If there's one bad thing about air hockey, it's having to wait while your friends use the table. It's hard to sit on the sidelines and watch the high-paced back and forth action without itching to play the next game. But what if you didn't have to wait? Well, now you don't! With these 4 player air hockey tables, all your friends and yourself can jump in and be involved in the action.
Quad air hockey tables do exist and they can be super fun. If you are wondering, quad means four, so quad air hockey table stands for a 4 person air hockey table.
This list will help you decide which one is best for you.
How Does Four Player Air Hockey Work?
Contrary to a standard air hockey table with that's a rectangle two goals, a four player air hockey table has four and is shaped like a square or a circle. Using one puck or multiple pucks, players try to score on each other just like they would in original air hockey. As you might imagine, it can be much more frantic and fast than regular two player air hockey.
Here's a short video clip of the game in action at an arcade:
Different types of four player tables
Four person air hockey tables comes in 2 different sizes and shapes.
Rounded or square 4-player tables
Round or square air hockey tables have up to 4 people play against the other players. As every player has their own goal they have to score in to any of the other player's goal.
We noticed that rounded and square air hockey tables are not so popular anymore. In fact, 2 of the three tables we reviewed in the past now seems to be discontinued.
While their design may be appealing and may offer a lot of fun, they are not so convenient as we must have a least 3 players to play, and maybe not so popular either.
List of Four Player Tables
We selected the tables we believe were the most relevant for this guide. However, some of the most original tables, in terms of shapes, are no longer available.
MD Sports Multiplayer Air Hockey Table
Important Features
Sizing: The Atomic Full Strength measures 84” L x 42” W and 32” H.
Goal Inserts: The goal inserts are little pieces that can be pushed into any of the goals to create a barrier so pucks can't go in. This allows the table to support 2-player and even 3-player mode.
Electronic and Manual Scoring: Equipped with electronic LED scoring system and professional arcade sound effects.
LED Strikers and Pucks: While the strikers and pucks are not LED, the LED from the table sides gives them a nice look and feel
Game Modes: This table doesn't come with game modes.
Atomic Full Strength
The Atomic Full Strength is a square air hockey table table is probably the most popular on the market. This is probably because the pricing typically falls well below any of the other tables out there. While it's not going to give you the full experience that you'd get at an arcade, it's still a decent table to get for kid-friendly entertainment and quality family time.
Important Features
Sizing: The Atomic Full Strength measures 47.5” L x 47.5” W and 31” H.
Goal Inserts: The goal inserts are little pieces that can be pushed into any of the goals to create a barrier so pucks can't go in. This allows the table to support 2-player and even 3-player mode.
Electronic and Manual Scoring: Located close to each goal end, there's a small LED screen that keeps track of the score as well as a sliding-abacus marking device that allows you to manually do so. Some of the cheaper made electronic scorekeepers tend to malfunction, so it's great to have a back up.
LED Strikers and Pucks: Rather than glowing in the dark naturally, the pucks and mallets on this table actually light up themselves. As children of the 90's, we as staff of Amazing Game Room always enjoy a laser light show!
Game Modes: Because there are no hard and fast air hockey rules on a four player table, there's a little bit of flexibility when it comes to the rules. The most popular options are team play, elimination style, and individual mode.
Orbit Eliminator (discontinued)
Hence the name of the table, the Orbit Eliminator is round air hockey table for four person. Based on elimination, which is the most fun way to play four person air hockey anyway. Located next to the goal of each player are three lights. If you let yourself get scored on, one of those lights will illuminate. Once you've allowed three goals, you're officially out of the game. At this point, you have to insert your goal blocker to nullify your goal. Then, the remaining players finish the game in the same fashion until one person wins. The Orbit Eliminator is also special because it is a 4 players 4 pucks table. In other words, it is a multi puck air hockey table.
Important Features
Sizing: The Orbit Eliminator measures 55" x 55" x 31" when fully assembled.
Goal Inserts: Just like the Atomic table, the Orbit Eliminator comes with two inserts to place in the goals so that you can play with 2 or 3 players and to block out scoring once someone has been eliminated.
Leg Levelers: If you've got a floor that's slightly uneven it's helpful to have the included leg levelers so that you can still make the playing surface completely even.
Lighted Scoring: As mentioned, each goal has three lights attached to it to represent how many goals a given player has let through. Once they give up three goals, that player is eliminated.
Four Strikers Four Pucks: Although they aren't LED, the game comes with four strikers and four normal pucks.
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MD Sports 4-Player Round Table (discontinued)
This 4 player table by MD Sports is quite similar to the Orbit Eliminator. However, it is a hexagonal air hockey table as it has 8 sides. In fact, aside from a few design differences, it's pretty much identical. The game is played the same way: elimination style and it comes with the same exact sizing and important features.
Important Features
Sizing: This table measures the same as the Orbit, 55" on the squared sides and 31" tall.
Goal Inserts: The same two goal stoppers that come with the Orbit also come with the MD Sports Table to keep things bouncing when players are eliminated.
Leg Levelers: Four leg levelers are also included.
Lighted Scoring: To go along with the aesthetic, this table has three blue scoring lights to indicate when you've had a goal scored on you.
Four Strikers Four Pucks: Inside the box you'll find 4 normal pushers and 4 round pucks.
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What Should You Pick?
Although the case could be made that the quality is a bit lower than the others, our recommendation is going to be to go with Atomic Full Strength. At the time of writing this article, the pricing difference between the Atomic and the others was just far too large.
If you’re looking to spend a lot of money, we think you’re better off choosing something from our list of best air hockey tables rather than getting a four player one.
But hey, that’s just our opinion, if you absolutely love the design and functionality of the Eliminator or the MD Sports model then feel free!
Note: If prices are drastically different at the time when you’re reading this, we’d change our pick to one of the other two!