AmEx 2003 - The 24th Irish Amusement Trade Exhibition & Seminars - will be held on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 March 2003 at Jury's Green Isle Hotel, Dublin. [more information]
Following the recent successes in America Customized Casino Games exhibited Blackjack Switch at ICE 2003 with Playtech who have put the game on their site. [more information]
The strong emotions that surround arcade nostalgia are a big factor in the popularity of MAME and Retro gaming in general. The love for playing games in darkened mall arcades – bleeding fingers and sweaty palms [more information]
We are now preparing our orders for World Combat / Warzaid 4 Player machines which will be available for shipment middle of February. [more information]
As part of their restructuring, Konami has now closed its amusement sales office in Australia which sees the departure of Graeme Noble. [more information]
Elo TouchSystems Inc, has announced new LCD gaming monitors ranging from 12.1" to 18" and includes the new 17" LCD wide panel monitor with a 16 x 9 aspect ratio. [more information]
Photo Play new Game Skaratoga, is a fascinating spy game which is about the hunt for crown jewels, which consists of six sequels, will be transmitted via remote update. [more information]
ATEOnline has partnered with legal experts Joelson Wilson, the highly respected commercial law firm, to offer a unique resource for the gambling and gaming community. [more information]
Embed Integration of Australia is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of the Embed Card System in the Chakazoolu Indoor Theme Park in Bahrain. [more information]
Scottish simulator manufacturer FX Simulation have installed their first U2 Mirage into a Butlins holiday site. After one week's trading all parties involved are very impressed. [more information]
The adventures of America's most colorful family, THE SIMPSONS, are transformed into a wild affair in Stern Pinball's newest pinball machine, THE SIMPSONS/PINBALL PARTY™. [more information]
ATEI and ICE 2003 will play host to a major presentation especially designed to help companies in the UK develop their businesses in the Australian market. A group of experts from the Australian leisure industry will visit the event and give a presentation on January 23. [more information]
World Wide Video was visited and issued a lawsuit by: U.S. Federal Marshall's, a lawyer for SNK USA, and two representatives of SNK USA. They came to look for and take everything we had with the NEO GEO SNK moniker on it. [more information]
A range of driving kits are now available including Daytona, Touring Car, Midnight Run, Rave Racer, Tokyo Wars, VRally and Smashing Drive - all for immediate shipment. [more information]
It was a rare taste of Las Vegas in Tokyo, and for two days the casino crowds hosted by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara pumped the handles of slot machines and bet feverishly on the roulette wheel [more information]
Sega Amusements Europe Ltd will be exhibiting Crazy Taxi High Roller on stand 1030 at the ATEI 2003 in January. This is the long awaited sequel to the highly successful Crazy Taxi that was released to the coin op industry in 1999 and is still a top earner in many arcades today. [more information]
Earlier this month Arcade Planet, Inc completed the asset sale of its Lazer-Tron business unit to Cadillac Jack, Inc., a South Carolina corporation. In accordance with the agreement between Arcade Planet, Inc. and Cadillac Jack, Inc [more information]
Following the initial launch of House of the Dead 3 in a 50" PTV Deluxe cabinet earlier in December, the production is now fully sold out until early February, when a second production run is planned. [more information]
In recent years, TAB-Austria has been giving away free online games to their SILVERBALL customers. The strategy game "Collapse" completes the series of free games for SILVERBALL terminals connected to the ChampionsNet. [more information]
As a sign of the times, the Korean Trade Show Kamex 2002 showed smaller amounts of amusement machine products but an increase in gaming and consumer products, especially online games. [more information]
We have just received Konami's latest soccer game, Pro Evolution Soccer Arcade. Sold in kit form, the game is available for immediate shipment. [more information]
Sega Europes latest driving game Inital D, following the sell out success in Japan this game looks set to take the UK by storm. The single 29" sit-down cabinet can be linked up to 2 players and utilises Sega's unique Memory Card Reader and Dispenser. [more information]
During the recent meeting at the Schipol Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam, the European Gaming Organisation was given a clear mandate to develop a new charter. Unfortunately due to illness Secretary General Chris Brammer was not able to attend and the Chair was taken up by Keith Fagan. [more information]
This year JPM will be showing some well a mixture of new and establishment favourites. New products on preview at the show include Low Tech, Hit Tech and Club machines. [more information]
Happ Controls Europe will be displaying a range of replacement parts for all makes of awp, video, redemption and other amusement machines. Products range from replacement electronic coin mechanisms to pool cues and cloths. [more information]
JPM International announces today that, in co-operation with SEGA of Japan they will develop a new Video AWP game for release at ATEI 2004. SEGA have made R&D facilities and staff available in Japan in order to produce a market leading product. [more information]
