Welcome to Retrogaming Europe, the first European portal dedicated to replicas of arcade cabinets and consoles with original games from the retro era of the 1980s. Retrogaming Europe brings together the best brands of retrogaming products on the market that want to make the games of yesteryear accessible to new and old generations alike: Arcade1Up, Basic Fun, My Arcade, Toyshock and Iconic Arcade.
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Polyphoto SpA
Polyphoto SpA is an Italian company founded in 1959, leader in the resale of high quality electronic products. Born from an entrepreneurial idea of Dr. Alessandro Pirera in 1959, Polyphoto is today a SpA with entirely Italian capital whose business management continues to be family-run.
1959
Born as Polycolor Srl, the family business imports the first German photographic equipment of international importance into Italy, in turn becoming a point of reference on the Italian market. Subsequently, the company's development was strengthened with the introduction of new prestigious Japanese brands such as Olympus (1965) Zenza Bronica (1970) and the Garrard (1972) and Akai (1974) brands were included in the newly formed audio division.
1978
In 1978, following the growth process, the Company changed its name to Polyphoto SpA, concentrating its corporate purpose in photography and, in the years to come, riding the new market trend of Digital Imaging. Important long-term collaborations begin in the early eighties: Leica, Konica, Tamron and Tamrac.
2015
In 2015 new significant collaborations with relevant brands such as Polaroid and Kodak confirm Polyphoto SpA as the primary and authoritative distributor of the Imaging world in the Italian panorama.
2020
Starting from 2020, the evolution of the market and some strategic choices of the property bring on board new leading commercial realities in the Gaming world such as Arcade1Up, CORSAIR and Elgato which allow Polyphoto SpA to expand its product portfolio, becoming a point of reference for everyone European players.
2024
The range of retrogaming products offered by Polyphoto begins to expand with Toyshock pinball. The expansion of the market in this sector leads the company to increase its development by introducing small, portable formats, and the arcade1upeurope.com website becomes retrogamingeurope.com: the first European portal dedicated to replicas of arcade cabinets and consoles with original games from the retro era of the 1980s.
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