New Arcade Releases From East To West – UNIS, Ace, Superwing & More

We’re a little ways past the Chinese amusement trade show AAA 2025, and the question that always comes with the new games shown at events like it is whether they will come out West. As it turns out, quite a few should be doing just that, although as a disclaimer, some of these remain up-in-the-air with only a few fully confirmed to be shipping through a Western outlet, while others are potentially being sold through the manufacturer directly into North America.

Of course the big elephant in the room has been US tariffs, with negotiations still taking place with China, while they have been seemingly settled with the likes of Japan and the EU. Granted, that might be good news for games from companies like Bandai Namco and Sega, not so much with those we’ll be talking about today, as some companies as still waiting for the US-China deals to see a settlement. Hopefully that one comes up next.

I’ll note below what has been confirmed on certain titles – but let’s get into it. All of them are either racers or rail shooters of some description.

Neon Rush (UNIS) Now Available In 2 Models

Let’s start off with one of the bigger game makers on the Chinese market, UNIS. First showing the single dual screen model at IAAPA 2024, their new dual-screen motorcycle racer Neon Rush skipped Amusement Expo 2025 (AEI25) as the company was focused on selling their other racer, Monster Kart. That said, they sent out an email this past week mentioning that not just that, but also a new single screen Deluxe Twin model is available now. I’m not sure what the price is on the two, but every major distributor out there should carry UNIS product now.

Ace Amusement

We have covered Ace Amusement for a little while now, as they’ve produced a surprisingly vast amount of content in a short few years. This has been grabbed by several different companies who are set up here in the West (Coastal Amusements and UDC are the most frequent, though LAI Games and Amusement Source International have also carried their games on occasion).

They’ve had their own booths at IAAPA in recent times, and currently they are looking into setting up some US offices too, although I don’t know when and where those will be active. Either way, there are a few products that we generally didn’t see directly at AAA 2025 due to a photo ban, but now that Ace has posted numerous games to their website, we can take a new look at them.

Wild Hunting – Putting this at the top since this has the most direct aim at a Western IP, being the juggernaut of Raw Thrills’ Big Buck Hunter series. This certainly borrows a bit from that game, from the look to the bonus rounds, to the gun shells. No word on whether or not it would have online features, although such a thing would surprise me coming from Ace. My feeling on this one is that it’s just straight hunting in classic Bug Buck style, without all of the extra non-hunting games that BBH has added in recent years, but if I’m wrong about that, I’ll correct the record. Perhaps the most interesting creative direction they took here, that I’m surprised that BBH hasn’t done before, is offering the four-guns model:

Wild West Shootout 2 (via Coastal Amusements) – This is getting a special mention, since Coastal have already demonstrated the game at AEI 2025, and sold the original back in 2019 (one of Ace’s first prominent titles). The sequel improves on the graphics and gameplay, adding two additional players, and keeping the six shooter ‘snap feedback’ gun. I checked with Paul at Coastal what the latest is and this one is still TBD while they wait out the tariff situation, but he did reassure me that it is still happening.

Ace Shooter 2: Promax & Ace Striker – Here are two games that use the same kind of setup, but come with different software. One is a sequel, although as often is the case, I don’t recall seeing anything on the first one. This one offers Ace’s interpretation on the realistic gun shooting gallery games, although it appears that Ace Shooter is more of an on-rails gun game that uses realistic guns, while Ace Striker follows the now-standard shooting gallery mini-game format.

Galaxy Rangers 2 – Yet another sequel, Galaxy Rangers was originally Ace’s answer to Halo: Fireteam Raven, and like Wild West Shootout was also sold in the US through Coastal Amusements. Given the situation that’s delaying WWS’ sequel, I would guess that Coastal would be interested in this as well, but might be holding off on it.

Dragon Kingdom – Speaking of answers, this one is an alternative to Adrenaline’s Drakons. We haven’t seen the game in motion besides this short video, but from the looks of things it has some sharp graphics (as long as they’re 60fps with that kind of texturing & lighting, then could be good – Skull of Shadow is okay). No LED screen here though, getting the 1:1 aspect ration through two vertically mounted screens.

Ace’s website also lists new games which we have had some previous looks at, such as Jet Ski Racer, Racing XTreme, Air Combat, and Bikers Madness SD. Though pretty much all their titles have a videmption mode, on the more redemption side of things there is additionally Speedy Toss, Roll N Win, Shooting Carnival, Crossbow Fishing, Big Egg Party, Five Tiger Generals, and Big Top Carnival. With the sheer volume of product they’re putting out it’s little wonder they are trying to set up a direct US presence… though whether it will be consistent remains to be seen.

Amusement Source International (Various)

While it’s been a tough year for everyone who licenses and imports games from any Chinese factory, Amusement Source International (I’ll refer to them as ASI) is one who has had some of the tougher waters to navigate, thanks to the fact that all of their products (except for maybe one or two) originate from China. They deal with a number of different companies, many of whom will often have their own booths at shows like IAAPA.

ASI did have a lot of pre-tariff titles in stock though, and they’ve recently received several more, which main man Cory Haynes was happy to provide information on. Just note that in interest of space, I’ll focus on their video titles (which will have a redemption option available), but again will link to their new redemption only pieces for those who are interested.

