Plug and play, management-free entertainment for your property.
By combining the accessibility of arcade games with the flexibility of modern consoles, Polycade provides the best-in-class casual experience for your tenants without the headache of traditional arcade machines.
Financing available
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Plug and play, management-free entertainment for your property.
By combining the accessibility of arcade games with the flexibility of modern consoles, Polycade provides the best-in-class casual experience for your tenants without the headache of traditional arcade machines.
Financing available
Learn more>
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The Polycade
Arcade Gaming Software
The Polycade software platform makes gaming easy, and let's you integrate just about any game - retro or modern!
Polycade has a minimal footprint, so communities can gather in your building without a big machine cramping up your space or detracting from your design.
Polycade offers games specifically tailored to your community, resulting in engaging, purposeful spaces that inspire community, culture, interaction, & excitement.
Easy to use
Get your game on.
The Polycade software is designed for maximum flexibility with minimum friction.
If you're just looking for the simplest way to fire up some games, Polycade AGS is the software you've been waiting for.
If you're a power user with an extensive background in emulators, you'll have all the control you could wish for, without the tedium of configuring everything.
One, unified library
Retro classics & Modern titles: Together at last.
Polycade compiles games from several sources so that you can organize and launch them all from one unified library.
We're adding more sources all the time! Currently supported are:
- Steam
- GOG
- Itch.io
- ROMs. Pre-configured emulators included for:
- Arcade (MAME)
- NES
- SNES
- Sega Master System
- Sega Genesis
- Atari 2600
- Gameboy Advance
- TurboGrafx-16
- Add additional emulators yourself!
Pre-configured for ease
Full Control For Customization
Polycade AGS automatically installs and configures standard emulators like MAME and Retroarch for you, enabling you to get up and running fast and without any headaches.
You have full access to modify emulator settings, add emulators, customize images, etc.
Our goal is to make getting started as easy as possible while also giving you full control to customize and extend AGS as you see fit!
Curated games from every era
A Unique Game Store
Looking for legal retro games or the best modern indie titles? Look no further!
Built into the Polycade AGS is a game store that features a variety of games curated specifically for a casual or mid-core gaming style. We focus our licensing efforts in a few areas:
- Original, unmodified versions of retro games from the arcades and consoles
- Great modern mid-core games
- Social games: co-op, versus, and high score!
Take your games with you
Powerful Player Accounts
Signing in to any Polycade install (your home setup, your friends setup, or the Polycade at your local bar!) is ultra fast - simply scan a code on-screen with your smartphone and you're in!
When logged in, you'll enjoy some great features:
- Your high scores will be recorded
- Any games you have purchased through Polycade will be playable!
- Photobooth strips that you take with the built-in photobooth app will be saved to your account
- (coming soon) You can continue your saved games
Tiered leaderboards
Leaderboards
Games are more fun when you can compare your scores with your friends and family!
Leaderboards work with games you can buy from Polycade, and with any arcade ROM.
Polycade allows you to see high scores from a few angles so that you can compete on your terms. See leaderboard categories like:
- Best score on this machine
- Best score in your city
- Best score in the nation
- (coming soon) Friends only!
Awesome extras
Screensaver art!
If you leave your Polycade system idle, it will switch into screensaver mode.
Polycade commissions animated artwork from artists around the world, like the one to the left from grabrela_arts.
Alternatively, you can set your machine to launch a game when idle - either a specific game or a random one!
An upcoming integration will enable owned NFT artwork to be displayed as the screensaver.
Regular updates
This is only the beginning
We have some amazing features planned for the near future, and we're constantly revising based on feedback from our community forum.
Expect to be frequently surprised with new features you actually want!
No need to break the bank
Free. For all.
Polycade AGS is 100% free, and if you already own a PC running Windows 10, all you need is an Xbox-compatible (xinput) controller to start playing.
Polycade AGS is currently in beta. Join the beta and get notified when Polycade AGS is released by clicking the red button below!
Plug and play or DIY - you choose
What's your style?
Looking for a quality plug-and-play arcade experience? We've got you covered - check out our premium quality arcade machines to find a form factor that works for you.
Looking to build your own arcade machine? Awesome! We can help guide you through the journey via our community forums or our Discord channel.
Maybe you just want to get a quick fix on your laptop or desktop computer - downloading and installing Polycade is done in two clicks! Play with an existing Xbox controller, or grab one of our low-price, high quality retro controllers.
