Our electronic Whack a Mole brings the classic arcade game to your event. Two players go head-to-head with tethered foam mallets, hammering the LED-lit dome targets as they pop up at random across the playfield, with a running digital scoreboard sorting out who’s winning. Each round lasts around 30 seconds, which is short enough to keep the queue moving and the crowd watching.
This is the electronic take on the format Japanese amusements firm TOGO invented in 1975. Our unit swaps the old mechanical pop-ups for LED-lit targets, so there’s nothing to jam, and the foam mallets are tethered so they never walk off between players.
It plays for ages 6 and up, indoors or out. Cover is recommended outdoors because the unit is electrical. We’ve run it at corporate fun days, Christmas parties, wedding receptions, school events and private celebrations across Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Worksop and Chesterfield, and on bespoke-branded stands at the NEC Birmingham, ExCel London and Wembley. It suits village halls as well as the big venues - the 20m main hall at Mapplewell & Staincross Village Hall outside Barnsley is a comfortable fit.
Branded for your stand
The cabinet wraps fully in your artwork - front panel, sides and playfield. Recent client runs include Specsavers recruitment stands (The Specsavers game went down really well, Chris Kent told us), Collect+ and Yodel parcel launches, and Perfectly Clear water-brand activations. Branding is printed, applied, stripped after hire and produced by our in-house team.
Built to package
Whack a Mole pairs well with other exhibition games. Popular combinations include Batak Pro, Strike a Light, Atari Pong and Grab a Grand. It has also been out with the Dance Machine at a Sheffield school event, and we've written that job up on Dance Machine Hire in Sheffield. For a different skin across the year, we also stock Whack a Zombie for Halloween and Whack a Snowman for Christmas - same mechanics, different atmosphere.
Why hire from DB
We’ve been at this for over 25 years, own and maintain 95% of our equipment in-house from our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham, and we don’t sub-hire. Every hire carries £5 million public liability insurance plus the risk assessments and method statements corporate clients and venues ask for. Clients include Amazon and Specsavers, councils across South and West Yorkshire, and venues from the NEC Birmingham to London Wembley. Europe-wide service is available for larger packages.
Hit the green Get A Quote button to add Whack a Mole to your basket and we’ll get back to you the same day, or call the office on 0114 345 0135.
What’s included
- Delivery, setup and collection by our trained team
- Electronic Whack a Mole unit with 2 tethered foam mallets
- Full operational tutorial and instructions
- 24hr telephone support throughout your event
- £5 million public liability insurance
- Risk assessments and method statements
- Optional supervising staff on request
Whack a Mole specifications
- 2-player head-to-head format with digital scoreboard
- LED-lit dome targets (electronic, not mechanical pop-ups)
- ~30 second rounds, adjustable by our team on the day
- Unit size: 12ft × 12ft, 8ft height
- Required space: 13ft × 13ft, 9ft height
- One standard 13A power socket
- Suitable indoors and out (cover recommended outdoors)
- All ages - suitable from around age 6 upwards
Branding options
Full cabinet wrap on front panel, side panels and playfield. Printed, applied, stripped after hire, produced by our in-house team. Recent runs include Specsavers, Collect+, Yodel and Perfectly Clear - allow lead time for artwork and printing.
Seasonal variants
Same game, different skin: Whack a Zombie for Halloween, Whack a Snowman for Christmas and winter events.
Delivery & coverage
From our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham, 5 minutes off the A1, M1 and M18. We deliver across South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, and nationwide to London, Birmingham and all major UK venues. Europe-wide service available for larger packages.
Delivery charges and minimum order values may apply by hire duration and location. Discounts available on multi-item hires - contact us for a quote, or browse Event Extras for add-ons including magnetic ‘Top Gear style’ score boards, LED up-lighters, PA systems with radio microphone and post & rope barriers.
| | Floor Space | Height |
| Unit Size: | 12ft x 12ft | 8ft |
| Required Space: | 13ft x 13ft | 9ft |
Suitable For
| Indoors on Artificial Grass |  |
| Indoors on Hard Surface | |
| Outdoors on Concrete | |
| Outdoors on Grass | |
| Outdoors on Grass / Hard Surface Mix | |
| Outdoors on Hard Surface | |
| Outdoors on Wood Chip | |