We’re at the home stretch with the Arcade Heroes coverage of GTI Asia China Expo 2026 now, as our third post concerns the best of the rest in new arcade games. This typically means the more mid-to-small sized companies on the Chinese amusement scene, although some are naturally gaining more ground than others both there and overseas. That doesn’t mean every new title you see here will come over, but for some, there is a pretty decent chance.
Thanks once again to our half-Welsh true blue Arcade Hero for furnishing us with many of the photos you see here, as well as Ted for helping to organize all three days worth of posts. Find day 1 (Wahlap) and day 2 (Ace and UNIS) at those links. Apologies for the slight delays with them this year; we have normally had them up sooner, but this could not be helped here for a few (boring) reasons. Anyways, onto the new arcade games:
Arccer Amusement
First up, a player that has made their name in the rhythm game arena first and foremost, with an additional throughline in coin pushers. Arccer Amusement don’t do all that much besides those two genres, as we have come to find out in making these Chinese trade show posts, but they are clearly sticking to what they’re good at. That does mean they were among a few outfits with not much new on show, though.
For those who may have missed, it’s noting that Arccer did show up at IAAPA for the first time last year, but only with their repertoire of coin pushers. It will be interesting to see whether they try to assert themselves more with the rhythm game scene heating up over here; they have already got UDC selling their Dance Show (seen below) into Europe, albeit with a diminished song list and no online features…
Flamestone
Flamestone are a company that have been quietly making many of the biggest video shooting gallery games over the past few years, constantly evolving and iterating on their designs from what was originally known as Top Gun. That game came over to the West as Skill Shooter via Electrocoin in Europe, and Quick Shot via JET Games in the US; the latter has constantly worked with them since on their other titles, characterized by their realistic metal light-guns, with the likes of Sega Amusements also selling their large On Target electromechanical shooting range effort (with Shooting Carnival on the way from them as well). They did have a new variation to On Target that is also a merchandiser; we’ll have to see if it pops up here or not. That was dwarfed by something else that was turning heads.
As mentioned with JET Games USA, they’ve been making bigger and bigger gun titles, including Big Shot, Mega Shot, and most recently Giga Shot(called Master Hunter in China). I’ve joked about what they could possibly do next that is larger, and now they’ve responded (that said, we do not know if JET will carry this in the US, but it wouldn’t be a surprise). This was seemingly not shown off under an English name (and auto-translate fails to pick up the text), but by what we’ve seen, it made quite a splash at GTI. The current arms race to get the biggest screen for your shooting game just isn’t ending, and Flamestone have made one of the most serious stabs at that yet – to the extent that it supports eight players:
It is unknown what size of screen it uses, but there is one other company you’ll see below who introduced a 200″ screen and this looks to be about the same size. As mentioned it handles up to eight players, although oddly, it has two different types of guns – four tethered pistol-type guns, and four mounted machine guns. We don’t know how much this will cost or what the exact footprint is, but if you’re looking for an attraction and you have the budget, then this is one that crosses into attraction territory.
Leon Amusement
Leon Amusement have been confused with Flamestone above, partly because they have frequently had co-located booths at shows, but it seems they are just two, with Leon being the more English-facing and redemption-focused business. As such, much of their booth here was focused on the latter, but they did have a racing game in the form of Speed Rush available as both the ubiquitous double stacked screen cabinet and a vertical one (oddly called Speed Rush 3).
Whilst Flamestone unsurprisingly haven’t posted anything from the show on YouTube, Leon have, so here’s some closer looks at their other games like Speedy Ball. There are however some posts from Flamestone over at LinkedIn, one of which showing their Flamestone Armor shooter that we first saw back at AAA in May.
Lu-Hao
Here’s a newer name that has popped up offering one type of machine in particular: vertical touchscreen multi-game cabinets. Per the website, there are six games available, three of which appear to have a music/rhythm focus. Having a multi-rhythm game is unusual, and out West it is very easy to run into licensing problems unless it’s all original songs. Given the lean on AI on their website, it makes me wonder if they’ve used one of those AI song generators, but that potential minefield of copyright law when it comes to performance rights (not to mention the general distaste for it…).
