Elo TouchSystems, Inc., announced the signing of a private labeling and distribution agreement with Zytronic Displays Limited of Blaydon-on-Tyne, United Kingdom. [more information]
Brent Sales, exclusive European distributor for US company ICE, is about to receive the 1,000th Kiddie Coaster to have come out of the organisation's Buffalo manufacturing base. [more information]
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd shares plunged nearly 40 per cent today, after the world's second biggest slot machine maker warned it would post a loss and slash its dividend. [more information]
Terminator III pinball features an interactive backbox animation and action feature, and will be released in late June/July. Please contact us soon to reserve stock from the first shipment. [more information]
Players travel between stages based loosely on "Saving Private Ryan" story lines. Already very successful as 4 player machine, this 2 player allows operators to place in smaller arcades and street site locations. [more information]
VirTra Systems, Inc has announced it has been invited to demonstrate its judgmental use-of-force training systems at The Homeland Security and Defense Seminar. [more information]
Recently Sega has called off talks with pinball and pachinko machine maker Sammy Corp., concluding that the union would not yield the anticipated benefits. [more information]
France-American video game publisher Infogrames Inc., reaching back into gaming history, said on Wednesday it would change its name to Atari Inc. [more information]
*Confusion Hides Red Faces
*More Confusion Regarding Japanese Developer
*Highnoon for Midway!
*New Simulator Attraction Builds Interest
*GameWorks on the Menu [more information]
Cliff Wilson, international sales manager with Namco Europe, has announced his retirement from the industry he has spent three decades in. [more information]
Happ Controls Europe Ltd has announced a major step in increasing its market share across Europe, by way of a partnership with E'Coin Spares & Service BV. [more information]
*Consumer Changes Benefit Coin-Op
*Major Atlus Stock Acquisition!
*UK Seaside In the Middle of Turf War!
*Namco's New Facility Experiment Revealed!
*London Dome Project Gets Green light [more information]
The Polish Parliament is working on amendments to the Gaming Bill (Project 771), which will introduce licensing for the siting of limited payout machines in legal operations. [more information]
Elo TouchSystems, Inc., has announced ZBorder, one of a series of enhancements to its popular AccuTouch fivewire resistive touch technology. [more information]
To coincide is the launch of the "Matrix Reload" on 15th May, the fun.net International team too is working on final preparations for it's game tie [more information]
The MONOPOLY redemption game is brought to you by Stern Pinball, Inc., Hasbro, Inc. and Pat Lawlor Design who also brought you the MONOPOLY pinball machine. [more information]
Due to the second SARS outbreak, the organizer has made a difficult decision and postponed the upcoming Taiwan GTI 2003 EXPO until October. [more information]
The second annual European i-Gaming Congress & Expo (EiG) will take place at the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos, Barcelona, Spain on 11-12 November 2003. [more information]
Well-known industry personality John Brennan has joined Namco Europe. John – who has in excess of 30 years' industry experience with a range of organisations. [more information]
Ham On Rye Technologies, Inc. announced the results for the first-ever Ham On Rye Theater installed in Brazil at Playcenter Sao Paulo. [more information]
UK-based spares, components and equipment supplier, Brent Electronic has announced the launch of its Secur-It alarm, an easy-to-install boxed alarm. [more information]
Following the success of Initial D in the single sit down cabinet Sega Amusements Europe Ltd will be releasing the sequel Initial D 2 in May. [more information]
IAAPA has decided to move the trade show forward to 2004, the dates for 2004 have been set from 14 to 16 July 2004 at the original venue, Suntec Singapore. [more information]
The Interactive Gambling, Gaming and Betting Association (iGGBA) today welcomed the publication of the Government's paper ‘Future Regulation of Remote Gambling' [more information]
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has announced the cancellation of Asian Amusement Expo (AAE) 2003, due to the outbreak of SARS. [more information]
In the week before the big Easter weekend FX Simulation have completed the installation of Haven Holidays second U2 Mirage at their Devon Cliffs site on the south coast. [more information]
PELIKA net Oy has positioned Photo Play terminals on or beside the tables of the outlets of 50 Shell-petrol stations. A special stand makes this possible even in the case of smaller tables. [more information]
The New Year has seen sales of Elton Games popular Derby machines soar, making them run out of the factory quicker than they can be manufactured. [more information]
The latest arcade motherboard system has now arrived from Sammy. This features a fully adaptable motherboard system that allows driving, shooting, joystick and linked play with the first game arriving being Guilty Gear X (1.5). [more information]
Japanese game software maker Namco Ltd have announce it had proposed a merger with fellow game software developer Sega Corp (which is already in merger talks with Sammy Corp). A Namco-Sega merger, if realised, would create Japan's largest game software company with annual sales of 350 billion yen ($2.9 billion). [more information]
The presentation of the first digital pinball was an overwhelming success at the exhibitions in January 2003. TAB-Austria, the worldwide known touch screen manufacturer, introduces a new direction and product – the Virtual Pinball. [more information]
At this years ATEI Sega Amusements Europe Ltd concluded negotiations with Simuline Inc of Korea to exclusively distribute their latest interactive motion simulator called Cycraft. [more information]
Virtua Cop 3 will launch in Europe as a Deluxe cabinet for delivery at the end of May. Which will follow with a new upright cabinet based on the Universal Naomi cabinet in early June. [more information]
The 2nd International Gaming & Entertainment Expo orginally scheduled foe April 24-26, 2003 has been postponed due to situation & unforeseeable circumstances concerning Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (S.A.R.S.). [more information]
New product developments in European markets will take centre stage at the forthcoming Eurotechno on 22 May. Together with a revised format, the Barcelona conference is poised to bring senior industry executives up to date with the latest trends and projects taking place across European coin-op and gaming markets. [more information]
Gary Stern and Pat Lawlor of Stern Pinball recently presented "The Science of pinball; The Making of a Pinball Machine," to an excited crowd at Chicago's famous Museum of Science and Industry. [more information]
Organized by Game Time International and Taiwan Slot magazine, the 10th GTI Expo 2003 is going to be held from June 19 to 22 in World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan. [more information]
Galeco introduces a new force onto the hardened streets "Tokyo Cop". The player will take the role of one of the four police agents Isamu, Kazu, Reika or Junko. [more information]
Thank you to all our customers who preordered their Time Crisis III and Warzaid machines as this stock has now been received and released. These machines were from the first production run and we are now taking orders for the 2nd production. [more information]
In a move to revitalise its sagging earnings, Japanese videogame publisher Sega said on Tuesday it plans to air an animated programme starring its "Sonic the Hedgehog" character. [more information]
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