Here I Am...This is it ... London... the 10th of October 2007 ... for the Preview 2008 Coin-Op Expo, an exhibition that shows the latest products from the best manufacturers and distributors the Coin-op industry has to offer.
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith...
...what a pain... 5 days ago I broke my big toe when I was working on my BattleZone cabinet ... Ouch... I was really affraid to cancel this London trip, but no !!! It's a part of "ArcadeLifeStlyle"
.... I mean suffering for what you like
... So I'm here ... not easy to walk, but let's go
At the entrance, I got my "All Access Area'
Day 1...because I walk as fast as a turtle (with a bandage around my feet), I came two hours before the end of day 1
So I decided to walk everywhere, take my time, easy & cool like
Fonzie just locate the thinks, and go 'in deep' tomorow
First floor, a lot of gambling machines :
Basketball games :
Cranes :
Slots ... a lot of ...
In an other room...
...the new generation of touch screen games... class
... very nice too
A new generation of 'coin-pusher' game :
First floor, games for 'strong' men
I'm entering in a HUGE room... most of the arcade games are here
...
Aliens Extermination :
The lastest racing game from Sega : SEGA RACE TV ... Really Nice
and 'Primeval Hunt', a shooting game that use -of course- a gun but also a touch screen to move :
"Let's go jungle" from Sega, in its stantard cabinet :
After Burner ClimaX deluxe version :
Sega Pinair, a mix between a pinball and an air hockey :
A naomi cab with the latest naomi game : Asian Dynamite, and Linbergh cabs running Virtual Tennis 3 / Virtua Fighters 5 :
Inital D4 :
An interesting stand : STS, official parts supplier for SEGA
Ghost Sqad Evolution :
Namco Bandai stand ... with a stange cab ' : Panzer Elite Action :
Routelle game :
Fast & Furious Drift *4 players setup*, and Super Bikes :
On the ElectroCoin stand, Chase HQ 2 from Taito in both version : Deluxe & upright :
...and the latest Stern's pinball : Spiderman III
For information, I think I was the only one to wear 'casual clothes'
... most of other people are here ... for business first
Another huge setup from Namco :
The new Super Mario Kart II :
Isn't it beautiful, a brand new side art
:
Nascar Racinf from EA / Gloval VR : It looks like Daytona USA... but this is not Daytona USA
A stand for the 'passive games' in big simulators...
And here's the HUGE version of the 'Let's Go Jungle' game from SEGA
You cannot start the game alone... like the Sega R360 by exemple, because it's like a ride... someone has to check if everything is fine during the play... So I ask to the 'Sega girl' to let me in & play
...inside, two players on a seat that can quickly turns up to 270°... at the speed of light
The game send images on two screens via two video projectors.
and sometimes, the game blows air in your face... impressive
Outside of the 'Sega Theater', a control panel :
Better than a poster, better than a marquee, better than a flyer, here's a "Let's go Jungle" statue
General view of the 'Theater'
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End of Day 1
