Looking for Christmas party retro arcade game hire in London?
Boutique Party Hire provides retro arcade machines and classic-style gaming for corporate Christmas parties, office celebrations, staff events and festive functions across London.
Retro arcade games bring nostalgia, competition and interactive entertainment together, making them particularly suited to adult company events.
Hire individual machines or create a complete pop-up retro Christmas arcade inside your venue.
Create a nostalgic gaming area for your Christmas celebration.
Suitable games can include:
Mix retro favourites with newer games to create an arcade suitable for a wide range of guests.
Create a retro gaming area for your corporate Christmas event.
Employees can:
Challenge Colleagues
Attempt High Scores
Compete Against Managers
Represent Departments
Enter Arcade Tournaments
Play Throughout the Evening
Retro games can run alongside food, drinks, DJs and other Christmas entertainment.
Turn part of your workplace into a temporary retro arcade.
Subject to suitable access, machines can potentially be installed inside:
Meeting Rooms
Breakout Spaces
Reception Areas
Staff Rooms
Event Floors
Open-Plan Offices
This can completely change the atmosphere of the workplace for your Christmas celebration.
Create a complete temporary arcade inside your office, hotel or Christmas party venue.
Build different gaming areas including:
Retro-style machines and high-score games.
Head-to-head arcade racing.
Guitar Hero and music-based gaming.
Basketball and reaction games.
Pool and table football.
Guests can move between the different areas throughout the event.
Transform a separate function room into a dedicated retro games room.
Fill the space with suitable arcade machines and allow guests to escape from the main party for some competitive gaming.
This can work particularly well alongside:
DJ & Dancing
Christmas Dinner
Drinks Reception
Live Entertainment
Photo Experiences
Christmas Props
Create an arcade lounge inspired by classic gaming venues.
Combine:
Retro Arcade Machines
Pool
Table Football
Lounge Furniture
Bar Area
Christmas Styling
The result can be a relaxed social area where guests can play throughout the evening.
Bring classic arcade-style entertainment into your Christmas event.
Simple gameplay and high-score competition make retro games accessible to guests who may not normally consider themselves gamers.
Players can jump in, take a turn and immediately understand the challenge.
Looking for a vintage-inspired entertainment area?
Retro-style arcade machines can help create the feel of a classic arcade while providing interactive entertainment throughout the party.
Combine the machines with suitable props and styling for a stronger themed experience.
Create an 80s-inspired Christmas arcade party.
Combine retro gaming with:
80s Music
Neon Styling
Arcade Machines
Disco Elements
Retro Props
Competitive Games
Guests can enjoy gaming while the wider event follows an 80s theme.
Create a 90s-inspired Christmas gaming event.
Combine nostalgic arcade entertainment with suitable music, styling and additional games.
This can work particularly well for corporate audiences looking for something different from a traditional Christmas party.
Build your Christmas celebration around nostalgic gaming.
Create:
Arcade High Scores
Head-to-Head Challenges
Retro Tournaments
Department Competitions
Managers vs Employees
Gaming can become one of the main entertainment features rather than simply an additional attraction.
Bring one of the most recognisable arcade experiences to your Christmas party.
Create a Pac-Man high-score challenge where guests compete throughout the evening.
Keep track of the leading score and encourage guests to return for another attempt.
Turn Pac-Man into a company-wide competition.
Create categories including:
Overall Champion
Best Employee
Best Manager
Best Director
Best Department
Guests can continue attempting to improve their scores throughout the event.
Create a leaderboard across your retro machines.
Guests can compete for:
Highest Individual Score
Best Department
Best Manager
Best Team
Overall Arcade Champion
This can encourage guests to keep returning to the gaming area throughout the evening.
Create a structured retro arcade tournament.
Guests record scores across selected machines.
Results earn tournament points.
Top competitors progress.
The strongest players remain.
One final challenge determines the Retro Christmas Arcade Champion.
Turn the arcade into a company competition.
Create:
Sales vs Marketing
Finance vs Operations
HR vs Management
IT vs Sales
Department vs Department
Employees collect points across the different machines for their department.
Put management against employees.
Choose several arcade games and record scores from both sides.
Combine the results and reveal whether management or employees are the Christmas Arcade Champions.
Give employees the chance to beat the boss.
The CEO can set a score on a selected arcade machine.
Employees then attempt to beat it throughout the party.
This creates a simple competition that can run for the entire event.
Companies with several locations can create an inter-office arcade competition.
Run:
London vs Manchester
London vs Birmingham
Head Office vs Regional Offices
Branch vs Branch
Track scores across selected games and determine the winning office.
Use retro arcade machines as part of a larger Christmas team-building event.
Teams can rotate between:
Retro Arcade
Racing
Basketball
Reaction Games
Pool
Table Football
Points from each challenge contribute towards the final team result.
Retro gaming can create an easy conversation starter.
Employees who don’t normally work together can immediately discuss games, compare scores and challenge each other.
This can be useful for events bringing together different departments and offices.
Retro arcade games can be particularly suited to adult audiences because of their nostalgia.
Many guests may remember playing arcade games when they were younger.
Combine nostalgic games with modern competitive machines to appeal to a wider audience.
