Arcade-In-A-Box in Local Tucson Paper

The Arizona Daily Star has done a very nice piece on the Arcade-In-A-Box and it's owner. It was printed in the business section of the Friday, Dec 8th Morning Issue of the paper. You can also see part of the story here http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/159396 However, this is not the whole story, and at the time of this posting, did not go through final editing.

We are honored to have been featured in the paper, and it was a pleasure to have Levi Long and photographer Kelly over to our shop for photos and the interview.

Many thanks to James Hills (www.marketinghelpnet.com), Kevin Steele (www.Gameroommagazine.com), and Rich Rochlin. All of these people were interviewed for the piece and we can't thank them enough for their kind words on the product.

New Jamma Boxes Coming Soon

We are working on 2 new Jamma Boxes. Both of these units will be designed to work with the Ultimate Arcade II Cabinet Kit. For those of you that would rather have a full size cabinet, there is nothing better than using real arcade boards with it.

This unit will come in a home and coin-op version.

Home Version:

• Coin-In Buttons
• Hinged top for quick and easy game swapping

Coin Op Version:

• Coin in buttons are removed, and wires are installed to connect to the systems coin mech.
• Locked hinged top. Still making it easy to swap games, but keeps everything secure on the inside.

More news about this product coming in the next few weeks.

Xbox 360 Controller On The Way

Within the next week we will have a few options available for the XBOX 360. These joysticks are designed with Xbox Live Arcade titles in mind. Xbox Live Arcade continues to put out great classic arcade games, but they just don't feel right playing with the 360 controller. We have decided to make something a little more authentic.

SPECS:

• 8 way arcade joystick
• Classic 6 button fighter setup
• Guide, Start and Back buttons.
• Wired and Windows XP Compatible
• Front Headset Jack (Will not work with the official 360 headset. We do include a free headset)

OPTIONS:

• 360 Fighter Stick
• 360 Dual Stick (Second joystick added for Robotron and SmashTV type games)
• 360 Fighter Kit (Includes wood, t-molding, joystick and buttons)
• 360 Dual Kit (Includes wood, t-molding, joysticks and buttons)

Available October 18th, 2006

Arcade-In-A-Box Trailer Video is now online. We are working on more videos to show the full power of all of our systems, and everything they are capable of.

Arcade-In-A-Box Trailer (Windows Media Player)

Arcade-In-A-Box Trailer (YouTube)

Interview with Arcade-In-A-Box Owner, Ed Farias

Ed Farias was interviewed by Gamerz-Edge (http://www.gamerz-edge.com/features/articles/090406aiab.html) regarding Arcade-In-A-Box, future plans for the company and more. Additionally, the site wrote an introduction explaining some of the issues regarding software piracy of classic games vs the legal ways to play classic games, including GameTap and Xbox Live Arcade.


Gamerz-Edge: Who is your main audience?

Ed Farias: Anyone that remembers how thrilling it was to play games in arcades. Remember using your hard earned cash to play for as long as you could for bragging rights when you got that top score. It’s for the retro gamer looking for an alternative to the upright cabinet, but who still wants to enjoy classic and modern games with authentic arcade controls.

Arcade-In-A-Box supports GameTap as well as PC compilations such as those from Midway, Namco, Atari and modern retro-remakes from sites such as Alawar, Real Arcade, and Reflexive.

Catch us on HGTV Tonight

There is a new show on HGTV this season and it's called I WANT THAT: TECH TOYS. It's a spin off the very popular show, I WANT THAT. Tonight's episode will show the Arcade-In-A-Box in a real world environment. No more looking at pictures, you can see one in action.

Program Guide and Air Times

New Custom Overlays

Our custom overlays have arrived. You can choose any color you want. If you want white buttons and blue themed overlay, it's yours. How about making a unit with your favorite sport team's colors? Take some pride in your country and make your color theme match your country's flag. The choice is yours.

NeoGeo MVS System

The NEO-GEO MVS System is an all-in-one solution for playing your NEOGEO MVS Cartridges on any s-video compliant video source. These systems have a Slot 1 board installed inside the unit with S-video and RCA Audio outs. The top lid flips open to make game swapping a snap. The hinged top is held down by a magnetic latch to make it easy to open and close, but hard enough to not effect game play. The unit comes with a scratch resistant printed overlay and the buttons are arranged in the classic NEOGEO style.

Jamma-In-A-Box Arcade Supergun

Jamma-In-A-Box is an all-in-one solution for playing your favorite JAMMA PCBs. These units are designed to make swapping of games easy by just opening the lid and changing out games.

The units include Composite, S-Video, and Component video output to NTSC, RCA Audio output, cooling fan, power switch and Happ joysticks and buttons for that authentic arcade experience. We can provide a generic setup that will work with most JAMMA PCBs, or we can custom build a unit around your favorite arcade game.

Retroblast and CoinOp TV Video Review is Online

The gang at Retroblast.com and CoinOP TV were nice enough
to put together a video review of our all-in-one system.

Check it out here

Arcade-In-A-Box on Gearlog.com

PC Magazine's Gearlog.com posted a news piece about Arcade-In-A-Box.

Welcome to Arcade-In-A-Box!

Tucson, AZ based Arcade-In-A-Box has developed a unique product by literally placing an “arcade” in a box. Superficially, the product resembles an arcade control box, with joysticks, trackball and spinner. Under the hood, however, one finds a complete PC ready to run classic as well as modern arcade-style games. Additionally, this “Arcade-In-A-Box” is designed to plug into a television, not just computer monitors.

Because of this, the company is poised to introduce “arcade-style” computer games to the home theater market. No longer do people need to purchase a big, bulky arcade cabinet to enjoy arcade-style games with authentic arcade controls. Now they can enjoy modern as well as classic games on projectors or flat screen TVs from the comfort of a couch!

Each computer is designed to play any game currently on the market and features a 3ghz Celeron, 512 meg RAM, and a 128 meg ATI video card. These components are also upgradeable should need arise in the future.