Leisure Link Group and Elo TouchSystems, Inc. have signed an exclusive partnership agreement for the supply of touchscreens and touchmonitors for LLG's next generation gaming and entertainment machines. [more information]
Benchmark Games has announced the release of its Monsterball - a high energy pinball-style game that comes in five different versions including Win Every Time, Skill Play and Arcade / Ticket models. [more information]
The incredible Versatile Video System (VVS) jukebox from Sound Leisure now has yet another innovative feature. The VVS jukebox, which allows operators to combine video, audio, advertising and messaging services, now offers a Karaoke option. [more information]
UltraCade Technologies today announced a licensing deal has been closed with long time customer Tsunami Visual, for use of the design patent D428,884, held by UltraCade CEO David R. Foley, and exclusively licensed by UltraCade. [more information]
DT Productions has signed its third landmark Irish contract in recent months – to supply audio and video content for all of Rowe International's jukeboxes in the region. [more information]
Over the past twelve months there has been a great deal of speculation regarding the ownership of JPM International Ltd. The company is now very pleased to announce a Management Buyout has been successfully completed, taking JPM back into private ownership from Sega of Japan, whilst still retaining some business alliances with them. [more information]
The 26th Irish Amusement Trade Exhibition, will be held at the Lynch Green Isle Hotel, Dublin on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 March 2005. The venue is currently undergoing major expansion, including additional bedrooms and suites, a multi-storey car park, meeting rooms and a health and fitness centre. [more information]
Roger Withers has been appointed Chairman of ATE Ltd. – the exhibitions to online company responsible for staging the International Casino Exhibition (ICE) and the Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI), held each January at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London. [more information]
UltraCade Technologies last week announced the addition of Brian Matthews to the UltraCade Executive Team. Mr. Matthews' wealth of knowledge and over ten years of Coin-Op industry experience makes him an ideal candidate for the new Executive Vice President position at UltraCade. [more information]
Update Daytona USA machines with the Daytona GTX 2004 Upgrade Kit which gives players more options and control over the game than the previous versions of Daytona. Players accrue points when playing Daytona GTX through this new Upgrade Kit, and then may redeem these points in return for enhancements made to their car. [more information]
Legendary magazine magnate, Steve Harris, founder of Electronic Gaming Monthly and nearly one dozen other gaming publications, is no longer the world record holder on Cliff Hanger, a classic laser disc game popular in the arcades in 1983. [more information]
Money Controls is set to take the Asian market by storm - teaming up with Singapore's Sincere Supply to boost an on-going action plan to provide first class technical support and reinforce premium products across the complete gaming range, including Ardac 5 - which will appear at the Australasian Gaming Expo 2004. [more information]
UltraCade Technologies last week announced the official opening of its new 26,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility. The new headquarters will house UltraCade's Executive, General Administration, Sales, Marketing, Data Center and Customer Support staff members. [more information]
Money Controls has appointed Dina Ivanova as its new Eastern European Sales and Distribution Manager. Dina will be responsible for spearheading a strategy for the company's fast developing market in Eastern Europe where demand for Money Controls' components for secure money systems is rapidly increasing. [more information]
Merit Industries, Inc. is happy to announce a Double Prize Bucks promotion for the entire month of August on all connected Merit games that have the Prize Zone Channel activated. [more information]
Megabowl - the UK's largest bowl brand, has shown commitment to three more of Sega's Derby Owners Club in as many months. Leisure Link's experience of the horse racing game at its other branded bowls as well as Megabowl's own encounter with one of the original installs has led to the recent purchases. [more information]
News has emerged of the release of Stern's latest - an Elvis themed pinball, designed by Steve Ritchie to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Elvis Presley's career. [more information]
Maximum Tune, the new twin driving video game available from Namco Europe, offers a unique spin on street racing where players emulate the popular pursuit of customising and fine-tuning their vehicles. [more information]
uWink, Inc. a designer, developer and marketer of entertainment software for video game terminals and amusement vending machines, today announced the addition of Michael Newman as Director of Merchandise for its new line of innovative "Entertainment Vending" machines, labeled the "uW1000 Series." [more information]
Sound Leisure has supplied three jukeboxes to the National Library of Wales in an innovative project aimed to promote and protect Welsh history. One of the machines, a custom-built Digital Starlite, displays footage from the library's vast array of archived video, some of which is amongst the oldest original film in existence. [more information]
Tab-Austria this week launched Desert Storm 2010, the second free game update for its Silverball V9 terminals, which, according to the company - sets new graphic standards for touchscreen games. [more information]
Namco Europe's Web and Mobile Content (WMC) division continues to expand with the appointment of Juan Pablo Herrera to the newly created post of Business Account Manager (north, central and eastern Europe). [more information]
