Birthday arcade · shipped to your door
Your TV is
the party.
Four real arcade controllers arrive in the mail. Forty games your kid’s friends can play the second they walk in. And a free website for the invitations.
$149.99for the weekend · $200 deposit, refunded when the box comes back
This fall we're lending it free to 30 California birthday parties. Ask for your date
Real parties, real footage
Before it was a box, it was our garage.
These are ours: the garage on a birthday in September, our own kids on game night, our living room, and the stations themselves. No stock photos and no actors — and a party’s guests are never shown.
Our garage, set up for a September birthday 
Four at once, so nobody waits for a turn 
Center Court, on our living-room TV 
One station: a stick, six big buttons, one cable
How it works
Three things happen. None of them are difficult.
Step 1: Book your date
Pick the day. We reserve a box and build your invitation site in about a minute.
Step 2: The box arrives
Two days early, so you can test it. Four arcade stations, wired. No batteries, no pairing, no app.
Step 3: Your laptop to the TV
Plug the stations into your laptop and the laptop into the TV. Open one link, and forty games unlock.
And the part nobody expects
Every party gets its own website.
A countdown, the address, a map, and one-tap RSVPs that land in your inbox. Your guests don’t download anything or make an account. On the day, the same page shows the party highlights: rounds played, the favourite game and wins by station colour — no names.
It’s free — even if you never rent the box.
No ads. No trackers. We hold children’s names, and we treat that the way you’d want us to.
bashcade.com/i/ava-turns-8
An example, not a real party
What shows up
Eight pounds of arcade, in a box that reseals.
- Arcade station — 8-way stick, six 28 mm buttons, zero-delay USB encoder× 4
- USB cable — 6 ft, one per station× 4
- USB hub — runs off your computer, no outlet needed× 1
- HDMI cable — 10 ft, long enough to reach the sofa× 1
- Quick start card — six pictures, no paragraphs× 1
- Return label — already applied to the box× 1
- Foil seal — cleaned, tested, sealed for your party× 1
One encoder, one player.
Each station registers as its own gamepad, so there is nothing to pair and nothing to charge. Plug them in in the order you want the kids seated.
1·2·3·4Station 1 is Player 1, every single time.
The games download before the party. If the Wi-Fi dies at 2 pm on Saturday, the arcade doesn’t.
The catalog
27 games in thirty seconds.
13 big ones to sit down with.
Most are played with the joystick and one big button — because a six-year-old should not need a tutorial at a birthday party. The big games use more of the six buttons, and rounds that run for minutes, for the older kids who want to finish something.
Real rounds, recorded straight off the console. Nothing here is a mock-up.
Try one right here
Mash a button — or press 1 2 3 4 on your keyboard. This is the whole product.
Sixty seconds
Will it work on my TV?
The honest answer matters more than the sale. Three questions, and we will tell you if you should book something cheaper — or nothing at all.
What we can actually prove
We are new. So here are the facts instead of testimonials.
Nobody has run enough Bashcade parties to fill a wall with quotes, and we are not going to invent any. When real parties happen and real parents write about them — with their permission and their photos — they will show up on the reviews page and nowhere else.
- 40 games
- Most need just the stick and one button.
- No batteries
- Wired stations. Nothing to charge, nothing to pair.
- Works offline
- The games download before the party and run with the Wi-Fi off.
- 3 business days
- Our deposit refund promise, from the moment the box is scanned back.
Pricing
Four ways in. The deposit is never a surprise.
Free InviteRSVP only
No hardware · no deposit
A free invitation site for the party. Twelve games in the browser, for the three days around it.
- Invitation site with countdown and RSVPs
- Twelve games, the day before through the day after
- No ads, ever
Bashcade Lite
No hardware · no deposit
All 40 games, in the browser. Nothing to ship, nothing to send back.
- All 40 games
- Runs in a browser on your own laptop
- 30 days of access
Bashcade Box
+ $200 refundable deposit
Four arcade stations, shipped to your door or collected from us. The standard home party.
- 4 wired arcade stations
- All 40 games
- Party highlights on the invitation
- 3-day window around the party
- Free shipping both ways, or collect it from us
Add-ons, bundles, and how many stations a party actually needs
The honest answers
Six things parents ask before they book.
Is it clean?
Every station is sanitised, tested and sealed after the last party. The foil seal is unbroken when it reaches you, and there is a pack of wipes in the box at no charge.
What if my Wi-Fi dies?
The games download before the party. They run with the internet off — no login, no update, no server.
Is the deposit a real charge?
Yes. $200, charged the day the box ships, back on your card within three business days of us receiving it. We email you when the refund is sent.
What if it arrives late?
We add days to your access for free. If it misses the party entirely, you get your money back and keep the digital version for another day.
What if a kid breaks a button?
Buttons are meant to be hit. Normal wear costs you nothing, and we do not charge for scratches. The $14.99 damage waiver covers the rest, no photos and no argument.
How do I send it back?
The label is already on the box. Reseal it and hand it to your mail carrier at the door, any time in the 7 days after the party. One tap in your account books a porch pickup.
When’s the party?
Boxes go out 2 days early. Saturdays book up first.
Watch the first parties
Real birthdays, filmed from behind with no faces, and new dates first. On Instagram and Facebook.