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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: cejay on November 27, 2012, 05:27:51 am
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Hi all pinball/arcade fans,
We have released our first iPhone/iPod app called "Arcade Tournament". (iPad version coming soon!) This concept was born out of a need to help our local pinball scene with running social tournaments. Basically pen and paper sucked.. and spreadsheet was too cumbersome. It is geared towards backyard/games room/man cave tournaments so I hope you all get involved!! :)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arcade-tournament/id580008840?ls=1&mt=8 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arcade-tournament/id580008840?ls=1&mt=8)
It integrates with Facebook and allows you to manage home or commercial gaming tournaments from your iOS device and post results to Facebook.
It also allows you to track your personal high scores.
Visit http://www.metalballsolid.com (http://www.metalballsolid.com) for updates and screen shots and please like our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/metalballsolid (http://www.facebook.com/metalballsolid)
Thanks!!
MBS
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Nice!
Head over to Aurcade.com and check out what they have done. It's a magnificent large scale ipad driven database engine for tournaments. ACAM uses it at the annual Funspot tournament and many others do as well. It's very very well done and really streamlines some of the largest and oldest major gaming tournaments out there.
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Thanks for the info Chad. I hadn't heard of these guys before.
I can't find any details on their ipad app.. is it native ipad or simply a web database built to display on an ipad browser?
I have plans to implement other tournament types.. like elimination/knock-out etc.. more as a bit of fun to set up a quick tournament at small meets with a bunch of friends. The emphasis being on quick and easy and then bragging your win or high score on Facebook to all your pinball/arcade mates.
Cheers,
Chris
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The Aurcade system isn't available for general home use. Not yet, anyway. It's for events run at public locations. The database is on a central server accessed from any number of what I believe are Ipad optimized web forms. It works incredibly well and has easily been handling several thousand submissions a day during an event.
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No worries, thanks for the info Chad. :)