Looking for wedding arcade game hire in London?
Boutique Party Hire provides full-size arcade machines and interactive games for wedding receptions, evening celebrations and luxury weddings across London.
Create anything from a few statement arcade machines to a complete pop-up wedding arcade, giving your guests an interactive entertainment area alongside your DJ, dance floor, bar and live entertainment.
Whether you’re planning an intimate celebration or a large wedding with hundreds of guests, the arcade setup can be tailored around your venue, guest numbers and available space.
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Arcade machines can provide an alternative entertainment option for guests who aren’t on the dance floor.
Popular options can include:
Combine several different game styles to create entertainment for a broad wedding guest list.
Transform part of your wedding venue into a dedicated arcade.
For larger celebrations, create different zones.
Head-to-head racing machines.
Recognisable arcade entertainment.
Basketball and high-score challenges.
Fast competitive games.
Guitar Hero.
Pool and table football.
Guests can move between the different areas throughout the reception.
You don’t need to choose an existing arcade venue to have arcade entertainment at your wedding.
Instead, full-size machines can be brought directly into a suitable wedding venue.
Create a temporary arcade inside:
The machines can be installed for the event and removed afterwards.
Gaming can form one part of a much larger wedding entertainment programme.
Combine your arcade with:
DJ
Dance Floor
Live Band
Performers
Photo Booth
Private Bar
Lounge Areas
Evening Food
This gives guests several different ways to enjoy the reception.
The evening reception can be a particularly good time to open the gaming area.
As evening guests arrive, they immediately have something interactive to do.
The arcade can then remain available alongside your music and dancing for the rest of the celebration.
Arcade games can also provide entertainment during the drinks reception.
Guests may have time between the ceremony, photographs, wedding breakfast and evening reception.
A gaming area gives them another activity during these periods.
A smaller drinks-reception setup could include:
Pac-Man
Basketball
Reaction Game
Table Football
Start the wedding arcade with a Bride vs Groom challenge.
Choose several games and see who comes out on top.
Possible rounds include:
Mario Kart.
Highest score wins.
Fastest or highest score.
Highest score.
Head-to-head match.
Guests can watch and support either side.
Take the competition beyond the couple.
Divide the wedding guests into:
Team Bride
and
Team Groom
Guests earn points across different arcade games throughout the reception.
At the end of the evening, total the scores and announce which side has won.
Create another wedding competition between the wedding party.
Possible games include:
Mario Kart
Basketball
Reaction Games
Pool
Table Football
This can also make a fun competition before opening the games to everyone else.
Challenge the groom and best man to compete head-to-head.
Racing, basketball and reaction games can provide quick competitions that other guests can watch.
You can then continue with challenges involving bridesmaids, ushers, family and friends.
Add Mario Kart DX Twin to your wedding arcade.
Create races including:
Bride vs Groom
Best Man vs Groom
Bridesmaid vs Bridesmaid
Couples vs Couples
Team Bride vs Team Groom
For larger weddings, run a complete tournament throughout the reception.
Add World’s Largest Pac-Man and create a wedding high-score challenge.
Guests can attempt to take the leading score throughout the day or evening.
Its recognisable gameplay can also make it suitable for weddings involving several generations.
Add Guitar Hero Arcade alongside your DJ or live band.
Guests can compete between dancing and other entertainment.
Guitar Hero can work particularly well for:
Add Pac-Man Basketball and create a high-score competition.
Track:
Bride’s Score
Groom’s Score
Team Bride
Team Groom
Highest Guest Score
Overall Wedding Champion
Guests can keep trying to improve their score throughout the reception.
Create a dedicated reaction challenge using:
Short attempts can allow large numbers of guests to participate throughout the event.
Racing games can become one of the centrepieces of your wedding arcade.
Create a wedding racing championship.
Guests compete for places.
Winning racers progress.
The strongest competitors race.
Crown the Wedding Racing Champion.
Add a Commercial Pool Table for a more relaxed social gaming option.
Pool can work particularly well around:
Leave it open for casual play or organise a knockout tournament.
Add Table Football for quick multiplayer entertainment.
Create:
Bride vs Groom
Two vs Two
Couples vs Couples
Bridesmaids vs Groomsmen
Team Bride vs Team Groom
matches throughout the reception.
Multiplayer gaming can help encourage different groups of guests to interact.
This can be particularly useful at weddings where friends, family members and work colleagues may be meeting for the first time.
Games provide a natural reason to compete and socialise.
Turn the entire gaming area into a structured tournament.
Mario Kart.
Basketball.
Reaction game.
Pac-Man.
Table football.
Award points throughout and crown the Ultimate Wedding Arcade Champion.
Create a central leaderboard displaying:
Racing Champion
Basketball Champion
Reaction Champion
Pac-Man Champion
Table Football Champions
Guests can attempt to take the leading positions throughout the reception.
