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I have 12 games on 15 amps. No tripping yet.
Just because it isn't tripping does not mean it's ok. You are most likely overheating the wires and headed for a meltdown sooner or later. Your circuit is overloaded.
You say it's "golden", I call it natural selection. If he has that many games on 15 amps he is not only overloading the circuit, but almost certainly overloading each outlet.
I ran 12 games on a 15a circuit...breaker never blew, however I checked the wiring and sure enough while the wire wasn't warm, the outlet running it all was, as well as one extension cord apparently had a replacement plug that wasn't done well, and that was getting warm as well. Once I corrected those things I just monitored it carefully whenever I had all the games on (rare). I use a Kill-a-watt meter to monitor load.
If you could wire the whole game room from scratch, would you use 20amps circuits instead of 15amps? I know the 20amps would cost a little more. Just asking.
10 games on one 20 amp circuit is a mistake. If you are going to do it, do it right and put in 2 circuits with plenty of outlets.
Use whatever you like, the only difference you should see is the 20 amp line can support more machines.... Its unlikely you'd need 20 amps from a single outlet.... But in this case i think you should add a few more outlets.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the amps are for the circuit not the outlets.
If all loads are equal then:
1 receptacle with 2 outlets: 10amps max each
2 receptacles with 2 outlets each: 5amps max each
etc.
I know this is maxing out the circuit, but used only as a simple math example.
My gameroom project is getting all electric per US Code plus 4 additional circuits.