Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers (such as claw cranes). The golden age of video arcade games was from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Arcade games are still extremely popular for party rentals, corporate events, church parties and birthday parties.

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. We rent specialized video games such as arcade games. Video games have gone on to become an art form and industry. Video games typically use additional means of providing interactivity and information to the player. Audio is almost universal, using sound reproduction devices, such as speakers and headphones. In the early days of cartridge consoles, they were sometimes called TV games, a term now often used for handheld TV games.