Andamiro USA is bringing two new video games to IAAPA 2025, along with additional redemption attractions, equipment and updates to its self-service prize-ticket system. Both headline video games include built-in ticket redemption support, while the wider presentation remains strongly focused on the operator-friendly redemption market.
For Australian arcade operators and enthusiasts, the line-up offers a useful snapshot of where location-based entertainment is heading: licensed racing, flexible shooting content and connected redemption hardware. You can follow more industry updates through the RETROCADE Arcade Blog.
Nickelodeon Kart Racers Arcade
Nickelodeon has appeared in arcade kart racing before. Chicago Gaming released Nicktoons Racing in the 2000s, followed later by Raw Thrills’ Nicktoons Nitro. Both titles have largely disappeared from amusement locations, leaving room for a new Nickelodeon-branded racer.
Andamiro’s new project is called Nickelodeon Kart Racers Arcade. The cabinet shown here is a prototype and may change before production.
Andamiro already holds the SpongeBob SquarePants licence, but a sit-down racer is a notable departure for the company. The game is based on GameMill’s console title Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway, with Team Infinity—the group associated with Pump It Up Infinity—adapting it for arcades in collaboration with Andamiro. A video of Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway provides useful context for the source material.
The console foundation gives the arcade version a sizeable content base, including more than ten tracks and approximately 24 playable characters. The roster includes SpongeBob, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield and other Nickelodeon characters. Players can collect items to attack rivals, with slime adding another recognisable Nickelodeon element.
Up to eight cabinets can be linked for multiplayer racing. Andamiro is targeting a first-quarter 2026 release, with testing and the IAAPA presentation taking place beforehand. Racing cabinets can require substantial planning for a venue, so RETROCADE’s racing arcade range is a useful starting point for comparing the format with other driving attractions.
Marksman
Marksman comes from Chinese developer Superwing, which began showing the game at trade events and promoting it online in late 2024. After a test at a Round1 venue, its prospects for a Western release remained uncertain until Andamiro presented it as one of the few new arcade games at Bowl Expo 2025 in June.
The game is now scheduled to begin shipping in December 2025. As a result, the IAAPA machine is expected to be a production unit rather than an early prototype.
Marksman belongs to the gallery-shooter category and uses air-powered gun feedback. Its display arrangement follows a 2025 arcade trend: two large monitors mounted vertically beside one another, creating a tall combined image with an unusual aspect ratio.
There are eleven scenarios divided into three groups:
- Factory and hostage missions
- Zombie battles
- Classic shooting-gallery stages
Operators can configure the game for straightforward score-based play or ticket-awarding sessions. Its presentation places it alongside other gallery shooters that use physical feedback to make target practice more tactile.
Additional redemption attractions
Andamiro’s IAAPA 2025 display will also include new redemption products. SpongeBob Swish is an electromechanical mini-basketball game in which players use a stick and button to aim small balls at three hoops. Successful play awards tickets.
The SpongeBob range will also include SpongeBob VR Ghost Coaster, another attraction planned for the show.
Redeem Machine 2
For venue operations, Andamiro will promote Redeem Machine 2, a self-service kiosk that converts RFID-tagged cards and colour-coded redemption chips into digital ticket value.
The second-generation system improves on the original 2019 model with video display support, data export through USB or email, and software or content updates delivered through the internet or USB.
Other Andamiro products at IAAPA
Andamiro will have its previously released Spiderman and Star Wars pushers on display, alongside cranes, merchandisers and Pump It Up. No major new Pump It Up update was indicated for the event.
Star Wars Death Star Assault, which had been seen testing earlier in 2025, will not appear at IAAPA. Its eventual status remains unclear: it may be undergoing further testing, or it may have been cancelled.
For anyone assessing cabinets for a venue or home collection, RETROCADE’s arcade machine buying guide covers the practical considerations involved in choosing and placing a machine.
When is IAAPA 2025?
The IAAPA 2025 trade-show portion begins on 18 November 2025. Andamiro’s presentation is part of a wider event preview covering new arcade video games, redemption attractions and amusement-industry equipment.
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