Bar, cinema, bowling alley, hotel, shopping centre — but also museum, library or
cultural centre: a NAS can become a self-contained attraction, a challenge point, or
the start of a programme shared with neighbouring activities.
Concept visual. A one-player cabinet against a wall: the footprint is that of a piece of furniture, not of a room. Open full size.
What the cabinet brings to the venue.
Create a focal point
A visible, animated cabinet draws people in without requiring a dedicated room.
Schedule appointments
Challenges, leaderboards and finals give your venue a regular rhythm.
Build cross-offers
A player can be pointed to an activity, a restaurant or a partner offer — and the other way round.
Measure what matters
Operating indicators stay aggregated and privacy-respecting.
The installation models.
Ways to install a NAS
Model
Principle
Recommendation
Purchase
The venue runs its own NAS
Permanent installation
Rental
A package covering hardware and defined services
To be priced after the pilot
Temporary activation
Installed for an event or a launch
A good way to start
Revenue share
Payment tied to a measurable offer or event
To be set out contractually
Sponsorship
A brand or a game funds an activation
Case by case
The study covers the space available, sight lines, power, network, noise,
accessibility, supervision, opening hours and who is responsible on site.
A catalogue whose rights are settled.
This is the point people rarely check before installing a retro cabinet, and it is
the one that puts the venue on the hook.
A game being technically runnable does not make it licensed. Offering it to the public
in a commercial venue is a public performance, and that requires holding the rights —
to the game itself, but also to its trademarks, its images and its music.
In that situation it is the venue showing the game to its public that is exposed, not
only whoever assembled the cabinet. A machine delivered “with thousands of games”
moves that risk onto you.
NelfePlay only lists games whose exploitation or redistribution is legally authorised:
an agreement with the rights holders, a distribution licence, a freely redistributable
title, or another applicable legal framework. The catalogue installed on a NAS is
contractual, and running it can pay the studios, publishers and rights holders
concerned.
That is what makes the installation workable for a museum, a library or a public
service, where the rights question cannot be waved away — and it is also what lets us
showcase contemporary neo-retro creators, who are paid for that exposure.
The exact contents depend on the offer, the venue and the agreements in force with
each rights holder. The available catalogue is shared with you during the study.
The cabinet as a doorway to the neighbourhood.
A challenge can unlock a partner offer, while a ticket or a booking next door can
open access to a special session. The mechanism has to stay simple, traceable and
worthwhile for both businesses.
Retail and leisure venues
Cinema, bowling, laser tag, hotel, campsite, bar or shopping mall: a NAS can
complement your business without asking you to become an arcade operator.
Cultural venues and public bodies
Museum, library, games library, cultural centre, youth club or municipal
service: video games become a medium for outreach, digital heritage and local
programming, on a catalogue whose rights are settled.
Companies and events
For a company evening, a trade show, a brand activation or a cultural event,
NAS cabinets offer short runs, legible challenges and adaptable staging.
These examples do not imply any partner until an agreement is signed.
