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Welcome to the fifth and final part of our IAAPA 2024 coverage, this time tackling redemption, simulator machines, and VR. Though the latter two can demonstrate more innovation, redemption and prize machines continue to be a major revenue driver for most locations out there, thus many companies (if not all of them) tend to have at least a few products designed to cater to that part of the market. This post will partly focus on those companies where most of what they produce, or at least debuted at this particular show, fall on the side of redemption as opposed to \u201cpure\u201d amusement. Note that we use the term \u201cvidemption\u201d to describe games that are video redemption machines, where the video screen is a major element to the gameplay. Most videmption games can turn tickets off and play like a regular amusement game, although often videmption titles have winning tickets as their primary focus.<\/p>\n
For previous IAAPA 2024 coverage:<\/p>\n
Part #1: Raw Thrills; TouchMagix; Amusement Source; Wahlap; Alan-1; Night Heron\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Part #2: Bandai Namco Amusement; Sega Amusements; LAI Games; UNIS<\/a><\/p>\n Part #3: Pinball (Stern; Jersey Jack; American Pinball)<\/a><\/p>\n Part #4: exA-Arcadia, Indies, & More<\/a><\/p>\n Note that as of publication I am not finished editing videos together, so there will still be some content posting to YT for the next week or so.<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing from the IAAPA coverage has been dinged yet, but I\u2019ve been uploading some videos over to the alternate YT video channels, particularly on a video I shot of The Princess Bride pinball<\/a> after a dubious copyright content claim from some entity in Italy which forced me to put some idiotic auto-edits into that video. I don\u2019t see how filming an already licensed arcade or pinball machine warrants a copyright violation in any<\/em> instance, as the film or sound is going to be integrated into the game and not playing just that raw footage\u2026 and what little there is should be covered under Fair Use. But that doesn\u2019t stop some claimants from being stupid about it. \/rant<\/p>\n We also might do one last IAAPA post recapping everything big once I have more shipping dates on product, although that could just warrant another livestream. It all depends on time\u2026 anyways, lets finish the rest:<\/p>\n For a few companies that have already been mentioned in previous IAAPA coverage, but now have videos posted about their booths\/products that weren\u2019t available before:<\/p>\n Also in case you missed the news, the update to NBA Superstars by Raw Thrills that was seen at the show is now available<\/a>. Just make sure your game is connected and you\u2019ll be able to get it for free.<\/p>\nIAAPA 2024 \u2013 Updates<\/h2>\n
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