Why Arcooda? Arcooda is Touchscreen

May 18, 2021

Arcooda is……Touchscreen

We really believe in touchscreen gaming, and most of our new release products come with touch screen as standard. There is no going back to keyboard/mouse once you use an Arcooda touchscreen product. More games, more functions, more fun…..

In fact, we had designed our machines with cross-over in mind, from mobile phone to your arcade machine and back. Its part of our Do Want You Want TM philosophy.

Arcooda Pinball was the first commercial virtual pinball machine to be released with touchscreen as standard.

Image: Arcooda Pinball Touchscreen AGE 2016 Gaming Show

Touch gaming is super easy on Arcooda machines.

Why Arcooda? Arcooda is Virtual Reality

May 16, 2021

Arcooda is…….Virtual Reality

Core to our development work, our machines have supported VR game play on a plug and play basis. With Game Wizard 2.0, all machines have additional functionality that also include motion/vibration/effects support (subject to game software co-operation).

Image 1: Oculus Rift VR Arcooda Pinball Arcade

VR..with Arcooda’s proprietary add-ons. Its “almost” like playing a real pinball, but at a fraction of the cost. Add new tables via Steam, Oculus and other online gaming platforms. No need for any special adjustments or Arcooda branded software – virtually all VR pinball games are supported on Game Wizard 2.0 machines.

Image 2: Virtual Reality Pinball Machine on Arcooda

Why Arcooda? Arcooda is Do What You Want

May 15, 2021

Arcooda is…….Do what you Want TM

Arcooda products are designed with you in mind. Driving, shooting, touch, hand controller, joystick…..play the way you want. Use you phone, console, android device, PC, arcade PCBs plus, add-on components, interchangeable control panels and more.

Image 1: Driving Control Panel on the Dynasty Pinball Machine

VR? No problem. Experience VR with Plug and play on the Game Wizard 2.0 machines. All Game Wizard 2.0 products support VR as standard, together with additional functions.

Do What You WantTM

Image 2: Do What You Want – VR as Plug and Play

Want more from your arcade machines? Easy, add software add-ons to expand your cabinets functions.

Do What You Want TM

Image 3: Do What You Want with Arcooda Choreo

Any product that supports touch/gamepad/joystick is supported by Game Wizard 2.0 machines. This means over 450,000 titles are supported. Then, for further advanced gaming, add Arcooda’s proprietary software and hardware add-ones for high level arcade game action…at home.

Do What You Want TM

Do What You Want with Video Pinball

Why Arcooda? Arcooda is Android

May 14, 2021

Arcooda is…….Android

Well before the current excitement, Arcooda was working on a new arcade machines. In 2015 we had built the prototype arcade and pinball machines which we started showing publicly in middle of 2016. These machines used the Highway Controller IO board mentioned previously.

Image 1: Arcooda Pinball for Android Aug 2016

If you visited us during Pinfest Australia in 2016, playing our Android pinball machine in the morning was great. Playing our machine later in the day…no so great. Unfortunately heavy and constant use resulted in the sample motherboards overheating.

Image 2: Arcooda Android Pinball – Pinfest 2016

We were working on a new custom multiscreen android motherboard which needed significant product development. Frame rate losses, motherboard overheating, and custom firmware all needed to be solved.

Image 3: Mother Board

During this period, we talked with Zen Studios about releasing a $699usd pinball product but they were not interested in the project. Later, after signing with FarSight Studios, we concentrated on releasing the 3 monitor PC version first, and then to come back to the Android smaller machines.

At IAAPA 2016, we showed our new Android products that included Touch Wizard, and Game Wizard for Android.

Image 4: Touch Wizard with Android

In 2018, Arcooda works with Tencent Games on a larger project for both mobile and android gaming products.

Image 5: King of Glory – Arcooda & Tencent

Heroes of Soulcraft, PUBG and exclusive Tencent titles were being used in development work.

Persevering Through Difficulties, Arcooda Reopens December 1st!

December 1, 2020

Arcooda Re-opened December 1st!

Well what a year…

It’s been an extremely troublesome year for everyone, and we hope everyone is safe.

After bush fires, office flooding, factories closing, legal disputes, and all the badness associated with COVID, this year seems to be one of the worst. And following the script, our phone lines were not working this morning adding extra pressures to our re-opening. However Arcooda has officially reopened today to the public!

With the loyal support of our customers we have continued to work on our product development. Over these next weeks, everything will be explained including our vision, as well as our machines and guides on productions of all our machines. This doesn’t just include Arcooda Pinball, but also the Game Wizard series of machines.

