Introducing the Gamestation Retro MEGA PLAYER! | Premium Tabletop Gaming from My Arcade

Last week @MyArcaderetro announced that they were partnering with Bandai Namco & Campcom for a new line of gaming devices dubbed, Gamestation Retro. In a quote from My Arcade, they clarified that the Gamestation Retro would be available as a home console, a portable handheld, and a tabletop arcade. And with the images dropping this morning, we get our first look at the tabletop arcade flavor, and it looks to be a BEAST!

As we gear up for CES 2025 in just under a week, My Arcade keeps on dropping more teaser images on social media, and today they're taking the wraps off of the Gamestation Retro Mega Player.

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• Lots of "is there an SD card slot" inquiries. In the quote from My Arcade, "Gamestation Retro will be a closed system..." I take this to mean all GSR-branded products will not be expandable to add additional games beyond the 100+ already pre-loaded.

[RetroDayOfficial]

Wow this is impressive and over 100 games!? Looking forward to you reporting at CES Jon!

[AD.ArcadeGaming]

Looking good so far! I'll definitely be tuning in to your future coverage on this unit.

[darkridearts]

Hoping they upgrade their screens which have all the quality and viewing angles of early 2000s cellphones

[ButterSpider]

Can’t wait for your CES live updates!!! 🙏🏻

[AvatarNeo]

No joke, CES always gets me excited like a kid for these announcements.

Good to see my longtime loyalty to My Arcade is paying off!

[darktetsuya]

well if the spinner is on there you're almost guaranteed to see something like forgotten worlds which used a similar spinner control for 360 degree shooting! definitely a cool sounding unit and I can't wait to hear more about it!

[benb]

I like the spinner - we NEED one for a few games like Tempest. Spinners, if hooked up and made properly are one of the BEST controllers - both for games and some applications. Tempest arcade was the best since you could (if mastered it) twirl around the cursor and shoot, knowing exactly what you were doing. And it'd take abuse forever that'd wear out the potentiometer based "Paddles" quickly. Note a spinner does NOT use contact normally - they usually just measure velocity with alternating photosensors to tell what direction and how fast you spin it - and have some weight under them so they can be twirled freely and rapidly.

For later arcade games there were lots of games, notably Data East - that had the rotary function in the joystick so your character could aim but move - such as Ikari Warriors, Victory Road, Gain Ground, Midnight Resistance... Those were fantastic games but suffered in later 'retro' sales and even MAME since few home controllers had even the extra buttons for it - the thumb/back R/L usually.

Thus I presume the spinner will be for such games - also could be a good menu select. Probably will be not quite as good due to price/weight but if it can move pretty freely will make some classic games more playable and help menu select functions.

[Doobs]

This is awesome news. I appreciate the updates!

[KristianWontroba]

This is epic! Thanks for the peaks Jon! 😊

[JohnVideo]

Good stuff! Can’t wait for your CES reports.

[davidrin]

These announcements keep getting better! I definitely want to see more countertop arcade machines and this one looks freakin awesome. The buttons look nice too! I may have to get this.

[FB_Fakebeta]

I’m excited for the portable handheld! It’s crazy how we got from My Arcade making low-quality junk to making some of the coolest retro gadgets I’ve ever seen!

[tedadamgreen]

It appears to be a better quality version of the Countercades but also a true Mutlicade product.
MyArcade is killing it !!
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[michaelstagg]

Wow
That is awesome
Can’t wait till they are shown at CES 2025

Walkt is going to be emptied with all these new gaming devices from My Arcade

[JohnWindberg]

I'm still waiting for that spinner to be made available on the VCS, so I can finally, correctly, play Tempest.

[CaptainX]

Namco and Capcom make some of my favorite games so I am pumped for this!

[Johnenoch]

Great news Jon! Enjoy CES, if arcade 1up is there tell them we want the Defender Partycade brought back. Happy New Year!

[Atarifan]

I’ll buy this over the Evercade Ultra. This looks great!

[JackpotMike]

Looks neat, but the evercade alpha is out now, and is really a perfect tabletop. And with open-ended ability to take cartridges....it smokes all other barcades. Plus there are many carts that have obscure games people in the usa would never have played or seen. The Capcom and namco games are already played out...