Highly anticipated full-size virtual pinball gets an arrival date for France and pre-orders open.

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) JANUARY 21, 2021

AtGames®, a leader in interactive entertainment products, in partnership with Just For Games (https://www.justforgames.com/), a French company specializing in the publishing and distribution of physical video games, today announced the first-ever launch in France of the popular AtGames Legends Pinball machine.

Legends Pinball sports a large 32 inch 1080p LCD playfield, 15.6 inch 1080p LCD backglass, 8-bit precision Hall-Effect plunger, arcade-quality flippers and nudge buttons, accelerometers, tactile feedback, extensive connectivity and accessories options, Internet connectivity and downloadable apps, global leaderboards, lobby for Party Play and Team Play, and more. Priced at an MSRP of 999€, the Legends Pinball is the market’s most feature-rich machine in its class. Preorders for Legends Pinball will start on January 21, 2021, with deliveries expected to begin by May 28th 2021.

“Just For Games is an important European distribution partner and has critical expertise in the French market,” says Dr. Ping-Kang Hsiung, CEO of AtGames. “We are thrilled that gamers in France will get to enjoy the unprecedented Legends Pinball experience for the first time.”

Just For Games already distributes the Legends Ultimate full-size home arcade machine from AtGames in France. The growing number of Legends Arcade Family products (https://www.atgames.net/arcades) running on the shared Legends Arcade Platform support arcade, console, and virtual pinball play and include the Legends Ultimate, Legends Gamer series, Legends Connect, Legends Core, and Legends Pinball.

“AtGames makes some of the best home arcade products on the market,” says Philippe Cohen, CEO/President of Just For Games. “We know our customers can’t wait to get their hands on the Legends Pinball machine and we’re happy we can make the distribution of this impressive home machine in France possible.”

About AtGames:
AtGames (http://www.atgames.net) is a leader in innovative consumer-oriented interactive entertainment products. The company leverages the latest technology to develop and publish its best-selling classic video game products for worldwide distribution. AtGames is based in Los Angeles, with international offices in Taipei and Shenzhen. https://www.atgames.net/arcades lists Legends Arcade Family products.

Legends Arcade Family, Legends Arcade Platform, Legends Ultimate, Legends Gamer, Legends Core, Legends Connect, and Legends Pinball are trademarks of AtGames. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contact: pr@atgames.net.

About Just For Games:
Founded in 2011 by Philippe Cohen, JUST FOR GAMES is a major video games distribution company in France originally addressing retail. Just For Games expands its activities in the publishing of videogames and distribution of retro-hardware and vinyl video games soundtrack Just For Games is now the official distributor partner of more than twenty international publishers, manufacturers or music labels.

For More Information, Please Contact:
AtGames: Joshua Mortensen josh.mortensen@atgames.net

Just For Games:
Maximilien Breton: maximilien.breton@just-for-games.com
Thibaud Ligneul: thibaud.ligneul@just-for-games.com

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We would like to provide accessories updates to our Legends Arcade Family owners for the Legends BitBlaster Light Gun, Legends Pinball Kit, Legends BitPixel LED Marquee, and Arcade Cabinet Art.

Based on your feedback, we have updated the exterior design of the BitBlaster Light Gun, which you can see on the web page: https://www.atgames.us/collections/accessories/products/legends-bitblaster-light-gun-reservation-starts-from-august-14-2020.

If you have already reserved a BitBlaster Light Gun, we will contact you closer to the ship date to collect your pre-order payment if you still wish to proceed with a purchase. At this time, delivery is not expected until after February 2021 (we will provide more specific timing as we receive more information). As a thank you for your patience, we are now including a custom holster (a $29.99 value) with every order for free. This holster can be attached a variety of ways to your Legends Ultimate 1.0 or 1.1 arcade machine, or used independently.

For the Pinball Kit, which is compatible with the Legends Ultimate 1.1 and Legends Gamer series, inventory is available for shipment within 7 – 10 days of order placement. You can see more information on the Pinball Kit on its product page: https://www.atgames.us/collections/accessories/products/legends-pinball-kit-haa320-reservation-1.

For the BitPixel LED Marquee, which can be attached to the Legends Ultimate 1.0 or 1.1, or used independently with other Legends Arcade Family products, shipments are expected to begin the week of January 31, 2021. You can see more information on the BitPixel LED Marquee on its product page: https://www.atgames.us/collections/accessories/products/legends-bitpixel-led-marquee-reservation-starts-from-aug-14-2020.

For the Arcade Cabinet Art, which consists of a selection of Legends Side Panel Art and an Acrylic Side Panel Kit, both for the Legends Ultimate 1.1, we have two different ship dates. For the Side Panel Art, shipments are expected to begin the week of January 3, 2021. For the Acrylic Panel Kit, shipments are expected to begin the week of January 10, 2021. You can see more information on the Arcade Cabinet Art on the product page: https://www.atgames.us/collections/accessories/products/arcade-cabinet-art-kit-reservation.

We will provide additional updates on product availability going forward and contact reservation holders for payment as their products are ready to ship. As always, we never bill you until your order is confirmed and we have the product(s) in our warehouse ready to ship. 

