcade area.
Yes. Retro-style games can be combined with music and wider event styling.
Yes. Several machines can be combined into an overall competition.
Larger gaming installations can be created for bigger guest numbers, subject to venue space, access and equipment availability.
Yes. Gaming can complement your DJ, dance floor and wider entertainment.
Yes, subject to suitable loading and internal access.
Suitable venues can be covered throughout London.
Planning an arcade themed birthday party in London?
Boutique Party Hire can provide anything from several feature machines to a complete pop-up birthday arcade featuring Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction challenges, pool, table football and additional arcade entertainment.
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