| Tournament to the fore at Preview!
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The
Cosmic Video Amusements stands provided, visitors to the recent
Preview 2005 with a vibrant display of new equipment complimented
by three active online tournaments.
The Merit offering featured the New Wallette and new Elite Edge
Entertainment Terminals, at the same time introducing the Force
2005 Jade software release. The TournaChamp tournaments were
run on Boxdrop and Word Dojo. "These games will be killer
tournament titles next year" enthused the firm's MD Terry
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| Joint Forces! |
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Enterprise,
Merit & CVA Announce Customised Tournament With Prize
Terminal
The UK's biggest pub company Enterprise Inns has announced
an agreement with Merit Industries and CVA to develop and
maintain an exclusive online tournament terminal and network.
The
network is to be offered and installed into pubs in the Enterprise
estate.
The new customised terminal, branded Megatouch Premiere......More
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| Preview 2005 Awards! |
Merit
Industries distributor and tournament provider Cosmic Video
Amusements made two awards at Preview ‘05. The first was
to Les Hogg, Tournament Administrator @ Claremont Automatics
for
‘Best TournaChamp Operator in 2004’. Les, pictured
in between CVA’s Terry Farr and Glenn Wearn...More
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| Leisure Link's 1st Winner! |
Leisure
Links first National PGA Golf Tournament Jackpot winner is Ian
Richley of Cheshire. Ian achieved a score of 12 under par on
one of the games very popular fantasy course’s Timber
Hill 2, during the Big Cash Smash 6 Hole Tournament. Richley
is a regular at The Enterprise Inns location, The Farmers.......More
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James Scoops the lot! |
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| A
$1,000 cheque was awarded to Cosmic Video Amusements James Farr,
the successful winner of a recent Merit Industries incentive
for the most individual product sold by their distributor. Presenting
the cheque, Frank Ballouz, Merit International.......More
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| Long life in the fast lane! |
Need
For Speed™ is 2004's smash- hit top rated driver from
GLOBAL VR, and has been adapted to coin op from Electronic Arts'
best selling PC game. Available in link- able (up to 4 player)
39" De Luxe, linkable 29"Cockpits and also now in
a 29".......More
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Park Avenue in pictures! |
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it's networking, relaxing with industry colleagues or getting
down to drumming up Business, the Park Avenue Open Day seems
to have it all in equal measure. This event is now, more than
ever, a must-do fixture on the amusement industry calendar.
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| Mr B's feels the Need for driving game!
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A
reliable cash box has encouraged Arlington Leisure's Mr B's
arcade in Southend to purchase the latest twin driver in the
market the GLOBAL VR "Need For Speed™".The driver
is based upon Electronic Art's best selling home PC......More
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Cosmic gives operators the choice!
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| Cosmic
Video Amusements' TournaChamp™ concept has been given
a fresh twist that is aimed at giving the operator another degree
of flexibility. The 'operator-run tournament' allows the client
to run a separate.....More
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| Vibe reaches trendier locations!
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The
multi mounted 15" LCD Vibe gets new business in trendier
locations.
"It's surpassed all previous machine cash boxes by 60%",
comments John Icke the Kent based operator,"I think it
will open a lot of avenues" "While looks are not everything......More
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Cosmic supports customer investment!
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Video was demonstrating the latest move in its strategy to support
customers who have invested in the firm's equipment. In the
same way as the Megatouch® and EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR®
GOLF gameshave been followed up by software enchancments, operator.....More
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Cosmic grabs Top US Award! |
During
the recent Amusement Showcase International (ASI) show in Las
Vegas, Cosmic Video Amusements was handed the prestigious award
for top distributor of the year by Merit Industries. Making
the presentation were Merit's Dave Logan and Brian Fitzpatrick.
Cosmic's......More
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Cosmic gives operators the oppurtunity for their
own tournament! |
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Cosmic Video Amusements will be using the ATEI to unveil the
latest development in tournaments for the Merit Megatouch products.
New for 2004 is the ability for operators to run their own tournaments
on anyone site to complement the.....More Info!
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Mr Q’s Lotus Challenge! |
Need
for Speed, the latest driving game from Global VR, was air freighted
directly from the Las Vegas AMOA exhibition arriving just in
time for Preview 2004.
“Schedules were tight”, comments Cosmic Video Amusements
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| A Story From AMOA! |
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Brit out of the blocks on the Merit Industries stand, at
the recent AMOA exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, was David Gerschlik
of Metrocoin. Suitably impressed with the latest release of
new hardware
cabinetry Gerschlik ordered 3 Fusion and 2 EVO games for his
operation,
which will. .....More Info
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| The PGA Tour Tournament! |
All
The inaugural EA Sports PGA
Tour Golf National Tournament, has been won by an East Anglian
player, Duncan Smith, from Ipswich, who picks up a winners cheque
for £500 with a 6 under par score on one of the tournament
fantasy courses, Timber Hill......More
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| CVA Wins Top Distributor award 2nd year running!
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All
the hard work in supprting Merit products in the UK has paid
off for Cosmic Video Amusements. Once again, CVA have been nominated
by Merit Industries as its top distributor and achievement that
was marked with a special award.....More
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Also.....Merit Wins Again
Merit Industries has once again received "The Operators
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Punch at Cosmic |
Bill
Knowles, director of machines at the Punch Pub Co, took time
out to visit Cosmic Video Amusements recently, presenting a
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More Praise for preview from Maygay and CVA
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Cosmic
Video Amusements, UK distributor and tournament director for
the new EA SPORTS PGA TOUR® GOLF
games from Global VR, have
joined with the game's manufacture Maygay to give a major "thumbs-up"
to the recent Preview 2003.....More
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| Cosmic
and Sound Leisure form strategic alliance! |
| COSMIC Video
Amusements and Sound Leisure have signed a landmark distribution
agreement. Under the terms of the deal, Sound Leisure will distribute
the Merit range of touchscreen games in the North, while Terry
Farr will become the UK distributor for all Sound Leisure's digital
products. Both companies will offer the full range of parts, as
well as service and training. "It is a win/win situation for everyone,"
commented Chris Black....More Info! |
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