 | Roller Coaster Swept To Sea By Sandy Will Not Remain In Atlantic As Tourist Attraction
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers said that the town and Casino Pier owners are in talks to remove what remains of the Jet Star Roller Coaster...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Shaffer Distributing Hosts Seminar On Crane Merchandiser Operation
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Guest speaker Jim Chapman of New Jersey's Coast to Coast Entertainment led a roundtable discussion among operators and FEC owners...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| AMOA-NY Seeks Industrywide Aid For Tristate Operators; Allen Weisberg Spearheads Relief Taskforce
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
The Amusement and Music Owners Association of New York has formed a taskforce to aid music and amusement operators impacted by Sandy. For its part, AMOA-NY is waiving its dues obligations to members for the first quarter of 2013...
Author: Nick Montano
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| After-Work Tavern Tradition Fades
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Several factors have conspired to depress after-work, on-premise consumption. But taverns and saloons in industrial Midwestern cities like Milwaukee are still regarded as "the communal living rooms"...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| CDC Says More Big Cities Are Banning Smoking
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 30 of the 50 biggest U.S. cities now qualify for the CDC's 100% smoke-free designation...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| LAI Games Improves Speed Of Light
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
Manufacturer makes three engineering improvements to popular multiplayer interactive arcade game...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| AmusementSmart: Operator And Software Developer Team Up On Route Management Suite
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
Veteran operators may remember a time when route accounting could be done on a napkin. More recent arrivals probably have used off-the-shelf software. For better or worse, those days are gone. Enter AmusementSmart...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Ohio Lawmaker Proposes Ban On Sweeps Videos
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
State Rep. Matt Huffman (R-4th Dist.) has proposed a statewide ban on Internet cafés and sweepstakes videogames...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Pinball Games See Comeback In 'Pinbars,' Say Happy Location Owners
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
As its name suggests, a pinbar is a pinball arcade that also serves liquor for on-premise consumption. One pinbar in Washington state is attracting locals year-round...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| IAAPA 2012 Attractions Expo Sees 3% Registration Increase
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Around 26,500 participants from 102 nations registered for this year's IAAPA Attractions Expo, compared with 25,800 people from 118 nations at last year's trade show, a 2.7% increase in registration numbers...
Author: Nick Montano
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| AMI Megatouch Live Expands ML-1 Library With Aerial Combat Game
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Air Guardian is the first two-player Megatouch game with control logic that follows multiple touches for each player...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Dave Corriveau, Cofounder Of Dave & Buster's, Heads BozoWorld FEC Chain
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Larry Harmon Pictures Corp. grants global rights for the development of a family entertainment center and restaurant concept based on Bozo the Clown...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| NC Sweepstakes Video Sector Expands; FL County's Ban Survives
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
In a development reminiscent of video poker marketing more than a decade ago, operators in North Carolina are running sweepstakes locations under flashy and provocative names like Little Vegas City...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Big Buck World Championship In NYC Lures Fierce Videogame Competitors
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
For the two days, the historic Altman Building in lower Manhattan was transformed into a rustic hunting lodge with six Big Buck Hunter coin-op videogames used for competition.
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Namco Bandai's Coin-Op Sales Increase At Home, Decline Overseas; Overall Profits Double Across All Sectors
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Namco Bandai reported that its overall profits doubled for all sectors combined for the first half of the 2013 fiscal year, reaching ¥17.3 billion ($2.8 billion)...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Sega Sammy Reports Q2 Sales, Earnings Mostly Down
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Sega Sammy's domestic coin-op machine sales, Japanese arcade revenues and worldwide consumer videogame sales were all lower in its 2013 fiscal first half, compared with the same period last year...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Barron Games Introduces Compact Hockey Table
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
How do you top a hit game like Quad Air, the four-player air hockey table from Barron Games International? For Baron, the answer is "think small with a big idea"...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| IT Offers PowerPutt Live Kits
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
Incredible Technologies' mini-golf simulator is now available in both the dedicated Showpiece cabinet and as a conversion kit...
Author: by Staff Reporter
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| Namco America Readies Three New Arcade Games
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
The pachinko-like Ball Spectacular is the latest Namco game for the ticket-redemption category. Also new are Deadstorm Pirates Mini and Funky Gators...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Wedges/Ledges Says Its 1-Shot Is World's Smallest Skill Crane
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
Sometimes big ideas come in small packages. Coin-op innovator Wedges/Ledges' new compact skill crane, called 1 Shot, is one big idea that only needs a 12" footprint...
Author: Hank Schlesinger
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| Wizard Of Oz Pinball Goes To NY Comic Con
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
Jersey Jack Pinball has taken its new The Wizard of Oz flipper games on the road to gauge player reaction to final preproduction design...
Author: Nick Montano
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| AMOA President Sees Industry Renewal In Progress
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
Seven months into his one-year term as president of the Amusement and Music Operators Association, Andy Shaffer said he has good reason to believe the music and games industry is enjoying a perceptible renewal. He believes that several years of route consolidation may be tapering off. He asserts that operators are finding ways to offset losses resulting from smoking bans...
Author: Marcus Webb
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| Benchmark Unveils 2 Ticket Games, New Prize Vender At IAAPA Show
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
New Monster Drop and Pop It versions, along with the next generation in Tickets to Prizes, will make debut at International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions show in Orlando...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Big Buck Championship Is On; Raw Thrills Pledges To Match Up To $50,000 In Donations To Help NY And NJ
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
Manhattan is getting back on its feet and the 5th annual Big Buck World Championship is moving forward. The event will be held at the Altman Building in New York City on Friday and Saturday [press release]...
Author: Source; Raw Thrills | Released Nov. 6, 2012
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| Bold Cabinet Colors And Winner-Every-Time Play Expand Key Master Options
Issue: Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2012
New cabinet colors create visual distinctions between games operating alongside each other, and an upgrade for winner-every-time play allows small prizes in capsules to be dispensed from any Key Master...
Author: Nick Montano
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