Rooster ‘N Bro 2DX (unsure) – This game was supposed to appear at Amusement Expo 2025, but as sometimes happens, shipping delays meant it was a no-show. ASI still had plenty besides on their booth, however they were excited to show this in particular off, which made it a slight shame. Now, it’s available, providing some wacky shooting fun for up to three players as you need to restore order to a chicken coop that dabbled into some radioactive goop. Not sure who originally made it though – numerous companies have been promoting it online, so the jury’s still out on that.

Skull of Shadow (4-Player water edition, Ace Amusement) – In case the three other models didn’t fit your fancy, now Ace has developed a water gun version of their adventurous swashbuckling shooter game. This cabinet uses mounted guns and blasts water at the screen. ASI is the official North America distributor for all Skull of Shadow models, with the others being the tethered gun 4-Player and mounted gun motion theater 2-Player + stool seater 3-Player versions.

Dino Trainers: Dinosaur Warrior (unsure) – For those looking for another new water shooter that stars dinosaurs, then this one is for you. There have been numerous examples of these over the past decade or so, and where Dino Trainers differs is that it appears to be based on a Chinese cartoon IP, although it doesn’t look like it is particularly known out West. It also supports three players, and comes with a 55″ screen; like Rooster ‘N Bro there doesn’t seem to be any clear information on who it originates from yet.

Legend of Spark (Ace Amusement) – Moving away from the shooters but back to Ace, I came across this next racing game at their own booth at IAAPA 2023. Since the game wasn’t seen around afterwards, I forgot about it until now, as ASI have just picked it up. This gives an option for locations that want a racer which works more for small kids. The sliding motion is perhaps the most interesting feature for this one, although the courses were having the player drive on a straightaway track. Don’t know if there are other tracks with curves or not:

For their new redemption games, there is also DREAMFUNS’ Color Star (in both merchandiser and ticket models); Ace’s Gem Master (two-player ball drop game); Tecway’s Infinity Roll (multi-level ball drop game); Sunflower’s Pop It Hoop (self-contained micro basketball game; I filmed this at IAAPA 2024); The Container (a merchandiser); and of course their big hit of IAAPA 2024 that isn’t a game, but essentially a vending machine, Case Pro. You can check out all of ASI’s selection (which does not yet include all of the games mentioned) here.

Superwing

Like Ace above, Superwing are another Chinese outfit who have been making moves. The first title that really broke them (and the whole water gun game concept) was Ice Man, which Coastal Amusements took on in 2017, and since then their works have gone to a variety of companies, from LAI Games’ Smash DX, to Sega Amusements’ Allstars Basketball, as well as a few redemption games sold by Bandai Namco.

With few announced distribution deals on their newer titles yet and them having no direct US presence, it is currently anyone’s guess as to who might sell most of them out West (although it’s possible at least one or two will be coming over someday). Fortunately, as well as updating their website Superwing have been busy on YouTube of late too, so below has got trailers to watch.

Marksman (via Andamiro USA) – The one new game of Superwing’s that is already confirmed to be seeing some Western distribution is Marksman, as some may have seen in our recent Bowl Expo 2025 coverage where it appeared courtesy of Andamiro. Whilst it was presented there in a 2-Player cabinet with two vertically mounted screens, what is also worth mentioning is that Superwing have additionally promoted this 4-Player MAX version hosted on a single 86″ monitor with rifle guns. The gameplay also shows some more rail shooter elements:

Flash Rider – Another motion biker, following in the footsteps of the likes of Asphalt Moto Blitz and Storm Rider 2, but with the added difference of being available in two models – the double screen stacked format popularized by Raw Thrills, and a more unusual vertical screen version. The latter has been becoming more common among the shooting range releases and videmption games, but less so with racers (usually only kiddie-focused efforts use them in that way). Perhaps that may change with this though:

The Future – As alluded to above, Superwing’s strong suit has typically been in kid-oriented water gun shooters, but they have been showing signs of progressing from those. One we’ve known about for a little while now is The Future, which is an original sci-fi, cyberpunk-ish stab at the genre that brings to mind games like Wahlap’s old Teratoma. Those kind of struggled up against others with big licenses, but with the right promotion and pricing this could still do well.

Mini World – More idiosyncratic is this second shooter. It actually uses a Chinese mobile game IP called Mini World Creata, which owes an obvious debt to Minecraft in both artstyle and gameplay (albeit with more of a cutesy twist). It’s enough to the extent that you wonder how they haven’t been approached legally; it isn’t very well known out West either, so maybe a retheme will be needed for it to sell here. Though we originally saw this in a motion theater cabinet at AAA 2025 that oddly supported three players, this trailer only shows a four seater water gun version.

As well as these titles, Superwing have also been promoting a sequel to their Air Strike-like Skywalk (the original was at IAAPA 2024 on their small booth), and another video basketball piece called Street Hoops Pro. On their site you can find some new redemption games too, including a screen-based merchandiser called Cliffhanger which oddly has LAI Games’ logo on it (they haven’t mentioned anything about this release before). That should be an indication we’ll continue to see them work with this company.

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That’s it for this look at some new Chinese arcade games, but more are always on the horizon; September will bring forth another GTI Asia China Expo, which almost certainly will be covered on the site when the time comes. Until then, which of the titles seen here interest you?

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