The New Scorbit is Here! The Future of Connected Arcade Play

Pinball has always been about that visceral rush: the lights, the sounds, the skill, the bragging rights… That feeling when you hit the spinner just right. At Scorbit, we’ve been obsessed with one mission: taking that rush and multiplying it by connecting classic and modern arcade games to a global community. And now, after years of building, tinkering, and dreaming, we’re ready to launch our next chapter.

From Passion to Play

What started in 2016 as a geeky side project among friends – connecting retro pinball machines to the internet – has evolved into a full-blown platform that transforms every game into a social, competitive, and yes, even profitable experience.

Now with Scorbit 2.0, every flip, every shot, every jackpot can now be part of something bigger: live competitions, leaderboards, and even real-money payouts. Whether you’re chasing high scores at your local barcade or just dusting off the family machine in your basement, Scorbit gives you new ways to play, compete, and connect.

What’s New?

Digital Payments, Competitions & Jackpots

With the new Scorbit platform, we’re excited to be rolling out a new way for arcades, bars, or any public venue with pinball to offer competitions to pinball players. Now, what if there was always a tournament happening at your favorite barcade? What if you could submit entries to the tourment on your own time? And what if you could win real money by playing pinball? With Scorbit, now you can. Players can now enter into live, ongoing, asynchronous competitions with real money jackpots, seamlessly handled by Scorbit’s integrated digital wallet and payouts system

All-New Native App

This new approach is all made possible within the new Scorbit Mobile App. Now available for download int he Apple Appstore and Google Play. Built from the ground up in Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android), our app now runs smoother, feels more “game-like,” and lets you engage with all of Scorbit’s classic features plus new features:

Tap in instantly with the tap pad check-in NFC pads
Pay for games (coin drop) and competition entries via digital payments
Track winnings and leaderboards

We’re extremely excited for the new mobile app, as it lays the ground work for us to build the premiere connected pinball experience for pinball players around the world. Be on the lookout as we continue to bridge the classic Scorbit v1.0 features like Achievements and Post-Game Analysis and continue to innovate with new ways to connect with your pinball friends and find new ways to compete together!

Next-Gen Hardware

The Scorbitron is the brains of the operation, evolving to a much more advanced device. Taking up 1/3 of the space and 1/10th of the power, it radically increases the reliability and performance of connected machines. Now it sports both WiFi as well as a traditional Ethernet port for those weird locations still living in the 90’s (or INDISC).

We already worked on most machines, but you asked, and we listened! Our refresh of the CPU and DMD Probes now unlock 89% of vintage electronic pinball machines instantly, reading and writing directly to the game’s memory. Translation: more machines online, more reliable data, more fun. Change all the settings on all the machines in your whole arcade to tournament settings and back again. Pull real-time data from a machine that was born before there was an Internet. Track revenue, pull analytics, start a game… all from your fingertips.

For Home Collections, the Scorbitron 2.0 is available for purchase starting at $359 and with it you’ll receive the Scorbit Tap Pad to make players checking into games easier, access to all the great Scorbit casual player features and of course, ScorbitVision for Leaderboards and Live Scoreboards to make your home arcade the best in the neighborhood. Best of all, you’ll never have to pay extra for anything, once you purchase a Scorbitron, you’re access to Leaderboards and Scoreboards is free forever.

Tap to Play

As mentioned above, we’re excited to introduce a new way to connect with a pinball machine, the Scorbit Tap Pad. Now when you’re ready to play a Scorbit enabled machine, just walk up to the game and tap your phone to the colorful pad located on the machine and tap to play! Powered by NFC, this new method allows you pay for gaames, claim your player slot and enter competitions. No more fumbling for quarters or trying to load a QR Code and line it up to the camera. Just one tap, and you’re in!

Scorbit Console for Venues

For arcade and bar owners who join the Scorbit network, we’re launching Scorbit Console: a management platform for pricing, scheduling “happy hour” discounts, running competitions, and tracking revenue. It’s like giving every machine a smart upgrade. It’s also where venue owners will be able to configure and deploy ScorbitVision, our industry leading Leaderboard and Live Scoreboard system to power TVs and monitors in their venues. More information can be found here and any interested arcade owners or operators can get in touch – we’d love to work with you!

What It All Means

Scorbit isn’t just about pinball. We’re laying the groundwork for a global network of connected games—from Pac-Man to skee-ball, from pop-a-shot to future titles yet to be invented, Scorbit will be there to connect players, power competition and help drive business for the arcades and recreation places that we love to spend time at.

For players: it means your favorite solo games become social, competitive, and rewarding.

For venues: it means new revenue streams, more engaged players, and a reason for fans to keep coming back.

Where Can You Find Scorbit?

We’re excited to begin rolling out our new platforms to arcades, bars and venues around the country. Coming very soon you’ll be able to enter competitions and use Scorbit to the fullest at some of the best spots in the country:

Lynn’s Arcade: A Pinball Parlor and Can Slangery – Seaside, CA
LITT Pinball Bar – Minneapolis, MN
Funspot – Laconia, NH
Rullo’s – Brooklyn, NY
Quarter Bandits Arcade – Spring Hill, TN

And this is just the beginning. By the end of 2026, we want Scorbit jackpots lighting up bars, arcades, and family fun centers around the world. If you’re an operator or an owner of an arcade and you’d like to join the Scorbit Network, please get in touch!

Send Feedback!

As you can probably tell, we’re very excited here at Scorbit HQ. For our current Scorbit users who have supported us for the past few years, we want to thank you for hanging in with us. As with any new launch, especially one as complex as what we’re buidling here, there’s bound to be bugs or things missing or things we haven’t thought of. From our folks who use Scorbit to manually enter scores, to using it for tournaments, to using ScorbitVision for streaming or for Leaderboards, to our vibrant VPIN Community – we want to hear from you! If you find any problems with thew new Scorbit or have any feedback for us at all, please reach out to us at [email protected] or get in touch on our Discord.

The Future of Connected Gaming

This isn’t just about keeping pinball alive—it’s about creating a new category of play: Connected Gaming. A mashup of retro joy and modern tech, powered by the community that loves these games.

So next time you see that glowing Scorbit Tap Pad, don’t just play—compete, connect, and win. Because with Scorbit, the game is never over.

Don't have the Scorbit app yet? Download it today from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.