Looking for birthday party arcade hire in London?
Boutique Party Hire provides full-size arcade machines and interactive games for birthday celebrations at hotels, private venues, function rooms, ballrooms and event spaces across London.
Instead of taking your guests to an arcade, we can help you bring the arcade directly to your birthday venue.
Choose several feature machines or create a complete temporary arcade filled with racing games, retro favourites, sports challenges, reaction games and multiplayer entertainment.
Browse our full Arcade & Amusement Game Hire range.
Create your own private arcade for the celebration.
Popular options can include:
The number of machines can be scaled around your guest numbers, venue and budget.
Transform part of your venue into a pop-up birthday arcade.
The machines can be installed for the event and removed afterwards, allowing you to create an arcade experience inside a venue that wouldn’t normally offer gaming.
This can work particularly well for:
For a larger birthday, create several gaming zones.
Head-to-head racing machines.
Recognisable arcade entertainment.
Basketball and competitive challenges.
Fast high-score games.
Guitar Hero.
Pool and table football.
Guests can move between the different games throughout the celebration.
Full-size arcade machines can create a much bigger impact than small party games.
They can become both entertainment and part of the atmosphere of the venue.
For larger events, multiple machines can operate simultaneously so several groups of guests can play at once.
Add Mario Kart DX Twin and create a head-to-head racing area.
Run challenges including:
Birthday Person vs Best Friend
Friends vs Family
Couples vs Couples
Team vs Team
For larger parties, organise qualifying races followed by a birthday final.
Add World’s Largest Pac-Man and create an ongoing high-score competition.
Guests can return throughout the event and attempt to beat the leading score.
Pac-Man can work particularly well for milestone birthdays where several generations are attending.
Add Guitar Hero Arcade for music-based gaming.
Combine Guitar Hero with:
It can work particularly well for 30th, 40th and music-themed birthday celebrations.
Add Pac-Man Basketball and create a basketball high-score challenge.
Track:
Highest Score
Birthday Champion
Friends Champion
Family Champion
Team Champion
Guests can keep trying throughout the party.
Create a competitive reaction area featuring:
These games provide short rounds and can work well alongside larger arcade machines.
Racing games can become one of the centrepieces of your birthday arcade.
Create a racing tournament:
Guests compete for their place.
Winners progress.
The strongest racers compete.
Crown the overall racing champion.
Create a retro-inspired arcade featuring classic-style gaming.
Combine:
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Retro Arcade Machines
Pool
Table Football
with themed music, lighting and décor.
This can work particularly well for milestone birthdays.
Birthday arcade hire isn’t limited to children’s parties.
Full-size arcade machines can provide interactive entertainment for:
The arcade can operate alongside your DJ, bar and dance floor.
Create a high-energy arcade featuring:
Mario Kart
Basketball
Reaction Games
Guitar Hero
Multiplayer Arcade Games
Add competitions and leaderboards throughout the celebration.
Create a dedicated gaming zone alongside your 21st birthday party.
Guests can move between:
Arcade
DJ
Dance Floor
Bar
Food
throughout the evening.
Combine modern arcade gaming with nostalgia.
A strong 30th birthday setup could feature:
This gives guests several different styles of gaming.
Create a mixture of recognisable arcade games and modern interactive entertainment.
Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, racing games, basketball and pool can provide a varied gaming experience.
For a 50th birthday, create an arcade that encourages different generations to compete.
Try:
Pac-Man
Mario Kart
Basketball
Pool
Reaction Games
Table Football
Run friends-versus-family or generation-versus-generation competitions.
Create a relaxed arcade and gaming lounge for a 60th birthday celebration.
Combine retro-style arcade entertainment with racing, pool and social games.
For an adult celebration, the arcade can provide an alternative entertainment area away from the main dance floor.
Guests can:
Race
Compete
Set High Scores
Enter Tournaments
Challenge Friends
Play Social Games
throughout the evening.
For larger guest numbers, increase the number and variety of machines.
A substantial arcade could include:
Multiple games operating simultaneously can help keep larger groups entertained.
For 100 or more guests, consider creating several gaming zones.
Head-to-head racing.
Classic-style machines.
