Author Topic: Insert Coin 09-U.K arcade video expo (Read 23954 times)

grantspain · « **on:** January 30, 2009, 05:58:15 pm »

Insert Coin 2009 – this year’s brand new arcade game expo - 18-19th July!

Welcome to the best spam thread ever: this is going to be the biggest and greatest gaming event of the year!

It’s with great pleasure that I can now officially announce Insert Coin 2009, a dedicated arcade gaming expo taking place over the weekend of July 18th-19th in Northampton, UK.

This is your chance to help re-kindle true social gaming by meeting fellow hobbyists, butting heads in competition, and sampling hundreds of exciting titles new and old from developers such as:
Sega
Namco
Cave
Psikyo
Raizing
SNK
Capcom
...to name but a few. And among the games featured - and free to play - will be:

Arcana Heart
Death Smiles
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu
Night Slashers
R-Type Leo
Street Fighter 4

...and over a hundred more!

The show will be all access, featuring dedicated machines, classic cabs,mame and new candy cabinets from Japan. You only pay for your ticket, and after that all games are totally free.
There are a number of competitions being held over the weekend catering to all tastes with plenty of tournaments and prizes to win, and a raffle in which two lucky winners will be receiving either an Egret 2 arcade cabinet or a Namco Cyberlead 2 (TBC).

In addition, Insert Coin will feature tech talks around arcade hardware and cabinets from the experts, and PCB’s and a number of other wares will be on sale at the various stands around the venue. Save your pennies, you might find a bargain!

We’re looking forward to having visitors from all over Europe and beyond, and it would be fantastic to see members of Byoac forum in attendance so we can put names to faces.

All you need to do to check out the full line-up of games and find out the details of exactly what’s going on, is pop over to the Insert Coin 2009 website, now open for registration and questions. Just click the banner below:

Help us make the first Insert Coin expo one to remember!

polaris · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2009, 06:26:32 pm »

nice one mate, good luck, i'll try and get there.

councilface · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2009, 12:15:31 pm »

2hrs from me.

Im there!

Turnarcades · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:03:31 pm »

Hi Grant; we will be there one way or another! I will contact you to finalise details soon.

waveryder · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2009, 03:21:12 pm »

Legendary!! At last a UK arcade expo and in my town. Totally be there!

grantspain · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2009, 04:42:16 pm »

I can't tell you how important it is for everyone to support this event.
We are also looking for people to come and show off their cabs and anyone doing so will get free entry,and of course an excellent opportunity,if you so wish, to sell on any cabs.
Any commercial sellers can buy a pitch as their sales base at £100 per 6ft x 6ft,this offer is only valid up to the first 15 sold,after the price will increase to £150-This is an incentive to get sellers in early.An added bonus is that any seller can place as many cabs as they like on the show floor with their publicity if they buy a pitch.
This event will be annual if we can the first year successful,we have an opportunity to bring arcade gaming to the fore after so many years of mismanagement by operators and the arrogance of the major manufacturers.
We need to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to arcade or we face being a bunch of sad old timers
We expect to have some input from some of the big U.K manufacturers and distributors,discussions are in an advanced stage but I will not post any info until its done and dusted
We want this show to be as big as the ATEI arcade side was in previous years,we can do this but only with everyone's support.
As always I am happy to answer any questions anyone has so please pm me if you have any
regards
Grant

AndyWarne · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2009, 05:04:40 pm »

Excellent!

The only recent show which has come close would be CGE-UK in Croydon. This ran for a couple or years but folded. Thankfully it did not fold because of lack of attendance, it was down to poor management and cost control.

The CGE shows were very popular, which makes me wonder if its worth increasing the scope, how about taking in classic console gaming as well?

If the show is about "real" coin-op, how does Mame fit in though? Its always a rather uneasy fit for coin-op shows. I can see some of the big names might be willing to lend machines which would be cool but would need to think about whether they are comfortable being alongside Mame cabs. Hopefully not an issue.

Idea: Contact Iain Lee off the telly to open the show. He's a big arcade fan and he supports a charity (cant remember which one) and might do it for a donation.

Maybe Olympia next year!

Turnarcades · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2009, 03:27:52 am »

I've already talked with Grant about this one Andy; obviously MAME is a tetchy subject that is bound to get a few frowns. As you know, we build cabinets entirely with PC hardware so tread that thin line as inevitably they are used as every member of this forum does as an emulation cabinet. Consequently I will likely not be bringing anything to the show that shows much more than a running demo; with us being the only vendor (so far, as I'm told) of hand-built cabinets of non-authentic origin, the focus will inevitably be on us as the 'evil twin' of arcade builders!

That said, I hope a few members stop by to say hello and talk games and ask questions with me as like I've said before, I'm primarily an enthusiast over a businessman!

