Round One Entertainment Inc. (Japanese: ラウンドワン Hepburn: Raundo Wan) (Stylized as ROUND1) is a Japan-based amusement store chain. The amusement centers offer a variety of bowling, karaoke, video game arcade cabinets and redemption games, billiards, darts, and ping pong while serving a variety of food and beverages. There is a larger version of their store known in Japan known as SpoCha, abbreviated for Sports Challenge, that offers a variety of items and indoor/outdoor activities such as batting cages, basketball, volleyball, tennis, futsal, driving range, etc.
In the U.S., there are currently arcades open in eighteen states, which are California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, with more planned to open in Arizona, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Currently, Round 1 plans to expand at a rate of 10 stores per year.
Round One At Stratford Square Mall
Arcade games[]
Round One locations in the United States offer many exclusive Japanese arcade games. These include beatmania IIDX 29: Cast Hour, Maximum Tune 5DX+,Chunithm, Chrono Circle, WACCA and Initial D Arcade Stage 8. Round One and Dave & Buster's are the only two entertainment centers in the United States that have e-AMUSEMENT, an online service integrated into some Konami arcade games.