We proudly present the DVI to VGA Scaler Box, the newest addition to our product line - a high performance PC/HDTV two-way scaler that accepts Digital DVI-D input and converts to Analog RGB output. [more information]
The Entertainment Software Association hailed last week's decision by Judge Robert Lasnik of the U.S. District Court in Seattle granting summary judgment to overturn Washington state legislation which sought to ban the sale of certain video games to minors. [more information]
The need for adult supervision of children at amusement parks was reinforced this week with a mother charged in the U.S. for wrongs to minors when she dropped her 11-year-old son off at an amusement park to meet with some of his friends. [more information]
Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster is scheduled to be back in operation today, following its closure last week when four riders were hit and injured by pieces of metal that sheered off the cable on Monday 12 July. [more information]
The Game Initiative announced the Women's Game Conference (WGC), a new conference focusing on women in the computer and video game industry, will take place September 9-10, 2004 in Austin, Texas. [more information]
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Caesars Entertainment, Inc. in a cash and stock transaction that would be the largest in gaming-industry history. [more information]
The new image of the 17th edition of Sapar-Agis's Enada Spring International Coin-op Show, organised by Rimini Fiera Spa and being held at the Rimini Expo centre from 10-13 March 2005, has been designed by Unica Communication Agency. [more information]
We are now shipping the King of Fighters 2004 (Neo Wave) Dedicated Machine - a twin versus cabinet version. The King of Fighters 2004 (Neo Wave) is the latest update in the popular King of Fighters series of games, and this Machine allows two players to compete against one another in a battle of the characters in their teams. [more information]
We are happy to introduce our new model, the VGA to DVI Scaler Box - a high performance PC/HDTV two-way scaler that accepts analog RGB input (VGA) and converts the signal to DVI-I (digital+analog RGB) output. [more information]
Taito has acquired the rights to use images from movies owned by MGM - Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc. The first coin-op game to be released utilising these rights is Cinema Tech Roulette, a medal game machine, which will premiere in September 2004. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc. yesterday announced an expanded contract with the United States military for the company's IVR-300 advanced training simulators. [more information]
Incredible Technologies has announced that National Online Qualifying for Team USA has now begun. During the next five months, players across the globe will be able to compete for spots on their national teams and the chance to become the next Golden Tee world champion. [more information]
As the 2004 Olympic Games draw near, Photo Play will show its Olympic spirit at the end of this month when it launches Athletics, a new 3D game, on its online terminals. [more information]
Today, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), four toy jewelry importers announced the voluntary recall of 150 million pieces of toy jewelry sold in vending machines over a two and a half year period. [more information]
Instant Change is a new change machine specifically designed to complement Namco's Pac-Man Ball - the change unit is available on 2p, 10p and 20 euro cents and was developed by Ian Eason of Instance Leisure, working in conjunction with Namco Europe, to offer the most ergonomical and aesthetically-matched solution to the game's high-level coin input needs. [more information]
GTI Expo organisers have said the 2004 show, held at the end of last month, boasted the largest scale since it's inception. Covering A, C, and D Zones of Hall 1 at the Taipei World Trade Center, organisers said the growth in size enabled buyers to find everything they needed and even more. [more information]
TAB-Austria has announced the release of Bubbles, the latest update in the V2 game series for its Virtual Pinball digital game platform. [more information]
Now arcade owners with a Section 16 licence have an alternative to the plethora of video roulette machines that have entered the market from Capital Gaming and other manufacturers. [more information]
Once a year the best Swiss Photo Play players meet to identify their national champions. The event is anticipated with great enthusiasm by the Swiss Photo Play community months before it actually takes place. [more information]
Sega has re-launched its official Japanese website today, with the closure of its Amusement Vision and Hitmaker development studios websites coinciding with their launch through Sega's new website. [more information]
The future is looking good for the Global Entertainment and Media Industry, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers latest report on the sector, which makes positive projections for the industry overall and reports the expectation of promising figures over the coming years for theme and amusement parks'. [more information]
Incredible Technologies announced a partnership Monday with Peppercoin, a payments company that provides cost-effective solutions for micro-payment transactions, as a means to offer credit card payments on upcoming coin-operated products. [more information]
Olympic Entertainment Group, Inc., a publicly traded company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Exam USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation. As a result of the acquisition, U.S. investors have what is believed to be the first opportunity to buy stock of a company in Japan's Pachinko industry - an industry with estimated revenues approaching $240 billion. [more information]
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