Arcade Lounge

surface tension will be at r3play - the arcade, retro and video gaming expo in Blackpool on the 6th and 7th November.

R3PLAY is a brand new show celebrating four decades of gaming history. Presented in association with Retro Gamer and gamesTM magazines, this unique event will offer gamers of all ages the chance to experience gaming systems from the 1970s to present day.

Hosted by TV personality and videogame fanatic Gail Porter, the R3PLAY Expo will take place at The Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre in Blackpool on 6/7 November 2010 – the final weekend of this year’s famous Illuminations.

So if you’re up in Blackpool for the weekend, live in that neck of the woods or want to discuss any possibilities, come see us on the stand on the Saturday or Sunday.

We’ve recently been working on some some subtle changes to the Arcane surface tension table and have just delivered the first. The visible changes are the keyboard/mouse/stuff storage, hi-gloss sides and the slightly longer control panel housing 2 x 7-button layouts and a spinner. The 7-button layout enables you to play using the choice of NeoGeo-style 4-button or Streetfighter2 style 6-button arrangement. As usual, 2 of the buttons double up as mouse buttons so you can navigate windows using the trackball.

We also managed to find the time to do a photo shoot.

This particular system had a little more grunt than the standard. Boasting an Intel i7 CPU, 8GB 1366 DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD… all housed in the mighty Shuttle SX58H7. Oh, and a 26″ LCD.

You can see more on the surface-tension flickr page. The website updates will follow soon.

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If you are looking to get your hands on the surface tension Double7 arcade table, you now have a choice of colours to personalise your control panel. Still the same high quality laser-cut, anodised and screen printed aluminium panel, but now available in blue and red, as well as black and silver.

We can also produce custom control panels if you want something different again.

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You can read the latest surface tension mailout here.

The website has now been updated to include the new surface tension arcade table. The existing table has taken on the name of Double7 and the new table is called the Arcane giving customers a design preference. The only real difference is the Arcane has a slightly longer control panel which houses a spinner alongside the existing controls. There aren’t any pictures of this on the site yet, but they shouldn’t be too far away.

We’ve recently been down at Patrick’s bar in Parkstone, Bournemouth running a photo shoot for the new table. It’s not going to replace the existing system, but offer an alternative for those with different tastes. The website should be updated soon, but in the mean time here’s a few images to keep you going…

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Well it’s just over 2 weeks away now. The first Insert Coin arcade show will be held in Northampton at Northampton Saints on the 18th and 19th July.

It is 2 days of gaming, events, tournaments and prizes. There will be a couple of candy cabs up for grabs, a tech repair talk, PCB and spare parts for sale and much more.

surface tension will have a stand there. Come say hi and have a seat on the couch for a game of Track & Field!

If you pre-order your ticket online, you can gain entry at 10:00 rather than 12:00.

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Not to leave one of the big conduits of communication out, I’ve created a Facebook group. Feel free to join so you can see what’s happening in the surface tension world. Have your say on the wall…

You can now access a load more surface tension table images from the surface-tension flickr page. It will be updated to show past as well as present product images. There will also be images from shows/exhibitions and anything related to surface tension.

We will be exhibiting our arcade table on this year’s arts trail in Hove. If you want to take a look, we’ll be located at Pembroke Lodge, no 16 on the trail.

The open house will be open each weekend during May, from 11 until 6.

Hove arts trail