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JoyMonkey:

I'd be interested to see how Tempest and Asteroids perform in an Ultracade cocktail cabinet. No emulator has ever had real cocktail modes for a lot of games that Ultracade included in some game packs.

Ken Layton:

Just got a new products flyer from Happ Controls. Guess what---they are now distributing Ultracade boards and complete machines!

SNAAKE:


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LOLOLOL

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IntruderAlert:


--- Quote from: Ken Layton on March 10, 2005, 01:17:06 am ---Just got a new products flyer from Happ Controls. Guess what---they are now distributing Ultracade boards and complete machines!

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Happ Controls was involved with getting Ultracade back on its feet after Hyperware went bankrupt.
David R. Foley definitely has some friends there.


--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on March 05, 2005, 12:55:26 am ---I'm not sure if this article was mentioned already but here's one that shows how Happ Controls was involved in getting Ultracade back on it's feet:
http://www.casbox.com/Stinger/Sting130.html

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Ultracade Helped Back Into Ring

Word on the Street
As Hyperware ended their investment in the amusement sector, and dropped their 2,500 unit selling Ultracard retro kit and cabinet PC endeavors, industry philanthropist, Happ Controls, building on their Midway acquisition has stepped up to become the company's new controller.

The agreement will see the sales and manufacture of the Ultracade and any Graphite arcade PC's handled exclusively through Happ Controls. The Ultracade has proven more of a proposition to operators in its kit variant, though it is expected that a few upright cabinets will be manufactured. The remnants of the technical team retained by bankrupted Hyperware parent Quantum3D have privately agreed to support the Ultracade through a shell company called Ultracade Technologies. There are a number of pet projects that they would like to investigate along with additional game packs.

This will be the second indirect Midway acquisition that Happ will have acquired as they already run a number of kit versions of Midway "old Gold" (Invasion and Area 51), while the Ultracade runs a number of Midway titles. The return to the amusement sector, no matter how much supported by Happ, there is one issue that has followed the operation that looks set to be a constant issue in their new guise.

For those that have not followed the Stingers coverage of the Hyperware operation it is best to say that the company has attempted to present an amusement face to a sector of the hobby / consumer games market that has affected the arcade market. The Retro revival (playing of classic arcade games on home systems) has exploded on the playing scene since the late 90
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Witchboard:

That's too bad.  Sanwa sticks are expensive.  Looks like I'll be out more pocket change.  ;D

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