Catalana de Tecnologies (CTO) from Spain will take part in London's International Casino Exhibition at Earls Court between 21st –23rd January. CTO will be at booth 5299 in the special online casino section displaying their latest range of products. [more information]
TAB new update system V+ is available for all SILVERBALL terminals. With this update the operator is able to keep his terminals up to date regarding the software without paying for an annual update. It's only 20 Euros per month. [more information]
Sega.com has announced that it has entered into agreements with Nintendo and Sony to provide the console manufacturers with its SNAP online gaming middleware and related services for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. [more information]
With $40 billion in cash sitting in the bank, Microsoft Corp. is more than able to pounce on any software game developers it might like to acquire. The most talked-about target has been Japan's Sega Corp. [more information]
Time Crisis 3 will be launched to the European coin-op industry this month with the Namco game making an appearance at Nuremberg's IMA and London's ATEI exhibitions, the latter providing the stage for the worldwide unveiling of the deluxe model. [more information]
New gaming CRT touchmonitors from Elo TouchSystems are a 17" and 19" true flat CRT monitors. The touchmonitors come with elo's company's iTouch "touch-on-tube" surface-wave touch technology and feature a unique injection-moulded minibezel with watertight seal. [more information]
The pride of every distributor was their George Street location. But with a decline in business mixed with bad management, there may only be one arcade centre left, after Timezone closed its doors and Galaxy Electronics in financial trouble. [more information]
50 music titles for free and more. TAB-Austria is giving 50 music titles to every jukebox customer. 50 music titles for free for all new jukebox terminals (SILVERBALL MAX or MAX FIRE) of TAB-Austria. [more information]
At Friday's Front Row in Orlando, Florida on November 18-19, 32 players competed in the first-ever Golden Tee World Championship. Golden Tee, manufactured by Incredible Technologies. [more information]
ATE, organisers of the Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) have confirmed that the 59th annual show, which takes place on 21st, 22nd and 23rd January, 2003 at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre, is now completely full. [more information]
Vacation America is the latest game from Churchill Cabinets, who will soon release this home only version pinball. With arcade built quality, but designed for the home user, these machines are soley offered to the home market user. [more information]
The Day of reckoning is coming…Friday 13th December 2002 marks the long awaited 3rd chapter in the series "House of the Dead". Behold the Gory truth that is House of the Dead 3. There is nowhere to hide!! [more information]
FX Simulation has opened a new manufacturing plant in Scotland. This new factory will manufacture their two seater simulator the U2 Mirage. This opening is significant as this is the first and only two seater simulator to ever be manufactured in Scotland. [more information]
Photo Play keeping with they policy of a new net game by remote update every six weeks,
comes Jack First" which was specially designed to boost beverage consumption in outlets as well as to guarantee a great deal of playing fun. [more information]
32 of the world's greatest Golden Tee players will be landing in Orlando this weekend to compete in the first-ever Golden Tee World Championship at Friday's Front Row, this Monday and Tuesday, November 18 - 19. [more information]
Sega has drastically cut its net profit estimate by 72% for the fiscal year that ends in March of 2003. The new figure of 5 billion yen ($41.11 million) is substantially below the 18 billion yen estimate it offered last May. [more information]
TAB Austria have introduced a new card game called "Take 2" on the SILVERBALL terminals of TAB-Austria. This game will be transmitted to all linked terminals via ChampionsNet for free. [more information]
LAI Games, a subsidiary of Australian based Leisure and Allied Industries, has announced the appointment of Valley Dynamo LP as their new Distributor for North and South America.
The new arrangement is effective from November 1st 2002. [more information]
Visitors to ATEI 2003 are set to benefit from seeing an even greater variety of new products in January with no fewer than 34 companies from 15 different countries taking stand space at the international amusements extravaganza for the very first time. [more information]
Early next year, Nokia will release a mobile phone it says will deliver console-quality video games. The surprising announcement came at Nokia's annual Mobile Internet Conference. [more information]
Film production company Mindfire Entertainment has secured the rights to Sega's Shinobi franchise. The movie, which is expected to make a summer 2004 release, will be based on the revised setting and characters of the new PlayStation Shinobi game. [more information]
Crazy War is a video game revolving around an epic battle between the Coalition of Planets, and the evil Devilion Empire. The game is available for immediate shipment. [more information]
On 5th December EGO will hold a special meeting to discuss the role of the organisation over the coming years. Due to the huge changes planned by many European countries and the expansion of the EU a re-assessment of what is needed is essential. [more information]
The inaugural European i-Gaming Congress & Expo succeeded in bringing the continent's online gaming fraternity together under one roof for the first time, providing a forum for lively and often-heated debate. [more information]
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