Frontgrid will be at IAAPA Expo Europe (Sept. 22-24) in booth S837 with their new Volcano Island flight experience. It sends flyers swooping over a volcanic island, as you might expect. They dodge rock formations, waterfalls, tunnels and lava. Players can land on ocean targets and respawn to do it again. The newest addition to Frontgrid’s Paradrop content library, it debuted at their first installation in the Netherlands. You can click here to meet CEO Matt Wells at the show or visit www.frontgrid.co.uk to learn more.
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Registration is open for AMOA’s annual education program – On the Road – and the organizers are letting you bring an employee at a discounted price. For every full program registration at $399, you can register a second person at the discounted rate of $199. AMOA says On the Road is “a flexible education option for every level and business need, combining exclusive learning with a dynamic product showcase that gives members first access to the newest innovations.” Click here for the program details or visit www.amoa.com for more on the association. In other association news, working with their legislative team at DGA Group, they’re asking members to…
The 2027 edition of Golden Tee PGA TOUR will be arriving in late September, said Incredible Technologies. “Our team put the full force of its creative energies into this,” said Adam Kramer, president of IT’s amusement division. “For the first time in six years, we had the luxury of focusing on one content update with the sunsetting of Golden Tee LIVE underway. We have taken full advantage of this moment.” The company says there’s new entertainment, new courses and new ways to play as the game approaches its 40th anniversary. The popular “Vegas” feature on their Silver Strike Bowling machines will now be in Golden Tee with Vegas Golf (in Casual and Online play…
Valo Motion will celebrate their 10th anniversary and bring their new Groundfall product to IAAPA Expo Europe (Sept. 22-24 in London) in booth S2502. They’ll have a press conference there at 3:20 p.m. on Sept. 22 to debut the attraction. The standalone product is a dedicated mixed-reality game built around the “floor is lava” concept that became the most-played experience across ValoArena installations worldwide, the company said. They added that it comes in 19 configurations, hosting 4-10 players at a time with a throughput potential of up to 200 players an hour at full capacity at its largest configuration. The first installations are already live in Finland, Germany, Spain and the U.S. …
Intercard will be at IAAPA Expo Europe Sept. 22-24 with their Impulse Plus reader in booth S2730. Look for CEO Scott Sherrod and VP of international sales Alberto Borrero there. “The powerful Impulse Plus reader doesn’t need to be connected to a kiosk,” the company states. “It accepts more types of payments (including credit cards), makes more upsells and can increase revenues by as much as 30%. It is ideal for arcade operators who want an easy way to capture credit card users while continuing to use coin-op games. The Impulse Plus allows them to do both and can deliver reports of cash…
The IATP Annual Conference in Clearwater, Florida, is set to run Sept. 14-16, and Laserforce will be among the companies exhibiting. They will have their full-scale Gen8 Infinity system on display and will also have their phaser-only mobile laser tag system, Fusion, which “packs the award-winning power of our Gen8 technology into a single, compact package.” You can see them at the show or get in touch with business development officer Chris Epstein, who can be reached at [email protected].
Sacoa Cashless System will have their full portfolio on display in booth #404 at the IATP’s 2026 event, the company said. Their Time Tracker solution will be most prominent at the show. That tool provides operators with a “straightforward way to manage time-based activities while keeping the process easy for both staff and guests.” If you won’t be in Florida for the trade show, visit them at www.sacoacard.com.
The late Dolly Parton, whose recent passing has been mourned by people of every walk of life, was not only a great singer and stage performer, but also a member of the amusement community. The 150-acre Dollywood amusement park she co-owned in the foothills of Tennessee’s Great Smokey Mountains ranks her as an FEC superstar (and put her in the IAAPA Hall of Fame in November 2025). Her park checks off all the boxes – from roller coasters to restaurants to live shows… all of which have garnered awards as the state’s best. Dollywood also offers a chapel and Sunday…
IAAPA’s show for Europe and the U.K. is all set to run from Sept. 22-24 at the Excel London. Educational components of the event start on Sept. 21 and continue through Sept. 25. The trade show anticipates more than 870 exhibitors. There will also be more than 60 educational seminars and presentations. (Click here for the full calendar.) You can register and learn more at: www.iaapa.org/expos-and-events/expo-europe.
ICE’s new ICEBALL X alley roller, which began shipping in August, will make its official public debut at IAAPA Expo Europe, in the Sega Amusements booth (S2213 and S2412). The game’s predecessors, ICEBALL and ICEBALL FX, came out in 1997 and 2014, respectively. ICE’s vice president of sales, Ryan Coppola, explained that those had the same playfield and same type of scoring structure. “Games could be linked but there was no dynamic gameplay between them,” he said. That changes with ICEBALL X. There are five main pockets on the playfield – one in the center and one at each of…