Lu-Hao also had this single unit off to the side with this mention of “Music – Lightwave Arena”, but the cabinet appears to be the same as above, so they were likely just setting one aside to showcase the music features (then the person in the photo is playing one of the non-music games, lol).
Playmore
In terms of the main redemption stalwarts of China, you don’t get much bigger than Playmore, whose pushers have made a splash out West. They often get rethemed in the process, e.g. LAI Games’ iteration of Tornado, but even when they don’t, they tend to perform well. Playmore has also been embracing the gambling side of things, such as with Coin Frenzy seen here:
Their official YouTube has been posting some shorts from the show, which feature some of their games in action. They don’t entirely focus on redemption, as they have got their own original card battler, which can be briefly seen alongside their High Five cranes (sold by Sega Amusements over here).
Superwin
Though originally referred to as “Superwing” (and before that by a Chinese title), Superwin seem to have recently embraced their new name without the ‘g’ more, due to copyright issues with the kids series of the same name. Everything I’ve seen from GTI (including the media below and their newer arcade releases) mentions Superwin now, so that puts that bit of confusion to bed.
Their biggest release of the show, quite literally, is Marksman Extreme. This is the second larger than life shooter here today, sharing some elements with the one by Flamestone, but we aren’t sure if one has already hit the market there and who is being “inspired” by who. For this, it comes with an enormous 200″ screen, and the oddity of having four player stations, but with two different guns on each (one pistol, one rifle). Instead of offering up to eight players, you pick which style you want; there are also two firing modes across eleven levels. I do wonder if it locks out the other gun or if it allows both to be active simultaneously, but the issue there is player confusion – you certainly will get extra players expecting it to work for up to eight, when it’s limited to four.
This also promotes that you can use the giant screen for other things, including live sports, ads, or movies (although there can be issues with doing so in many Western venues due to copyright). Having a screen that big though does make it good to use for special events if you can.
Superwin did have other games on hand, although it’s unknown which, or any of these racers in particular will find their way out West. Given that companies like Bandai Namco have worked with Superwin, there’s a chance, although usually when there is intent to export, manufacturers will have units with English marquees. In this case as you see here, they do not. This one has the link-play of cars vs. bikes (like Asphalt does), and on the left of this image you can see an aerial combat game too.
Tong-Li
Besides Playmore above, Tong-Li are also one of the bigger names in redemption, having worked on many pushers with UNIS and Andamiro. Like Playmore, they do make occasional forays into other genres though, including their own card battler The Land of Warriors (based on a Chinese TV series). You can just about make that one out in the booth picture here; it was originally unveiled last year with a photo ban.
Another example of them dabbling with video games is in this Dino Land. which I believe was previously at AAA in May. The most impressive part of this from the glimpses we’ve had of it so far is that velociraptor sculpt for the marquee. Not sure who might pick it up out West if it were to happen; perhaps Andamiro might give it a try given their continued relationship on most (if not all) their pushers.
One neat thing Tong-Li are doing in redemption right now is these giant dice tube shakers, something already seen in some Japanese medal games but less so outside the region. These are present in their new Fruit Smash; given the English all over this one, I would not be surprised if someone is actively working to import this game West, perhaps with a retheme.
Yuto Games
The ever-online Yuto Games inevitably turned up here, although I believe that most of what was shown we’ve seen before (such as the Chasing Speed video game here below). There is another entry in their multiplayer sniper game series, but seeing a five on that one, I don’t recall seeing three or four previously. The octagonal air hockey table they had seems neat, although I don’t know if anyone will venture carrying that one out West.
Usually Yuto do post videos from every single day at their trade shows, but even they only uploaded one from the opening day on this occasion. This does get into all of the games that they brought though, so it’s a nice showcase:
The Rest
Now onto all the other miscellaneous titles that were spied at the show, often coming from. These are often offbeat and obscure, with the original manufacturer or developer’s name not even being known due to the state of the Chinese market.
A company called FortuneLink reached out after reading our GTI coverage and sent some media, so they get a space here. We generally don’t focus on coin pushers, although with their closed-loop pusher games and the steady popularity of these machines in the West, I do imagine that we could see one or two find their way here (or get rethemed as they make the jump). They also had what looks to be children-sized machines and games (videmption in this case, with the possibility of capsule vending, shown on the right), something we haven’t seen much of in a while. More photos of their booth and new products can be found here on LinkedIn.
