ATV Slam will make its U.S. debut at the Amusement Expo March 27-28 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and manufacturer Sega is “set to impress” with a full range of its video games. The newest offering is the ATV racing game featuring a life-size realistic quad bike with lit wheels, a chrome engine and all sorts of effects (air cannons for wind, among them). House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn, Transformers: Shadows Rising, Target Bravo: Operation Ghost, Daytona Championship USA and Storm Racer will all be featured at the trade show. Sega will be located at Booth #201 at the Expo,…
Author: Matt Harding
The Original Dinerant, a hip restaurant in downtown Portland, Ore., that serves up dishes like chicken and waffle sliders and donut burgers, recently added a retro arcade bar to its offerings. According to Portland Eater, the recently-opened Dinercade is located on the diner’s upper mezzanine level overlooking SW 6th Avenue and SW Oak Street, and features a selection of new and vintage arcade games and pinball machines. A video-game-inspired drink menu – with the Princess Peach and the Hadouken among the cocktails – is also available. They serve snacks like caramel corn and in-house trail mix, but patrons will be…
Writer and Pac-Man cabinet owner Cat Despira recently posted a blog called Pac-Man: The Untold Story of How We Really Played the Game in which she examines all-too-common wear on the machines and a bit of arcade history. “As you’re playing, you’re jamming that joystick left and right, up and down, movements that shift your right shoulder forward and back, rocking your body side to side,” Despira wrote. “When the going gets tough, and the ghosts start closing in, all of this rocking motion compels you to lean into the game and, whether you realize you’re doing it or not, you’re going to…
The long-awaited HoloLens 2, Microsoft’s latest augmented reality headset, was revealed for the first time recently at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s a lighter, more capable and less expensive version of the original HoloLens that was released three years ago, according to Fortune. Priced at $3,500 – down from $5,000 for the original model – the HoloLens 2 is mostly aimed at corporate users and developers. At the conference, Microsoft promised that its hardware would work with the software of other companies and that other developers could create their own app stores for the HoloLens – a contrast…
Just released for free on Oculus Go, Oculus Rift and the Samsung Gear VR, Marshall from Detroit is a short virtual reality film with the rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) offering a tour of his hometown. Directed by Caleb Slain, the 21-minute short features Em traveling around Detroit and discussing his career and connection to the city with radio DJ Sway Calloway, according to Rolling Stone. The interactive teaser trailer shows the historic Fox Theatre, Comerica Park and views from atop the art deco Guarding Building with voiceover from the interview (and also inside the car with the subjects of the…
The ATM Industry Assn. (ATMIA) has confirmed its support for new efforts to ban cashless retail businesses in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. At least two states are also said to be considering similar proposals. The motivation for such efforts has focused on the potential disenfranchisement of poor and unbanked consumers, ATMIA noted “The issue is far broader than the poor and unbanked segment of the economy pointed to by these legislative measures,” says David Tente, executive director of ATMIA USA. “Cashless retail severely limits consumer payment choice and eliminates the favored payment method for 26 percent of…
The ATMIA has wrapped up another record-breaking trade show with its US Conference 2019. The event, which ran from Feb. 19-21 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla., attracted some 105 exhibitors and more than 1,100 attendees. “We haven’t grown year over year every year, but over time we keep growing,” said David Tente, executive director of ATMIA USA. “And the last two years have seen record-breaking attendance.” As Tente noted, the show boasted an expanded lineup of seminars and workshops. “We had five workshops this year, compared to four last year and a few of the sessions were…
The International Pizza Expo is right around the corner and no matter how you slice it – with 500 exhibitors and more than 80 seminars – it’s a big trade show. Held March 5-7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (with additional educational sessions from March 3-4), the Pizza Expo will feature two keynote speakers: Chris Bianco, founder of Pizzeria Bianco and “a driving force in the artisanal pizza movement,” and Sammy Mandell, who started Greenville Avenue Pizza Company in Dallas. Among the education sessions: a “Stromboli Done Right” demonstration; a New York-style dough demo; and seminars on handling employee…
Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman are getting arcade upgrades thanks to a new collectible card series from Raw Thrills via its popular Injustice Arcade game. The new Series 2 cards consist of updated visual designs for 100 heroes and villains, as well as 10 new rare team cards like League of Assassins and Teen Titans. The Series 2 pack totals 200 cards and can be purchased here. Locations that currently have Injustice Arcade will receive a software kit (shipping now) with the Series 2 cards. According to Betson, a leading distributor for Raw Thrills, the kit also includes a new translate featuring…
Tastemakers’ Arcade1Up replica machine – a new cabinet featuring classic games – won the Toy Association’s “Tech Toy of the Year” award at the 116th North American International Toy Fair, held in New York City on Feb. 15. According to Forbes, the available cabinets include Street Fighter, Rampage, Asteroids and Centipede. The company’s website (www.arcade1up.com) also lists Mortal Kombat, Final Fight, Space Invaders, Golden Tee, Karate Champ, Galaga and others. The replica machine maker is expanding its lineup in 2019 to include Ghosts n’ Goblins, 1944and Strider. Their cabinets come in stand-up versions that retail for $299 and desktop units at $199.…