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29 Jan, 2001 |
| As Sega trys to return to profitability, news filters through that Sega will be dropping the Dreamcast platform and develop software for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. |
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29 Jan, 2001 |
| Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. and computer maker Compaq Computer Corp. have developed a computer system so that kids can play the latest video games in McDonald's restaurants. |
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29 Jan, 2001 |
| The minimum amount gamblers can put into some poker machines in Australia could rise to $10 under a plan to modify machines so they no longer accept $5 notes. |
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30 Jan, 2001 |
| INSKOR Entertainment Limited announced today that it will launch a new generation of Interactive Entertainment Simulator (IES) systems for the Out-Of-Home entertainment market. |
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1 Feb, 2001 |
| In one of the biggest tender offers placed by a Japanese firm, Konami will purchase 11.32 million shares of People at a cost of more than $US 600 million. |
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1 Feb, 2001 |
| Illusion have announced two of their SpeedSports™ racecars were installed at a major entertainment center that recently opened in Anaheim, California. |
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1 Feb, 2001 |
| Sega will stop manufacturing Dreamcast at the end of March, 2001, and has announced games which will be seen on Sony and Nintendo platforms. The shutting down of Dreamcast will generate $689 million in extraordinary losses. |
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2 Feb, 2001 |
| * Sega 2001 Coin-Op Games
* Capcom To Offer PCs to Arcades
* Moody's Downgrade Sega
* Banpresto Announces Internet Prize Games
* Salaryman As Star?
* Konami "Sniper" on Test
* Sega To Manufacture/Sell Newest "Street Fighter" Game |
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3 Feb, 2001 |
| uWink in conjuction with Medalist Corp, have successfully staged the first live tournament which took place at the Flamingo Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada, January 18th – 20th. The live tournament, in which 600 players competed for $25,000.00 in cash prizes, is a first for the world of coin-op. |
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5 Feb, 2001 |
| With two major expansions in two years, Six Flags Great Adventure have announced its newest roller coaster, a mile-long ride the park is touting as "a new breed of thrill experience." |
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