Basketball and reaction games.
Pool and table football.
This spreads the entertainment across the venue.
You don’t need a huge event to create a birthday arcade.
A smaller setup could include:
Mario Kart
Basketball
Reaction Game
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Pool
Racing
Basketball
Batak
Arcade Machine
Pool
Table Football
Turn your arcade into a complete competition.
Mario Kart.
Highest score.
Reaction challenge.
Pac-Man.
Pool or table football.
Award points across the different rounds and crown your Birthday Arcade Champion.
Create an ongoing high-score leaderboard.
Track:
Mario Kart Champion
Basketball Champion
Reaction Champion
Pac-Man Champion
Guests can attempt to improve their position throughout the event.
Create a team competition between friends and family.
Award points across:
Racing
Basketball
Reaction Games
Pac-Man
Pool
Table Football
Add the results together to determine the overall winning team.
Arcade gaming can work alongside traditional birthday entertainment.
Create separate areas for:
Arcade
DJ & Dance Floor
Bar
Food
Photo Entertainment
Lounge
Guests can move between the different areas throughout the evening.
Create a gaming lounge around your private bar area.
Social games such as pool and table football can work well nearby, while larger arcade and racing machines can form a separate entertainment zone.
Hosting your birthday at a hotel?
Suitable arcade machines can be installed in:
Full-size machines require suitable loading and service lift access.
Private event venues can be ideal for larger temporary arcade installations.
Depending on your available space, create anything from several feature machines to an entire arcade room.
Hiring a function room?
Choose machines based around the available floor space.
Smaller rooms can use a focused selection, while larger function rooms may accommodate multiple arcade zones.
If your venue has a separate room available, transform it into a dedicated arcade.
Fill the space with:
Racing Machines
Basketball
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Reaction Games
Additional Arcade Machines
Guests can move between the main party and arcade room throughout the event.
Planning a premium birthday celebration?
Create a substantial arcade installation alongside:
The arcade can become one of the main entertainment features of the event.
Hosting your birthday in Mayfair?
Suitable arcade machines can be installed inside hotels, private clubs and event venues subject to access.
Create anything from a few statement machines to a complete private arcade.
Planning a birthday in Knightsbridge?
Create a dedicated arcade area featuring racing, sports, reaction and retro gaming.
Loading and service lift access should be checked for larger machines.
Hosting a birthday celebration in Chelsea?
Full-size arcade games can provide interactive entertainment alongside your DJ, bar and wider event.
Planning a birthday in Kensington?
Suitable arcade machines can be installed inside hotels, function rooms and private venues subject to access.
Hosting your celebration in Shoreditch?
Arcade entertainment can work particularly well in private bars, event studios, converted venues and modern event spaces.
Planning a birthday in Canary Wharf?
Create a gaming zone featuring racing, arcade, sports and social games inside your chosen venue.
Planning your birthday in Central London?
Full-size machines can be installed at suitable venues subject to loading and internal access.
When enquiring, provide:
Suitable birthday arcade hire can be provided throughout:
Suitable surrounding locations can also be covered subject to availability.
Three standout arcade attractions.
Competitive racing and reaction games.
Classic-style arcade and social gaming.
Multiple games selected for an overall competition.
Multiple full-size machines grouped into a dedicated area.
A substantial combination of racing, sports, retro, reaction, music and social gaming.
Yes. Multiple full-size arcade machines can be installed inside a suitable venue.
Options can include Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction games and additional arcade machines.
Yes. Arcade gaming can work particularly well for adult and milestone birthdays.
Yes. If your venue has suitable space and access, multiple machines can be installed together.
Yes. Several machines can be combined into an overall gaming competition.
Yes. Suitable games can be used for ongoing high-score challenges.
Yes. Gaming can complement your DJ, dance floor and wider entertainment.
Yes. Larger packages can include multiple games operating simultaneously, subject to availability.
Yes, subject to suitable loading, doorway and service lift access.
Suitable venues can be covered throughout London.
Looking for birthday party arcade hire in London?
Boutique Party Hire can provide anything from several standout arcade machines to a complete temporary birthday arcade featuring Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction challenges, pool, table football and additional gaming entertainment.
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