Retraining: former banker, Fabien manufactures arcade machines in Perche

Who hasn’t dreamed of having a arcade at home (or at work) with a personalized design, Street Art spirit, manga comics, pop?

An intergenerational machine that brings together experienced players, adults, children and novices around the pleasure of video game.

You probably know this avant-garde game, very popular in the 1970s to 90s, long before the arrival of the internet!

From banking to video games

After twelve years of activity in the banking sector, Fabien Le Roulley specializes in the manufacture of personalized arcade terminals for individuals and professionals, businesses, bars, restaurants, etc.

In August 2022, this young entrepreneur from Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais created the company Rebornarcade installed near the Recyclerie Percheronne in Belhomert since November 2022.

First for friends…

A great professional reconversion, it is today one of the two manufacturers of arcade terminals in small or medium series in the department of Eure-et-Loir and the ten which share this market in France.

“At the origin of the project, I am nostalgic for the arcade games of my youth in the 80s and 90s. I first built my very first terminal on the theme of Avengers, and one thing led to another, my friends asked me to make some for them. I started to create my own models in my garage,” explains the manufacturer of entertainment game machines who was last week at the “Si on jeux” Game Festival in La Loupe.

High-end and personalized

“Everything is made here from A to Z from raw wood panels” underlines this touch all capable of producing personalized arcade machines equipped with modern technologies within four to six weeks.

Eco-responsible terminals, raw material suppliers are local, only electronic components arrive from Japan.

It offers a new generation of custom-made arcade games: “I can configure a wide range of games and systems online, combining retro and modern systems. A customer can find 2,800 games in beginner access, from 5,000 to 18,000 integrated games for full and ultra box levels with integrated pinball.”

The machine is guaranteed for two years. At the construction stage, the customer can bring innovations to the design of his product, imagine the graphics of your choice for decoration, choose the color of the illuminated buttons and joysticks, integrate a coin mechanism and various other features to provide real gaming pleasure.

A design and unifying object

This concept of video games and at the same time interior furniture that can be personalized at will: “a designer furniture which completes the layout of a living room, a games room at home or in a business. Everything is possible in terms of decoration, whether for example a Football theme, Mario Bros, the city of Toulouse or the logo of a company that wants to bring the well-being of its employees up to date with a quite unique product and stand out to offer them an entertainment solution and a new gaming experience. Each model is unique and numbered,” continues Fabien Le Roulley.

Also a dart terminal

Its customers come from all over France, Switzerland and Belgium, “80% of them are individuals, mostly men and a few women who want to offer a personalized gift. The most requested theme is Goldorak“.

It also offers a dart terminal, which can be connected with the whole world thanks to its webcam. The objective here is also to have fun and have a good time thanks to games that are intuitive and easy to share with family, friends or work colleagues. The entrepreneur plans to develop prototypes that could expand his range of games.

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