Missing arcade games? There’s an app for that It sounds insane. An online gaming company is offering users real arcade machines controlled with a mobile app from home. But 8 million people have already downloaded it. Photo by Megan McClain on Unsplash “Covid-19 has been good for the entire gaming industry.” It sounds like the wackiest idea for a startup: An online gaming company that uses real arcade machines — 220 of them stored in a massive warehouse in Petah Tikva — and a mobile app to control the gameplay from home. But wacky in this case equals crazy success. The app has been downloaded 8 million times and the company has raised a total of $9 million.