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:: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« on: October 29, 2007, 10:56:45 AM »
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.  8)

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"   :wink:  .... I mean suffering for what you like  :roll:  ... So I'm here ... not easy to walk, but let's go  :arrow:



At the entrance, I got my "All Access Area'  :arrow:



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  8)  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  :roll:  :wink:



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  :o  ...

Aliens Extermination :





The lastest racing game from Sega : SEGA RACE TV ... Really Nice  :P  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  :wink:  :arrow:



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  :P



For information, I think I was the only one to wear 'casual clothes'  :roll:  ... most of other people are here ... for business first  8)



Another huge setup from Namco :



The new Super Mario Kart II :



Isn't it beautiful, a brand new side art  :roll:  :o  :



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   :o

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  8)  :wink:



...inside, two players on a seat that can quickly turns up to 270°... at the speed of light  :shock:  :o



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  :shock:  :arrow:



General view of the 'Theater'  :roll:  :wink:  :




End of Day 1

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:: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2007, 10:57:16 AM »
Day 2... the serious things first  !

I have to visit "Brent', the official Namco branch in UK  :arrow:



I'm still looking for all informations I can get regarding the origin of my Galaxian3 Theater, and I know, according what the G3 seller said to me, many years ago guys came from UK and assemble the Theater  :)  ...I even have the name  :wink:

Amazing ! On the Brent stand, I talk with Steve, a collegue of him  8)  :arrow:



I explain him a part of my 'Galaxian 3 Theater'  :)  ...and he gives me the details of THE person I'm looking for  :P  ...more details soon in the G3 post  :roll:

Ok, so today... let's have some fun on games  :P  There's not a lot of people who are playing games here ! Good news for me then  :roll:  :wink:  And I even finish few games  :o  Thanks to the free play  :roll:  :wink:

Let's finish Aliens Extermination  :arrow:



Having fun on the great Spiderman 3 pinball ... really amazing  :o





Back on Chase HQ 2  :arrow:



Like the original game, it starts by the same words : "Hi, this is Nancy from Chase HQ..."   :P



Hey, look a these new Space Invaders pachislot ? Or Do I have to say Slot ? Because these are not made in Japan but ... in UK ?!







F&F Drift... Nice cabs, but I don't really like this game  :?



Same for F&F Super Bikes  :oops:



If the original Ghost Squad wasn't really fun, this new 'Evolution' version is amazing... I played it until the end  :o





Nobody's playing the After Burner ClimaX ? Cool... Let's finish the game  :P



... and "Let's go Jungle" too  :wink:





Hey, Sonic is back on the Arcades... with this 'game'  :lol:



Sega presents a new game for kids... you've hit aliens directly on a screen with a kind of hammer :





A lot of succes for the Saga pin-air  :arrow:



And here's the new generation of 'Cranes' ... the Sega version is called : SEGA UFO CATCHER  :P





...and here's the Namco version :





A mix between a coin pusher & a crane ...by Namco  :arrow:





And still lot of gambling / slot machines... everywhere :







Hey, I know this message  :roll:



...windows is everywhere  :shock:  :P   :arrow:



A Golden Tee Live :



Back on Namco Midnight Maximum Tune 3 :



And here's the new generation of jukeboxes :







Back on Sega to play Virtua Fighter 5...



...and the new SEGA RACE TV  :P



A brand new cabinet for this game :









It's the perfect spot to catch all the flyers for these new games  :P  :arrow:



Because my interest is mostly in arcade games, I didn't take a lot of pictures of gambling or slot machines, but I can assure you there was a lot of them everywhere  :wink:

...and this is it for this 'Preview 2008'  8)

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:: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2007, 10:58:02 AM »
Well, I have all the aftenoon to spend in London, so here's few things to do   8)

Don't miss the shop "Forbidden Planet" : Anime, Audio, Books, Comics, Gaming, Manga, Toys, ... a must see  :o

Exemple : If you're a big fan of Star Wars, here's what you can see (and buy of course)  :arrow:

Animated Life-Size Princess Leia :



Darth Vader :



The Rancor :



Jabba + Jabba's throne :



All the lightsabers :



All the figures :



File size helmets :



All kinds of books :





Each time I go to London, I go to Picadilly Circus...



...where is located one of the biggest arcade room, inside the trocadero : FUNLAND  :arrow:



The entrance :



All the new games are here first...





Hey, this is the Space Invaders UK seen at the Preview 2008 :



There is a football game that use real card...



...the player put the cards on the games ... amazing  :o



You can ask a *starter pack*, but you have to pay for new ones... of course 8)



A Paradise Lost... nice cab, but the game is not really fun to play IMO  :?



8 Daytona USA ...linked together  :o  :



A japanese cabs corner... Versus City :





Oll' told me about another  Game Room to visit in London... the name is NAMCO STATION   :shock:  sounds good isn"t it ?!!!  :o  :lol:

Ok, this room is close to 'London Eyes', in the county hall. So let's go.

I'm walking over there and I see something familiar ... this black flag ...  8)



Yeeeesss... in the county hall, there is a Star Wars expo  :P  Ok, I already seen that same expo in Paris last year, but I'm a so big fan, and I have a lot of free time this end of after noon, so let's take a ride   :)

Just few pictures... (I hope there are some Star Wars fans here too...)



*amazing* ... it's about 5:00pm, and I'm almost alone in that museum  :shock:  Coooll  :P  I can take my time & watch everything... so quiet  :roll:  8)







... I can even enter into that ship  :o   :arrow:







After the visit, you're immidiatly at the Namco Station :



NAMCO ... or The Game Creator  :P  ... Home Sweet Home  8)









No less than 3 levels ...









What a nice coin pusher isn't it  :roll:  :wink:









The NAMCO Bar... I would like to have something similar in my new Game Room  :roll:  :wink:











Time to go for me ... I was looking for a Galaxian Theater ... but there's no more that game here  :oops:  ... we are in 2007, not 1997  :x  8)



Bye Bye London.... 'til the next time  :o   :roll:  :wink:


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:: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2007, 06:40:14 PM »
Awesome!!  Looks like you had a lot of fun!!! :D  :D

I would love to go to one, but here, (in the US) everything is in California, and it's way to far away (from Houston) for me to go... :?

What would be really cool, is that if you had the $$$ ready, you could buy the game you know you'd like, and get it  new in the box!!! :D  :D

Again, Very cool!!!  :D  :D  :D

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Re: :: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2008, 09:22:22 AM »
...and here's the date for the Preview 2009 :

Wednesday 1st October 2008: 10.00 - 18.00
Thursday 2nd October 2008: 10.00 - 16.00

Venue: Novotel London West
1 Shortlands, London W6 8DR. UK


All the details right here  8)

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Re: :: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2008, 04:16:41 PM »
Looks like you had a great time.  Love the pictures and thanks for sharing.

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Re: :: Report :: Coin-Op Expo / Preview 2008 - London
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2008, 11:43:37 PM »
I Love Showrooms/Gamerrooms Pictures  ;)!
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