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Welcome to the sixth and final part of our IAAPA 2025 wrap-up, the group of posts covering all the new amusement showcased out in Orlando exactly a month ago. It feels a little strange to realize that this amount of time has passed already, but it is a testament to how much there was at the show. This shows strength in the sector as far as opportunities go, although there are other economic headwinds that have been present for a while now that are still causing problems for many operators out there, myself included.<\/p>\n
As part six, this is to wrap up the many \u201cloose ends\u201d that haven\u2019t been mentioned already: redemption, simulators (mostly of the immersive variety), a few Chinese companies who had their own smaller booths, and everything in-between that\u2019s worth a mention. These companies will be ran down in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n
As I previously noted on the blog, there was a strong pull back on VR developments compared to previous years \u2013 this felt more like IAAPA 2016 in that regard, when there were a few around, but not a ton. When it comes to such attractions, we\u2019re seeing a stronger shift towards Immersive Reality Rooms, and that includes everything from projection mapping to giant LED pixel floors, to LED matrix panels. Again, I\u2019m not saying that VR is dead, but it is more focused to a few companies rather than several dozen.<\/p>\n
For the previous five parts of this wrap-up, find them at the links below:<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d prefer ingesting everything that has been covered in a YouTube video instead, the Arcade Heroes channel<\/a> will soon have a livestreamed rundown of these posts; I had hoped to get to that and this final part sooner, but I\u2019ve been sick with some kind of virus for the past two weeks and it\u2019s partially affected my voice (I certainly could not handle 3-4 hours on a livestream, which is how long they usually end up being on there). My thanks to Ted for helping on these and some other posts in the meantime.<\/p>\n Bay Tek had three major redemption games that were the focus of their booth this year \u2013 Dippin\u2019 Dots Drop<\/em>, Nailed It<\/em>, and Perfect Pump<\/em>. Of those, Nailed It<\/em> was fun; I just seemed to only catch it when no one else was playing, and it\u2019s strongest with four people going at it at the same time.<\/p>\nBay Tek Entertainment<\/h2>\n