AM Press: the 2004 AM Show

September 15, 2004
Last updated on September 10, 2004

Special news

ＡＭAt the show, Tite announced the basic specification and manufacturer of the Type X.。

At the AM show, the board type "Neodiova Turkey Russiam", "Mushihime", "Communication Match Mahjong Dragon Gate" was attracted.

Overseas

SAMY’s U.S. subsidiary is actively developing sammy products before business integration.

U.S.A.A., a major home game software company, has ceased operations.

Domestic

Namco warned about the remodeling machine of "Tekken R" that has not been licensed.

SNK Playmore asked Alze for further damages.

September 15, 2004 News Digest

In this year's AM show, "Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operating Simulator" (G-B・O・S), a TV game machine exhibited by Bumpresst. Below is a video game titled "Communication Match Mahjong Dragon Gate" of Yuki Enterprise, which was exhibited from three companies such as Eibu.

Main news from 10 years ago

KONAMI presented the “Tokyo Technical Center” which was built between the Setagaya-za. The U.S. Nintendo infringed the patent of Alpex in the federal court and ordered a $28 million damage. SNK shipped the neodiosoft “The King of Fighters 94”. (September 15, 1994)

Main news from 20 years ago

Sigma published an explanatory statement to the paper regarding the Senate floor, stating that a regular TV game machine could be converted into a gambling TV game machine, but the paper objected that it was using a "normal machine" that could be converted into a television game machine for gambling on Sigma's gaming grounds. Namco released the first family computer game software, "GalaxyQuan". The eight-thousand-generation electrical industry went bankrupt on September 15, 1984.）

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[News Digest]

１．On September 2, he announced the specifications and deployment of the Type X system subset at the same AM Show. The Type X was based on Microsoft's OS, and the design and specification of the Toshiba computer system was already announced on June 6, but the basic specifications were not announced. The first is a tactical shooter game called Wing God, which is scheduled for release in October. The first is a fighting game titled Chaos Breaker and an online baseball game titled Harkilly Online Professional Baseball in December. Lightning V is scheduled to launch next spring, followed by the Alpha system shooting game "Castle of the Gods V". In addition, Arc System Works, Cave, Success, Treasure, and Child are also scheduled to use Type X.。

２．The new game for the anime series "Atomiswave", which was introduced in this year's episode of the AM show "Sega/Sammy's Kids", is the fight-fighting game "Sammy the Fist" and the SNK gameplay "NeoGeo Battle Coliseum", and the online-select game "Sammy the Internet-select Race". Battlefield "Cup Combating Jam" (released in November) is also notable. Other sub-types include the River Service's featured Cuban shooting game "The Bug Princess" and the Yūyō Enterprises' Internet counter-attack "Contact-to-Contact-to-Contact-to-Contact-to-Dragon Gate". It was a huge appeal to the operators, and Sega also offered a reference to the Ecole software battle-fighting game called "Meltyblade Accident".。

３．In the finished product type, Sega has been featured in a communications competition called "Golf Club Network Pro Tour" (released this fall), online gun games called "Ghost Skade" (released this fall), "Virtual Striker 4" (released this October), online games like "Avalon Key 2" (released this fall), "Quest of Death" (released in September). Namco is developing "Cobra the Arcade" (released this spring), "Dragon Chronicle Online", and "The Legend of Zelda", a reference product based on the November release of "Iron Fist 5" (released this spring). The variant is the "G-B-O-S" mobile battle simulator, which is featured by Bumplester. The simulator is designed to be used to simulate the use of mobile suits. It uses a system-based chihiro and is scheduled for release in the spring of 2005.。

４．American home video game software maker Nasdaq, headquartered in New York, and CEO of Acclaim Entertainment, Gregory Fishbach, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on August 30 and shut down operations after 17 and a half years. I've had a few hits on the home run of Motor Combat with company approval, but I've been successful with the licensing system, and it's also led to a weakening of the business, and it's been a business crisis since last year. The immediate cause is that it's impossible to pay off long-term debt to GMAC.。

５．The initial public offering of Sega's shares was approved on September 6, and the process for the October 1 merger is steadily underway, with the company and its subsidiaries merging, but no sharp changes are expected so far. In particular, the latter have been welcomed in Central and South American markets, including Mexico, by selling their new game, SNK Playmoor, "King of Fighters' New Wave", and by launching a complete-type drive game based on "Atomiswave", "Faster Zan Speed", and a new game of guns from the Deerhunter series, "Extreme Hunt", and a football game licensed by Playmechanics, "Dirty Pigskin". It is.。

６．ＪＡＭＭＡAccording to the 2003 edition of the "Reality Survey of the Entertainment Industry", commissioned by three associations and administered by the Socio-Economic Productivity Headquarters, sales of commercial AM machines increased by 15.1% year-on-year, gaming revenues increased by 5.3% to 6.377 billion yen, and the business market is in the process of recovering for two consecutive years. The number of games on the market has dropped by 0.7 percent. The number of games on the market has increased by 16.2 percent. The number of games on the market has increased by 16.6 billion yen. The number of games on the market has increased by 0.8 percent. The number of games on the market has decreased by 9.12 billion yen. And the numbers are already published.。

On September 8, Namco announced that “Tekken R”, a pachislot machine for “No.8” has been released, but this is an unauthorised modification that infringes the trademark rights of Namco and Yamasa. “Tekken R”, a pachislot machine for “No.7” uses “System P246”, a system substrate for pachislot, and Namco is responsible for the development of liquid crystal images. In this case, Namco and Yamasa decided to proceed the legal process as a trademark infringement and unfair competition. In the same case, Alze’s “7th sales” pachislot machine was remodeled and sold to the “8th sales” medal game machine without the permission of Topro, and Tokyo District Court decided to make a decision against East Pro damage in February 02.

８．ＳＮＫOn August 26, Playmore revealed that Alze had filed a lawsuit seeking damages of about 335.5 billion yen for interfering with its operations via the Internet. According to the complaint, Alze posted on the company's website on February 6 that the SNK Playmore patchwork "Metal Slag" infringed Alze's patent, and that it had applied for a temporary suspension of sales, resulting in damages such as cancellation of the order for the same patchwork. It was discovered that Alze had applied for a temporary restraining order, but that he had been instructed to rectify the filing of the anonymous documents, and that the same day the article was removed from the Alze site. Accordingly, on February 6, Alze published an article claiming to have applied for a temporary restraining order, despite the fact that the application was not formally made.。

On August 24, the first and quarterly earnings were announced, and the net sales increased to 8,070 million yen by 8.0% year-on-year. However, the ordinary income was 1,843 million yen by 11.8%, and the net income was 1,057 million yen by 26.3%. The company has not revealed the business results of each division, but the sales of the existing store was softened due to the full non-smoking of the bowling area, and the new effect of the Fukuoka Tenjin store opened in March. The mid-term business forecast has not changed since it is planned.

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