For something that was spotted by ourselves out there on social media, this company have one of the strangest looking interpretations of rhythm and boxing games ever, welding the two together into something reminiscent of Konami’s Fighting Mania (just without a booth-style cabinet). The outfit that showcased it also brought a Pickleball Rivals clone and a huge skiing simulator, among other sport-focused games.
Kevin Williams sent us this one by a company called FunSpace. While others may go big with the screen or a gun, these guys are taking a page from Sega’s old Giant Tetris and giving this even larger joysticks. The game might be a racer of a sort, or maybe a mini-game compilation like the old Panic Park. Regardless, if the joysticks can hold up under abuse (I can already envision how teens over here would treat this), then it could do well.
The old traditional ways of pinball have never really left in China, and they are even evolving them to feature merchandising, as this piece shows. For those who say that pinball needs to bring in new people, this would probably work to some degree…
China went through a bit of a revival of physical shooting galleries a few years ago, and they clearly haven’t finished with it, as this Western Saloon shows. This one would be a nightmare though, from both insurance and cleanliness perspectives, as it appears to fire real airsoft pellets at real balloons, and there are no barriers no anything preventing troublemakers from aiming where ever they want. Even if the guns were mounted though, the mess from the balloons would be a problem. At least its something different, but that doesn’t always equate to good or better than other options.
From time to time we have also seen various companies in China take the old Sega Super Circuit concept and apply it to newer technology, which again is the case with the below efforts. In case you aren’t familiar with how SSC and its descendants work, these take real RC cars (or other vehicles, in the case of the next example), attach a camera to them, then players control the cars using an arcade-like sit-down station and race against each other. Here they are using racing rig/simulator style setups, particularly with the “pro” grade steering wheel and leather seats.
The next and final piece is even more impressive, and does something that I haven’t seen before – combining the above concept with a model train simulator. From our source at the show, he was quite impressed with it, saying it was like combining Bandai Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune with Taito’s Densha De Go!. There are two control stations on the latter, apparently four on the RC cars. This was shown off by Epark, who have done some ‘high seas’ content before, but also carry some original things like this. They do attend IAAPA now, so perhaps we’ll see it next week or in a few months:
Overall
All in all, this latest GTI Asia China Expo seems to have been a show of contrasts, with lots to be happy about but a downside or two as well. Wahlap always make a major impression at these events, but armed with both Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition and the new Pokémon Spot, it was hard for anyone to properly steal their thunder this year. Both games are also unfortunately still only confirmed for Asia at the moment, but at least one should be coming here at some point – the only question is when.
Outside of them, like at AAA back in May innovation hasn’t been in complete abundance, though it’s not been totally devoid either. As far as observable trends go, one that keeps rumbling on is the big screen phenomenon, which has shifted from imitating Raw Thrills’ double stacked landscapes to vertical monitors for the racers, and giant 200 inch walls for the gallery shooters. Card battlers are also continuing to reign supreme, as the titles there become slightly more Asia-specific and creative.
Other than that though, it does seem there were a lot of repeats from AAA and fewer new games (plus some disappointing AI usage). One fortunately promising title that was not pictured here but did make a reappearance, as per our source, was 3MindWave’s Aegis Unbound, a very solid looking lightgun shooter with gyroscopic controls. We have our fingers crossed on that one coming over, and have done since it was revealed, but we’ll just have to wait and see what’s happening with it.
As mentioned to us by those who attended, the influence of IAAPA Expo Europe’s imminent London event and its close proximity to the show likely contributed to GTI being roughly 60% the size of AAA, and slightly quieter than previous editions. It’s not impossible that certain fresh anxieties over global trade and continued inflation are starting to blow a cold wind here too, though hopefully that won’t feel too pervasive come November and IAAPA time.
That finally ties a bow on the coverage of GTI Asia China Expo 2026, but stay tuned to the site as we are barely going to catch a breath before launching into our IAAPA Expo Europe content. Expect a full preview and review of that over the course of the next couple weeks. Until then, thanks once again to all that have assisted us with the GTI posts, particularly our true blue half-Welsh Arcade Hero 🙂
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