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Through Highway Group, We Have Brought Many CRT/LCD Candy Cabinets into Worldwide Markets

Highway has been selling wholesale Japanese arcade joystick cabinets into Europe, USA and Australia for over 25 years. If you own an original CRT/LCD candy cabinet in Australia, chances are that the machine originated from Highway.

Image 1: Wholesale Astro City

Namco Cyber Lead cabinets being sold to the home market into Australia by Highway Entertainment in 2003.

Image 2: Cyber Lead Namco Cabinets

This month, Highway plans to ship container of Neo Candy to France, New Astro City to USA, and Vewlix L/F/DIA to Australia.

Image 3: Neo Candy Cabinets to France

However, these machines are designed for commercial users who have experience in arcade operations. Many people had a hard time going from a 15khz JAMMA game board to a Taito X2 JVS system, or, repairing their cabinets. Arcade game boards are expensive, and, as the time from arcade to home release became smaller (or not at all…), a better home gaming system was needed.

We wanted to design all-in-one arcade machines that offered the best of both home and arcade gaming.

We designed the Game Wizard Series.

Image 4: Game Wizard – Endless Game Options

But how did the Game Wizard project start….

Image 5: Game Wizard Xtreme Specifications

ARCOODA GAUGING INTEREST IN 29 INCH 4:3 RATIO LCD MONITORS FOR SMALL PRODUCTION RUN

Arcooda Manufacturing is currently gauging interest to make a special production run of a 29 inch 4:3 LCD monitors, which will be suitable for older arcade machines such as Daytona USA, NBA , etc.

The reason behind the development is the number of problems machine owners and operators run into when they have to upgrade their screens on machines that were made with 29” CRT monitors. It can be difficult matching current wide screen LCDs with existing arcade machines due to 4:3 vs 16: 9 configuration, as well as video signal mismatches.

Arcooda is proposing this special production run of monitors to be an effective solution to this issue, allowing owners and operators to update their classic arcade machines.

In most cases, operators have been purchasing the widescreen LCDs and making panels to cover the smaller footprint as well as using video converters to upscale the images; effectively sacrificing monitor size for a sharper and brighter picture by retrofitting an LCD screen this way.

Generally most production runs need 100,000 units for economies of scale, however Arcooda has mentioned there is an opportunity for smaller production runs depending on the level of interest. This smaller production run will have higher costs, however, Arcooda is seeking feedback and interest from the arcade industry to see whether it’s viable to bring this product to the market.

If you have any feedback or would like to show your interest, please contact Arcooda directly via sales@arcooda.com or through their Facebook page.