Oh, and if anyone is looking to place an order on the day, they will receive a £50-£100 discount on our regular prices, depeding on their order.

AndyWarne · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2009, 03:34:57 am »

Probably as long as the cabinets dont have coin slots it should not cause any problems. The big guys are likely only concerned if they see cabs being aimed at the coin-op market which is theirs of course. Likely not bothered about the hobbyist market.

Andy.

Franco B · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2009, 03:55:56 am »

Only a couple of hours from me too! Be nice to put some faces to some names

drawfull · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2009, 10:09:30 am »

I should be able to get over for at least one of the days, depends how things go with my other project I guess.

Hope it goes really well in any case.

poolchamp · « **Reply #11 on:** February 01, 2009, 11:53:20 am »

Quote from: AndyWarne on February 01, 2009, 03:34:57 am

Probably as long as the cabinets don't have coin slots it should not cause any problems. The big guys are likely only concerned if they see cabs being aimed at the coin's market which is theirs of course. Likely not bothered about the hobbyist market.

Andy.

Hi all

Interesting reading ,But as you just said this will not affect them in anyway ,This show is to fill the gap between the two sides of arcade gaming and Mame is more than welcome at this show as it was at every Atei event for the last few years even pinball was mamed at Atei 3 years ago with the ultra pin ,
Rest assured no one will be complaining whats on offer as I'm not trying to target arcade buyers ,This show will be for the forgotten peeps who like games not £20,000 Sims

Level42 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 01, 2009, 04:03:22 pm »

Sounds interesting, but where is the main focus ? I think it's the new(er) games ? How about dedicated classics ? If there's a number of restorers showing their machines I'd be very tempted to come over for the weekend. I might even be able to bring a machine along...

Mmmm, Harwich-Northampton, two hours and fifteen minutes driving....not bad !

grantspain · « **Reply #13 on:** February 01, 2009, 04:22:17 pm »

Quote from: Level42 on February 01, 2009, 04:03:22 pm

Sounds interesting, but where is the main focus ? I think it's the new(er) games ? How about dedicated classics ? If there's a number of restorers showing their machines I'd be very tempted to come over for the weekend. I might even be able to bring a machine along...

Mmmm, Harwich-Northampton, two hours and fifteen minutes driving....not bad !

the focus is arcade video whatever genre,most will be candy cabs but with forum input we will have a good mix of mame and classic
we have many dedicated coming from both collectors and distributors,there will a mix of old and new
we hope to see many refurbished cabs at the show,if people like yourself bring cabs then that will increase the diversity
we are very interested in people bringing the old classics

Level42 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2009, 05:16:50 pm »

Well, I shouldn't be so nit-picking anyway, I think this is a fabulous initiative !!!

I'm reserving the weekend in the agenda but there might be one thing more important happening that could stop me from visiting.

Any bed & breakfasts/hotels in the area that you can recommend ? Would be good info to add to the site. Maybe a "package" deal can be made ?

Just some ideas/suggestions of course. I just copied the info to the Benelux arcade forum www.gameroom.eu

http://www.gameroom.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3846

Hope you don't mind ?

grantspain · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2009, 05:31:52 pm »

if you go to venue in introduction you find at the bottom of the page a link to local hotels and b&b
http://www.insertcoin-09.com/node/5

Any links anyone wishes to make to forums not yet informed then please do so.

andy p · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2009, 08:02:56 pm »

Seriously looking forward to this!

Especially the tech talks!

Well done guys

Rusty Shackelford · « **Reply #17 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:27:08 am »

Sounds great! I had a look on the site it omits to say exactly where it is tho!
I only know its Northampton because you said so. Where in Northampton?

Blanka · « **Reply #18 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:40:36 am »

Quote from: grantspain on January 31, 2009, 04:42:16 pm

Any commercial sellers can buy a pitch as their sales base at £100 per 6ft x 6f

Is UK non-metric

?

thatitalian · « **Reply #19 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:30:12 am »

Count me in!!

For those attending, shall we get a list together to have a meet up? I'll be wearing the red rose..........

waveryder · « **Reply #20 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:37:23 am »

I'll be the one in the Chun-li costume.......

polaris · « **Reply #21 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:39:29 am »

Quote from: Blanka on February 02, 2009, 08:40:36 am

Quote from: grantspain on January 31, 2009, 04:42:16 pm
Any commercial sellers can buy a pitch as their sales base at £100 per 6ft x 6f

Is UK non-metric ?

we can cope with both, and lets keep it on topic please

lets see some avatar solidarity fellas.
can anyone knock a banner up so we can put it in our signatures too?

surface tension · « **Reply #22 on:** February 02, 2009, 11:36:43 am »

This looks excellent and I will be there one way or another.

grantspain · « **Reply #23 on:** February 02, 2009, 11:55:38 am »

Quote from: Rusty Shackelford on February 02, 2009, 08:27:08 am

Sounds great! I had a look on the site it omits to say exactly where it is tho!
I only know its Northampton because you said so. Where in Northampton?

introduction-venue
but you are correct it is not easy to see,I will correct that

venkman · « **Reply #24 on:** February 02, 2009, 12:19:03 pm »

oh cool!

i'll try and make this a geeky road trip down from scotland ..

i signed up for the rss feed. it would be good to see some more travel information on there - and i'm sure the european visitors would appreciate it too. good luck !!

