Atari® Partners with Alan-1 to bring new Atari Recharged Games to Arcades Nation

[mydentist]

Happy to announce this on ArcadeControls.com and move it away from klov. 

We're grateful to our partners at Atari and support the vision to bring the company back to its roots. We're committed to releasing at least 10 new dedicated Atari Arcade game cabinets over the next three years. If the venture is successful, we fully expect to release more for years to come. The cabinets will be manufactured in the USA in our factory we lightheartedly call Area 52 in Tooele Utah.

"ATARI ® PARTNERS WITH ALAN-1 TO BRING NEW ATARI RECHARGED GAMES TO ARCADES NATIONWIDE "
https://www.gamespress.com/en-US/ATARI-PARTNERS-WITH-ALAN-1-TO-BRING-NEW-ATARI-RECHARGED-GAMES-TO-ARCAD

The hardware we built to run Avian Knights will be used to power it. We call it the Video Arcade System™. This system features include the following:

1. Virtual pinball-like mechanical effects system that are triggered in-game, including pinball knockers, large and small shaker motors, fans, flashing LED lights, etc.
2. A coin-box settings toggle switch that puts the game in settings / self test mode like how games from the 80's all worked. It can be toggled at any time the game is on to get into the settings menu. The settings are saved. It is then flipped back to restart the game using the new settings.
3. A ticket redemption system that can be turned on or off by the operator--combining modern location-based entertainment expectations with high-score competition gaming for the first time.
3. A custom Linux based operating system called the Alan-1 OS that doesn't require operators to "shut down" the game. You can just pull the plug or flip the switch to turn it off and the game won't be damaged. The game will boot like a classic game and feel like a classic game and can be treated like a classic game.
4. The Video Arcade System can support up to 4 trackballs, 8 spinners / steering wheels, 8 joysticks, 4 Flight yokes, and up to 10 analog input buttons and 54 digital input buttons per board. (Games can be stacked with multiple boards to double input support if needed. )


We've been given the source code and permission to update the newly released Recharged versions of their games and make them unique for an arcade cabinet release--including the implementation of our Major League eSports™ (MLeS) league system developed for our Avian Knights release. (The MLeS app can be downloaded from the Apple and Google play stores.)


We'll be showing off the first Atari / Alan-1 game at the Amusement Expo in Las Vegas tomorrow on the 20th -21 of March. If you're in town, we invite you to stop by our booth and play Avian Knights and our new Atari cabinet prototype that will be unveiled there. We'd love to hear your feedback on how we can make it the best it can be!

Our first title will be Asteroids Recharged.  Adam wrote about it here:  https://arcadeheroes.com/2024/03/18/ataris-asteroids-recharged-is-coming-to-amusement-expo-2024/

We'd love your help in making the game the best it can be.  If you've played it. how should we improve it?

[pbj]

Looks cool, good luck.

 

[Mike A]

I hope you guys made extensive changes to Asteroids Recharged.

That game really sucks.

I like your side art.