I thought I’d share a few pictures this week of a recent visit I made to an amusement trade show here in the UK.
EAG (Entertainment, Attractions & Gaming International Expo) has been around for a few years now, since 2009 in fact, and is the first in a year-long calendar of similar events across Europe.
I visited back in 2020 and Covid disrupted the last two years – but if you want to check out what was new back then, click here.
EAG covers a wide variety of amusement attractions, so not everything was of interest to me, but a good bunch of new video game and pinball released caught my eye on the show’s floor:
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Racing games were all the rage this year. This garish twin cabinet pit players against each other in the Fast & Furious franchise
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A take on the Need for Speed franchise here.
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Dead Heat Unleashed was probably the pic of the bunch. Up to four players can race against each other. Camera technology allowed the player’s image to feature in the game
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The MotoGP franchise marches on (does it ever end?) this time with the addition of VR. The effect was incredible to be fair. I always wonder how long those headsets would last in an arcade….
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This game was popular amongst attendees. Sega’s ATV Slam puts you on a quadbike racing against AI opponents.
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Another bike sim. Storm Rider is a futuristic two-wheeled racer. The neon effects on the cabinet were pretty cool
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Good on Sega for exploring new ideas. Drone Racing Genesis allows players to experience the thrill of racing drones against each other. I didn’t get a chance to play it, but from what I saw it looks like a lot of fun.
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I mentioned that 2020’s show was full of VR cabinets. It was the new kid on the block and looked to be the future for arcade games. VR Agent is a next gen VR game that really does put the player into the heart of the action
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VR Agent’s control system was an innovative design that had the headset mounted to the gun itself. The effect was impressive
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But it wasn’t all new stuff. There was still a nod to the classics. Pac-Man of course continues to endure, and Namco were on hand still delivering the goods here with Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash – a multicade of sorts
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A sequel here to the original Pac-Man Battle Royale – Chompionship. Namco’s marketing department clearly came up with this title after a long Friday lunch
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Designed by MC-G Games, Hole In One is clearly a modern day version of ice Cold Beer – Taito’s electro mechanical hit from the 80s. It played pretty well too
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Players control a vertical bar to guide a ball bearing up through the playfield to drop the ball into specific holes
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Not a videogame obviously, but interesting that manufacturers see fit to attach a licence from the 80s to draw players in. In this case Mr Do & the Space Rocks
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Let’s talk pinball: Electrocoin came armed with the latest Stern pinball releases, offering showgoers the opportunity to rent tables rather than buy them outright
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Godzilla was a great pin with an interesting ruleset. Two James Bond pins were on display – Dr No and You Only Live Twice
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Here’s my buddy Oliver getting to grips with Godzilla. The cream of the crop here
* This article was originally published here
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