Theme packs / Classic
A birthday party that runs itself
No theme, no character licence, no dress code. Balloons, cake, and something for the kids to do between the two.
Check my party date$149.99 for the weekend · $200 deposit, refunded when the box comes back
The Classic pack is included with every package.
The plan
Two hours of classic party
Food
- Cake at the ninety-minute mark, not the start — sugar before games is a mistake you make once.
- One savoury tray and one fruit tray. Both get eaten; three trays do not.
- Water in a dispenser, not bottles. Twenty children lose twenty bottles in ten minutes.
Decorations
- Balloons at kid height by the door, so the party starts before they take their shoes off.
- One banner with the name on it. That is the photo everybody takes.
- Clear the floor in front of the TV. The floor is the seating.
One thing that isn’t a screen
A pass-the-parcel while the last guests arrive — it works with a moving headcount.
What usually goes wrong
The gap between arrival and cake. Twenty children with nothing to do at 2:10 pm is how a party goes sideways, and it is exactly the gap the arcade fills.
A running order that works
0:00–0:20
Arrival
Guests trickle in over twenty minutes. Have the on-arrival activity out and the TV showing the attract screen.
0:20–0:45
The activity
One thing off the screen, with a clear end. Twenty-five minutes is the ceiling.
0:45–1:45
The Party Session
Choose Start Party Session on the arcade menu. It turns on Random Mode: when a game ends, the console picks the next one itself. This is the hour you can walk away from — make the coffee, take the photos, talk to the other parents.
1:45–2:00
Cake
Sing, cut, hand it out. Do not do this at the start; sugar first is a mistake you make once.
2:00–2:40
Back to the arcade
Start another Party Session while the sugar is still working. Four kids at a time, the stations do the rest, and it ends on the winner card. This is the loudest and easiest forty minutes of the party.
2:40–3:00
Wind down
Free play on the console, party bags by the door, parents arriving. The screen keeps everyone in one room while you hand out bags.
The arcade
All 39 games, in Classic colours
A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a classic party particularly well.
The invitation
3 ways a classic invitation can look
Free with every package, and it is the same page your guests actually open — a countdown, the address, a map and a two-tap RSVP. No ads, no account, nothing to install.
Book it
Can you get a box for that Saturday?
Saturdays go first, and the box ships 2 days early so you can test it. Your invitation site is free either way, in Classic colours.
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 38 games
- Party highlights on the invitation
- 3-day window around the party
- Free shipping both ways, or collect it from us