A single parent who built a retro arcade machine to try and connect with his teenage son has turned his idea into a business.After struggling to build a relationship with Sean, the Dublin father came up with the idea to build a two-player traditional arcade machine.
“I didn’t have much of a connection with him, so I sat up four hours every night for about four months to make the machine. “It took a few months to build and the first time we played together it brought out the competitiveness in the both of us and straight away there was a connection.“As the machine is a two-player game, it means the users aren’t always on their own.
“I’ve sold machines to a few celebrities like Nick Frost, Rob Beckett and Conor McGregor as well as a few others.“It’s really about the kids and the relationships between them and the parents. It also gives parents the chance to beat their children.”