Game Wizard Xtreme Machines

More than just a pinball machine or arcade cabinet, our concepts go to the heart of arcade gaming and cross gaming genres. It’s a completely different way to play arcade games. Our team has been working in the amusement industry for over 30 years and we plan to show how to maximise income in your store, and also get the absolute best out of your home gaming machines on a “plug and play” model.

Daily, we will make announcements of our work, and will give you an understanding of what has been happening behind the scenes and why the current home gaming marketplace has shaped itself in the way you see it.

On the 15th December, we will be making major announcements. We sincerely want you to be part of the Arcooda family, whether you want to work with us, for us, partner together, become game/software testers and more. If you are interested to join us, please contact our team at sales@arcooda.com

Follow our socials for updates:

Follow Arcooda on Twitter (@Arcooda), Facebook (Arcooda) or Instagram (@Arcooda_).

Arcooda Introduces the Dynasty Vertical Pinball Machine

February 3, 2020

We have kickstarted our Arcooda Video Pinball: Take 2 Relaunch with the introduction of a new, versatile machine; the Dynasty Vertical Pinball machine.

Dynasty Vertical Pinball Machine

The Dynasty Vertical Pinball machine takes a horizontal video pinball machine and turns it into a space-saving alternative. It adds its own unique features to make it one of the most innovative products on the market. It features impressive programmable LED lighting, three high definition monitors for the backglass, playfield and DMD, side buttons for pinball games and more!

However, the Dynasty Vertical Pinball machine is more than just a pinball machine. Users can easily link their Steam accounts and PCs for arcade gameplay and access to endless games. The machine has a twin set of joystick buttons on its control panel to recreate the classic arcade feel on the one machine.

For more information, keep an eye on Arcooda’s social media channels or contact their office at sales@arcooda.com. We’ll be making periodic announcements for more product information.

Arcooda Relaunches with Arcooda Video Pinball: Take 2

January 29, 2020

Arcooda Video Pinball relaunches this week with Arcooda Video Pinball: Take 2. After being quiet for a while, the team at Arcooda are back with three new products and a variety of exciting news to share.

Stay tuned for more information coming soon.

Previous Arcooda Video Pinball Customers

For any Arcooda Pinball customers, our staff have contacted you via email and there are new updates in the private blog. Please check them out when you have the chance.

Arcooda Now Offering Kinect Support Free

October 24, 2018

Arcooda are happy to announce Kinect support will now come free with their PC Steam Cabinet Mode, Generic Cabinet Standalone and Arcooda Cabinet version software. This means users who have already purchased any of these products will have access to this feature at no extra cost.

To access this capability, Arcooda have advised customers with the Generic or Arcooda Cabinet software they will need to manually update their firmware. Customers with the Steam Unlock version will have this feature automatically installed by update. Arcooda still have software packages available until sold out.

Game play with Kinect is as easy as plugging your Kinect into your cabinet and enabling Kinect game play in the options menu. This will mean the Kinect camera will track your body movements, adjust the game play visual to the angle you are standing on and show the player a dynamic rendering of the 3D playfield.

To review or purchase software, please click here.

Highway Gaming New Website For Arcooda Customers

October 23, 2018

Arcooda are happy to announce a new website has been made available to customers to address any questions or trouble shooting concerns surrounding their machines. Highway Gaming will be used as a tool to help customers with the setting up, updating, and game play of their individual cabinets.

To register your machine, please contact support@arcooda.com together with a photo of your serial number plate (if you purchased an arcade machine) or your invoice number (if you purchased software).

People who have not made a purchase through Arcooda before will still be able to view the site, however, they will only be able to see very generic, basic information about the machines without having a login code.

To access Highway Gaming, please click here.

Virtual Reality Pinball

September 19, 2018

Arcooda’s first commercial Video Pinball machine will now support Virtual Reality pinball. Connecting VR is as simple as plugging the HDMI and USB cords from the VR headset into the front of the Arcooda Video Pinball machine.

Experience true VR with existing VR pinball titles such as Zaccaria VR, Pinball FX2 VR, Stern Pinball Arcade VR and Pinball Evolution VR.

Plug in your Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and other VR equipment to experience VR pinball which will include pulling the actual machine plunger to launcher ball, cabinet flipper buttons to control flippers in game play and pushing the cabinet for real nudge effect.

More information and videos of VR game play will be released soon.