| Bay Tek Entertainment | |
| Former Name: | Bay-Tek, Inc (1977-2005) Bay Tek Games (2005-2018) |
| Industry: | Arcade game Video games |
| Location: | Pulaski, Wisconsin |
| Key People: | Larry Treankler (Chairman) |
| Products: | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game |
Bay Tek Entertainment is an American arcade game manufacturer based in Pulaski, Wisconsin.[1] [2] The company specializes in ticket redemption and carnival themed games.[3] [4] [5]
Bay Tek was founded in 1977 by Larry Treankler in his father's basement. The company's early games were rolldown type games before they diversified to other redemption game genres.
In 1995, they released their first non-rolldown redemption game Star Shooter. The next year, Bay Tek started to release alley rollers as well, which included titles like Basket Fever, Bustin’ Balloons, Bug Bash, and eventually Fire Ball.
In 1997, Bay-Tek acquired Coin Concepts, whose titles include Home Run Hitter and Six Gun Saloon. Two years later, Bay-Tek acquired New Mexico-based Seidel Amusements, best known for Smokin' Token, Goin Rollin, Wonder Wheel, Horsin' Around, and Hitter's Rally. Bay-Tek eventually acquired Meltec Inc (best known for Big Mouth)[6] & South Carolina-based Victory Lane Ideas (creators of Stock Car Challenge).[7]
In February 2016, Bay Tek Games acquired Skee-Ball Amusement Games, Inc. from Joe Sladek; inheriting titles like the legacy Skee-Ball rights, Super Shot, Tower of Power, and Spin-N-Win.[8] [9] [10] And eventually acquired Dimensional Branding Group few years later.