All set for the Amusement Expo March 26-28 in Las Vegas, Bay Tek Entertainment will debut its latest redemption game Connect 4 Hoops HD, a smaller version of their popular basketball title. One or two players shoot baskets and watch as their 7” basketballs “magically fall into place on a 65” high-definition screen,” according to the press release. The first player to align four balls on the augmented reality playfield wins. Assembled, the new, smaller game is 9’ tall x 5’1” wide x 9’4” deep “The most noticeable difference is the game is 2 ½ feet shorter than the original…
Author: Matt Harding
Innovative Concepts in Entertainment will officially launch two new FEC classics at the Amusement Expo this year – Whack-a-Clown and Tons of Tickets, ICE’s first skill ticket crane. Both games were first featured in November at IAAPA, but are now ready to ship. Whack-a-Clown adds to ICE’s popular carnival series, where players compete against others trying to hit as many clowns as possible while avoiding the red clown. Tons of Tickets is a skill ticket crane being marketed as a 2-player game (though can be sold single-player). ICE calls it a “must have” for any FEC. “The game has been thoroughly tested throughout…
Be sure to stop by Booth #636 at the Amusement Expo, as specialist software provider 8Fuse will be giving away a new 32” cabinet, the largest in its line of kiosks with a retail price of $2,500. All you have to do is click this link on their website, www.8fuse.com, and be present at the booth at noon on March 28. The raffle winner will be chosen randomly. 8Fuse makes kiosks and computers with hundreds of games. The kiosks come in 17-inch (countertop model), 22-inch, 23-inch and 32-inch models and include bill acceptors, printers and touchscreens.
Triotech and its distributor Amusement Services International will hold a special event during the Dubai Entertainment Amusement & Leisure trade show, held March 25-27. The companies will be located together in Hall 4 – D32, according to a recent press release. “We have a strong relationship with ASI, and as we were both founded in 1999, we wanted to celebrate this unique milestone together at DEAL Middle East show in Dubai,” said Ernest Yale, founder and CEO of Triotech. Visit www.trio-tech.com and www.asi-world.com for more information.
It has retro video games and pinball machines, billiards, darts, foosball and more, and it’s the first of its kind in Oshkosh, Wis. The recently-opened Pixels Arcade & Sports Bar caters to everyone – “a place where soccer and baseball teams can hang out on a Saturday afternoon,” said owner Rob Strom, but also a nighttime 21-and-over crowd. The machines are coin-operated, so be sure to bring plenty of quarters (though an ATM and coin machine are available). The bar has a limited food menu of pizza and chicken strips. It wasn’t part of the original plan, but required in…
A New York town 60 miles south of Montreal is readying itself for a new arcade pub set to open in mid-April or May. Plattsburgh’s 1UP Arcade & Pub will reside in a 1,500-sq.-ft. space that was formerly home to other food and beverage ventures, according to the Plattsburgh Press-Republican. It will include about 10 games, rotated in and out from their 35-cabinet inventory. With a small space for only around 30 patrons, one of the co-owners, Chris James, said opening the business bridges the gap between child and adult entertainment. It’ll be a place for everyone with varying clientele…
To mark 50 years of Amitabh Bachchan’s presence in the Hindi film industry, jukebox maker Ricatech has launched a limited-edition luxury machine for fans of the Bollywood legend. According to NewsVoir, the juke is limited to 100 (in black and gold and white and gold) and “reflects the free American spirit of the ’50s combined with the flair of European design, but also includes the latest technology like Bluetooth connection.” These collector machines are being sold for roughly $20,000 apiece. They hold 100 CDs, have a working coin mechanism and come with a metal brass plate with a stamped limited-edition…
A new skill-based video redemption game from Andamiro USA called Monster Catcheris now shipping and will be featured at the Amusement Expo. Stop by Booth #101 to see the company’s latest offering, which is its second title in the video redemption category. Monster Catcher starts with a saucer-shaped spaceship unloading the game’s alien creatures – seven distinct monsters (each representing a difficulty level). The video game’s objective is to catch a monster between two paddles as they’re dropped. At each level, the drop height increases, the space between the paddles widens and the paddle sizes get smaller. They’ll also be…
Family Fun Companies will be showcasing its two newest games at the Expo. The first is Super Wings and “Number 2” is – you guessed it – Shoot the Poop. There’s no shortage of toilet humor in the prize vending game, where players shoot a small basketball into a toilet and get to crack open a 5” capsule with their prize. Family Fun Companies says the game will keep you giggling, “no ifs ands or butts about it!” Super Wings, on the other hand, is based on the animated kids TV show of the same name, and lets youngsters help character…
A New Jersey comedian pulled off the ultimate ATM prank when he tried to get one on a bus. Denied access, he briefly argues with the driver of the NJ Transit bus, telling him, “I’ll split it with you.” According to press reports, the video is the work of comedian Darius Kinney, who is known as a “sit down” comic. The video, which immediately went viral, garnered more than 100,000 views in just a couple of hours. Many of those who watched the short link debated whether the theft was real or a gag.