Give employees a dedicated gaming area at your staff Christmas event.
Guests can move between the arcade, bar, food and other entertainment throughout the evening.
This provides an alternative activity away from the dance floor.
Create an interactive area at your work Christmas celebration.
Guests can compete casually or take part in an organised arcade tournament.
The games can remain available throughout the event.
Create a larger company arcade featuring several full-size machines.
For larger events, split the entertainment into multiple zones to allow more employees to play simultaneously.
Hosting clients during the Christmas period?
Retro gaming can provide informal entertainment alongside networking, food and drinks.
Create friendly Client vs Company challenges or allow guests to play casually.
Not everyone wants to spend their Christmas party on the dance floor.
A retro arcade gives guests another entertainment option.
They can play, compete and socialise throughout the evening.
Gaming also creates an activity that isn’t centred around alcohol.
Guests can compete and interact regardless of whether they’re drinking.
This can help create a more varied Christmas entertainment programme.
For approximately 25 guests, create a compact arcade featuring a few carefully selected machines.
Add a high-score leaderboard to create competition throughout the event.
For approximately 50 guests, consider:
Pac-Man
Retro Arcade Machine
Racing Game
Reaction Game
Table Football
This creates a varied retro-inspired gaming area.
For around 100 guests, consider:
Multiple attractions allow several guests to participate simultaneously.
For approximately 200 guests, create several entertainment zones.
Classic arcade-style machines.
Head-to-head games.
Basketball and reaction games.
Pool and table football.
This can create a substantial pop-up arcade experience.
For larger company events, create multiple gaming areas throughout the venue.
A combination of retro, racing and interactive games can provide greater capacity for hundreds of guests.
For major Christmas events, create a large-scale arcade experience featuring multiple entertainment zones.
The arcade can operate alongside bars, DJs, food, Christmas props and other event entertainment.
Bring retro arcade machines directly into your workplace.
Before selecting equipment, consider:
These details help determine which machines are suitable for the building.
Planning a Christmas event in Central London?
Suitable retro arcade machines can potentially be delivered to offices, hotels and corporate venues subject to access.
Provide your venue details when enquiring so suitable machines can be recommended.
Create a retro arcade inside your Canary Wharf Christmas event.
Suitable machines can potentially be installed inside corporate offices and event spaces subject to loading and lift access.
Bring retro gaming into your City of London Christmas celebration.
Create anything from a few classic machines to a larger pop-up arcade subject to venue access and available space.
Retro gaming can work particularly well for creative, media and technology Christmas events in Shoreditch.
Combine classic arcade machines with racing games, Guitar Hero and interactive challenges.
Planning a premium Christmas event in Mayfair?
Create a sophisticated games lounge combining retro arcade entertainment with suitable furniture, props and wider event styling.
Hotels can provide excellent spaces for larger retro arcade installations.
Suitable spaces can include:
Ballrooms
Function Rooms
Private Bars
Event Suites
Breakout Rooms
Dedicated Games Rooms
Full-size machines require suitable loading and internal access.
Planning a client’s Christmas event?
Create a retro arcade as part of the wider event production.
The arcade can range from a few headline machines to a substantial multi-game installation.
Add nostalgic gaming to your Christmas entertainment programme.
Machines can be grouped together into a dedicated arcade or distributed around the venue.
Packages can be designed around guest numbers and available space.
Combine arcade gaming with seasonal props and styling.
Create:
Retro Christmas Arcade
Winter Wonderland Area
Christmas Photo Zone
Themed Entrance
Games Lounge
Festive Bar Area
This can turn the gaming into part of a larger themed event.
Build an entire Christmas party around arcade culture.
Combine:
Retro Games
Neon Styling
Christmas Props
Music
Gaming Tournaments
High-Score Boards
Social Gaming
This can create a distinctive alternative to a traditional corporate Christmas party.
Combine an après-ski Christmas theme with arcade entertainment.
Create a games lounge featuring retro machines, pool, table football and other competitive entertainment alongside winter styling.
Create a premium retro gaming installation.
Combine:
The arcade can become a major feature within a luxury Christmas event.
Three standout arcade machines.
A compact selection for workplace events.
Multiple machines for company Christmas parties.
Retro gaming for nostalgic themed events.
Arcade machines combined with social gaming.
A substantial multi-machine gaming installation.
Available machines can include Pac-Man and other suitable retro or classic-style arcade games, subject to availability.
Yes, subject to venue space, machine availability and suitable access.
Potentially, yes, subject to loading, doorway and lift access.
Yes. Retro gaming can work particularly well for adult corporate audiences.
Yes. Arcade machines can be incorporated into a wider retro-themed event.
Yes. Selected machines can be used for ongoing high-score challenges.
Yes. Scores from multiple games can contribute towards department totals.
Larger installations can include multiple gaming zones, subject to venue space and availability.
Yes, suitable props and arcade games can be combined subject to stock and event requirements.
Suitable events can be covered throughout Central London and surrounding London areas.
Looking for Christmas party retro arcade game hire in London?
Boutique Party Hire can provide anything from individual retro machines to a complete pop-up Christmas arcade for offices, corporate parties, staff events and festive celebrations.
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