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.

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 taken me a few days to get around to posting about the show. All in all it was a great success. Alan, Grant and their team did a great job in getting all the machines together. On the day (well, the day before) it seemed everything was against them and the show was almost a non-starter. All of the Egrets were stuck at customs and after being released late on the Friday afternoon, half of them reached their destination at about 9 o’clock at night. The rest of them were due in at 6am Saturday! When we arrived at 11pm on Friday to set up, the electrician was setting up the supply for the hall whilst PCBs were installed in the machines. It was an all-nighter for most of the IC’09 team.

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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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I’ve decided not to fight it any longer. You can find surface tension news and maybe a bit of other stuff too on the surfacetension twitter channel.

We’re soon to start offering the new surface tension arcade table in high-gloss finish. Available as standard in black or white… but we can ultimately supply a table any colour/colours you like.

Due to the extra time, care and attention to detail that goes into the painting, lacquering and finishing of each individual table, the cost for the black or white will be £2999 for a retro-fit, and £3499 with a pre-installed shuttle system.

The product will officially be released in Jan 2009 and the website updated. Until then, if you require more information, drop us a message.

For those of you that like to be in control of your own hardware, you can now purchase the surface tension arcade table without a PC, with the new retro-fit option.

It is designed to take a shuttle or equivalent PC, which measures 31cm x 20cm x 18.5cm. With all the cables ready to plug in, you’ll be up and running within 5 minutes!