Cabinet Fever
Bitmagic
Run an arcade from 1972 to 1998. Buy cabinets, set the prices, keep them repaired and play every one of the 31 machines yourself: each is a real, playable game. Grow from a corner nook into a neon megaplex as the years roll by.
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Overview
Every cabinet is a real game
It is 1972 and you rent a tiny corner unit with one cabinet and a bucket of quarters. Every machine you add earns money, and every machine is a real, playable game: click a cabinet and the camera dives into its screen, and you play it for real.31 machines, from 1972 to 1998
- Paddles, bricks and pinball. PING, BRICK BASH, SILVER BALL, SORCERER TABLE, AIR HOCKEY
- Shooters. COSMIC INTRUDERS, METEOR STORM, STAR SWARM, SKY GUARD, BUG BLASTER, SKY ACES, TUBE STORM, GUN RANGE
- Mazes, ladders and puzzles. CHOMPER, HOPPER, CRATE CLIMBER, CUBE HOP, DIG DEEP, LIGHT CYCLES, BLOCK DROP
- Racers. NIGHT RUN, POLE RACER, SUNSET RUN, SPEED CIRCUIT
- Fighters and brawlers. STREET BRAWLER, BRAWL CITY
- Prizes, hoops and dance pads. HOOP JAM, SKEE ROLL, CLAW CRANE, WHACK-A-MOLE, DANCE BEAT
Run the arcade
- Buy, place, rotate, move and sell cabinets, and set the price of every play: cheap, fair or premium
- Keep machines serviced and upgraded: a broken cabinet earns nothing
- Hire an Attendant, a Cleaner, a Mechanic, Security and a Manager
- Decorate the hall with plants, neon, bulbs, carpet, a mirror ball, a mezzanine and more
- Run promotions, pay the rent every week, protect your reputation and watch the crowd come in
- Patrons walk in, feed a coin and really play the machines you chose
Grow through the years
- Four halls: the Corner Nook, the Strip-Mall Arcade, the Boardwalk Palace and the Neon Megaplex
- Thirty levels, one for each year from 1972 to 1998: earn the XP and finish the list of upgrades, decor, staff, promotions and medals to move up
- The world is dressed for the year: cars, clothes, colour grade and music change with the decades
- Your arcade keeps earning while you are away, up to a limit: come back to coins waiting in the cash boxes
Controls
Mouse to build, place and manage the hall (hotkeys B, V, G, P and H open the shop, decor, staff, promotions and halls). The keyboard plays the machines: each cabinet shows its own controls and Enter starts a game. Eight machines (PING, AIR HOCKEY, BRICK BASH, BUG BLASTER, GUN RANGE, SKEE ROLL, SKY GUARD and WHACK-A-MOLE) can also be played with the mouse. A single-player game that plays without an internet connection.Genres
CasualIndieSimulationStrategy
Ways to play
- Single-player
Weak PC? It still plays
Play Cabinet Fever on a weak PC
Cabinet Fever needs at least 8 GB of RAM and 3 GB of VRAM. Cloud PC is a Windows computer with a strong GPU in the cloud. You control it from your laptop, phone or desktop.
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Turn on Cloud PC
Log in to Thinkmay and start your machine. You get a Windows desktop of your own.
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Install the game
Install Cabinet Fever from Steam as you would at home.
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Play on any device
Play on a laptop, phone or desktop. Controllers and microphones work.

