Level42 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 02, 2009, 02:22:48 pm »

Quote from: venkman on February 02, 2009, 12:19:03 pm

oh cool!

i'll try and make this a geeky road trip down from scotland ..

i signed up for the rss feed. it would be good to see some more travel information on there - and i'm sure the european visitors would appreciate it too. good luck !!

Bwah, give me the adress and TomTom will do the rest....

So, who's bringing cabs ? I have only two options really, Joust or Missile Command cabaret because those are small enough to still be able to take a fellow arcade fan from the Benelux on-board......if there are any takers....

Good idea about the red rose, now we know who to avoid

Rusty Shackelford · « **Reply #26 on:** February 02, 2009, 04:06:46 pm »

Quote from: grantspain on February 02, 2009, 11:55:38 am

Quote from: Rusty Shackelford on February 02, 2009, 08:27:08 am
Sounds great! I had a look on the site it omits to say exactly where it is tho!
I only know its Northampton because you said so. Where in Northampton?
introduction-venue
but you are correct it is not easy to see,I will correct that

Thanks for that. Good to see its not far from the train station.

Barry Barcrest · « **Reply #27 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:11:20 pm »

Damn guess i might have to come to this... Doubt there will be any touchscreen jukeboxes, but i don't really want to miss a U.K. show... Hope there is at least one rock bar in northampton to enjoy on the night time.

surface tension · « **Reply #28 on:** February 04, 2009, 11:32:58 am »

I am now officially in on this. Make sure you guys come and say hi. You'll know it's me by the cab lying on it's back that's grown some legs!

So who else has stumped up for some tickets? It would be great to see the support for this event.

poolchamp · « **Reply #29 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:02:35 pm »

True fully paid up stand holder here

,All i need are the links and banners mt8

and il add you to the big picture ...

Ps stands and tickets are selling fast and there is a linit on each so book early

Vaad · « **Reply #30 on:** February 04, 2009, 02:33:19 pm »

oo I am very interested in this.. No way i can bring my cab tho

looks like it could be fun.

ark_ader · « **Reply #31 on:** February 05, 2009, 02:12:24 pm »

I would be interested to visit.

My only concern is for legal roms to be in MAME cabs.

I might bring my Sub-Mini Dragon's Lair (should be finished by then).

grantspain · « **Reply #32 on:** February 05, 2009, 06:24:19 pm »

I would like to say a big thanks for the interest and support from the forum,I am looking forwards to meeting you all

Banford · « **Reply #33 on:** February 12, 2009, 12:38:11 pm »

Long time lurker here. I signed up just to say that I will be attending this expo. I live in Milton Keynes which is about 15 miles away. Can't wait

S0L · « **Reply #34 on:** February 13, 2009, 07:02:33 am »

Blimey - you've got Kevin Williams helping out. Not seen him for years

Event sounds good, I shall have a look at coming down!

thatitalian · « **Reply #35 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:16:53 am »

Guys,

I was thinking it might be a good idea to identify ourselves at the expo. So, I decided that I might design a BYOAC badge at the weekend. How many would like to have a badge to wear at the event?

The design will have a blank space where your can write or add a text box over it to put on your BYOAC user name so that we can identify each other. It would just be an electronic file that you can print yourself.

Sound good or am I just being anal?

Level42 · « **Reply #36 on:** February 23, 2009, 03:08:46 pm »

Are you nuts, people will be scared to death when they see me

Seriously, good idea !

Dexter · « **Reply #37 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:10:10 am »

Best of luck with this Grant. Will have to see if I can pony up the dough to head over from Dublin to the expo, sounds like it will be great fun.

Level42 · « **Reply #38 on:** April 03, 2009, 05:00:44 pm »

Turns out that this will be right at the start of my summer holidays. Depending on what the wife wants I'll be coming...or not......

grantspain · « **Reply #39 on:** April 03, 2009, 05:08:46 pm »

Quote from: Level42 on April 03, 2009, 05:00:44 pm

Turns out that this will be right at the start of my summer holidays. Depending on what the wife wants I'll be coming...or not......

the wife wants a lovely summer vacation to central england


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