Thank you for being a valued member of the Legends Arcade Family.

NOTE: All posted estimates are accurate at the time of this statement. If warehouse locations experience a Covid-19-related lockdown, estimates may change.

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• pAOX: Space Ramp
• PC Pinball (Steam): Gladiators
• Built-in Games: Crazy Balloon, KiKi Kai Kai, Pinbo, Rod-Land, Saint Dragon
• ArcadeNet®: Guerilla War

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• Gun Frontier
• Raimais
• Space Invaders
• The Electric Yo-Yo
• The Fairyland Story
• The Ninja Kids
• Zoo Keeper

What follows are images of each of the games running on the Legends Ultimate with Pixelcade/BitPixel LED marquee and the PixelcadeX app:

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• Chack’n Pop
• Elevator Action
• Front Line
• Kuri Kinton

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• New PixelcadeX (PCX) features, including support for Taito arcade titles and CoinOPSX (COX)
• New global leaderboard support for additional Taito arcade games:
  • Kiki Kaikai
  • Liquid Kids
  • Lunar Rescue

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What’s important to keep in mind is that these shared features across all of these products are made possible by one account and friend list. In short, if you buy one Legends Arcade product and create an ArcadeNet account, you’ll be able to use that same account and features on any other product in the same product family going forward.

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 Systems feature one hundred or more licensed games, arcade-quality hardware, online connectivity, leaderboard events, voice chat, extensive software customization, and a thriving community as part of the Legends Arcade Platform

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (September 1, 2020) The Legends Gamer series becomes available for online pre-order starting today at: www.atgames.com with the products shipping to consumers in early-October.  The same great technology and gaming fun that has made the full-size Legends Ultimate home arcade such a runaway hit is now available in three new products, starting at only $99, and feature all the great gaming controls, including premium joysticks, buttons, and trackball, just without the full cabinet and monitor. Take arcade action to any room by simply connecting to a television or display device of your choice.

The Legends Gamer series is available for pre-order at major retailers in the United States, including Sam’s Club, GameStop.com, and Walmart.com, and has distribution in Europe. More details on where to purchase the Legends Gamer series are at: https://www.atgames.net/arcades/shop-now/

The three additions to the Legends Arcade family are the Gamer Pro, Gamer, and Gamer Mini. These fully featured “arcades” come pre-loaded with up to 150 classic arcade and home video games from licensors like Data East, Disney, Jaleco, Taito, The Tetris Company, and more. The full game lists can be found on the Legends Gamer product page: https://www.atgames.net/arcades/legends-gamer-series/

“The community spoke and we are responding,” says Dr. Ping-Kang Hsiung, CEO of AtGames. “People love the Legends Arcade experience, but not everyone has the space or budget for a full-size machine. Our fans let us know they wanted more ways to get the true arcade experience, which is why we are adding the Gamer Series to the Legends Arcade family.” 

The Legends Gamer series gives players the same complete arcade control experience: joysticks, buttons, and trackball as the full-sized Legends Ultimate Arcade, in packages designed to fit any living space. The Legends Gamers work with any HDMI-based projector, monitor, or TV, including vertical displays, for true big-screen gaming, and features a wide range of built-in, licensed arcade and console games. Internet connectivity means ArcadeNet® and BYOG cloud-gaming and streaming capabilities,  voice chat, friends lists, global leaderboards, and more. 

• The Legends Gamer Pro (MSRP $249). The most full-featured of the Gamer series, it includes a trackball in addition to arcade quality joysticks, pinball buttons, and 150 built-in licensed games.
• The Legends Gamer (MSRP $199) Great for two-player action, it features two arcade-quality joysticks and pinball buttons, and includes the same 150 built-in licensed games as the Gamer Pro. A trackball is optional.
• The Legends Gamer Mini  (MSRP $99) For solo players, it has a single arcade-quality joystick as part of its wireless control top, 100 built-in licensed games, and eight action buttons. Pinball buttons are optional.

With more than 10 million units of game and console products shipped by the company to date, AtGames is poised to greatly expand the home arcade market with its three new Legends Gamer products.

Features of the Legends Gamer include:

• 100 – 150 licensed arcade and console games built-in
• Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth connectivity
• Arcade-quality hardware and controls
• Online gaming, including eSports
• ArcadeNet® games service
• Stream gameplay directly to popular streaming services
• BYOG (Bring Your Own Game)
• AtGames Leagues and Leaderboards (ALL)

With weekly firmware releases, the Legends Gamer series is constantly evolving. Among the major evolutions that have been unveiled on the Legends Arcade Platform have been the introduction of eSports to retro games with the AtGames Leagues and Leaderboards (ALL), voice chat, friends lists, and the ability to stream gameplay directly to popular streaming services. No other home arcade products come close to these and the many other features made possible by the Legends Arcade Platform.

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The new online global leaderboard-enabled games are:

• Exerion
• Field Combat
• Fighting Fantasy / Hippodrome

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• Cybattler
• Dual Assault / Liberation
• Express Raider / Western Express

You can see the full release notes here.

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