For approximately 50 guests, focus on a carefully selected group of machines.
For example:
Mario Kart
Pac-Man
Basketball
Reaction Game
Table Football
This provides several types of gaming without requiring a huge amount of venue space.
For approximately 100 guests, increase the number of simultaneous gaming opportunities.
Consider:
The games can be grouped into one arcade or distributed around the venue.
For around 200 guests, gaming can become a substantial entertainment feature.
Create several different areas.
Head-to-head racing.
Full-size machines.
Basketball and reaction games.
Guitar Hero.
Pool and table football.
Large weddings may benefit from multiple gaming areas operating simultaneously.
Rather than relying on a handful of machines, spread different attractions around the venue.
This can be particularly suitable for large hotel, ballroom and banqueting receptions.
The final number of machines should be planned around the venue layout and wider entertainment programme.
Wedding guest lists often include children, adults, parents and grandparents.
A varied arcade can provide entertainment for different generations.
Combine:
Recognisable Games
Racing
Sports Challenges
Music Games
Social Games
to provide different styles of entertainment.
Create a generation-versus-generation competition.
Parents and children can compete across:
Pac-Man
Mario Kart
Basketball
Pool
Table Football
Add points across each round and see which generation wins.
A wedding is the perfect occasion for a couples gaming competition.
Invite couples to compete across:
Mario Kart
Pool
Table Football
Basketball
Reaction Games
Create a leaderboard and determine the wedding’s gaming power couple.
Turn the evening reception into a complete games night alongside your DJ and dancing.
Guests can compete across multiple machines before winners are announced later in the evening.
This can work particularly well for couples who want a less traditional wedding reception.
Create a nostalgia-inspired gaming area featuring:
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Retro Arcade Games
Pool
Table Football
Combine the arcade with retro music and wider wedding styling.
Planning a high-end London wedding?
Create a premium arcade and gaming lounge alongside:
Full-size machines can become part of the overall wedding entertainment experience.
For large Asian wedding receptions, an arcade can provide an additional entertainment area alongside dining, music and dancing.
With larger guest numbers, consider multiple machines and several types of games so more guests can participate simultaneously.
Create an interactive arcade area as part of an Indian wedding reception.
For larger celebrations, combine racing, sports, reaction and social games to provide several entertainment options throughout the venue.
Arcade games can provide another interactive entertainment option for Jewish wedding celebrations.
Create a dedicated gaming area based around the venue, guest numbers and wider reception programme.
Hosting your wedding in a London hotel?
Suitable arcade equipment can be installed inside:
Full-size machines require suitable loading and service lift access.
Large ballrooms can provide enough space for substantial arcade installations.
Position gaming around your:
Stage
Dance Floor
Dining Area
Bar
Photo Entertainment
Lounge Areas
or create a dedicated arcade section away from the main dance floor.
Large banqueting venues can be particularly suitable for weddings with substantial guest numbers.
Create several entertainment zones rather than relying on one attraction.
Gaming can operate alongside dining, music, dancing and other wedding entertainment.
Private venues can offer greater flexibility when designing your gaming area.
Depending on available space, create anything from three or four feature machines to an entire arcade room.
A dry hire venue gives you the opportunity to build the entertainment layout around your plans.
Create dedicated areas for:
Arcade
Dining
Dance Floor
Bar
Social Gaming
Photo Entertainment
This can be particularly useful for larger custom wedding productions.
Planning your wedding in Central London?
Suitable arcade machines can be delivered to hotels, ballrooms, private venues and event spaces subject to access.
When enquiring, provide:
Suitable wedding arcade hire can be provided throughout:
Suitable surrounding areas can also be covered subject to availability.
Three standout arcade attractions.
Competitive machines selected for head-to-head challenges.
Arcade and social games grouped into a relaxed entertainment area.
Multiple games selected for a complete competition.
A substantial selection of full-size arcade machines.
A larger combination of racing, retro, music, sports, reaction and multiplayer gaming.
Yes. Full-size arcade machines can be installed inside suitable wedding venues.
Options can include Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction games and additional arcade machines.
Yes. Multiple machines can be grouped together to create a temporary arcade.
Yes. Arcade gaming can provide interactive entertainment for adult and mixed-age wedding guest lists.
Yes. Racing, basketball and other suitable games can be incorporated into head-to-head challenges.
Yes. Multiple games can be combined into a larger team competition.
Larger installations can include multiple machines and gaming zones, subject to venue space and equipment availability.
Yes. The arcade can complement the dance floor, DJ, live entertainment and bar.
Yes, subject to suitable loading and internal access.
Suitable wedding venues can be covered throughout London.
Looking for wedding arcade game hire in London?
Boutique Party Hire can provide anything from several standout machines to a complete pop-up wedding arcade featuring Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction challenges, pool, table football and additional gaming entertainment.
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