Sega Rally is one of the best known and most loved driving franchises in the video game market. It's hardly surprising therefore that, after almost a decade since the last title in the series was released, there is a buzz of excitement in the industry surrounding the launch of Sega Rally 3.

The recent Malaga show saw the launch of Bell-Fruit Games’ new machine El Trebol de la Suerte, follow-up to the successful Sirenas.

Merit Entertainment has introduced its new ION 2008 software to the US market. UK and international versions will be available to operators early in the new year. The 2008 release is considered one of Merit’s strongest ever. New content elements have also been introduced on 30 ever-popular existing games, including Photo Hunt, Trivia Whiz and Hollywood Match.

JPM International has launched a new game for interactive platforms based on the famous darts-based TV quiz show Bullseye. In JPM’s new game, players must skillfully throw darts and answer a series of questions to win a cash prize.

Global VR has announced that the newly released EA SPORTS NASCAR Racing Version 1.1 will support a location’s ability to link up to 10 game cabinets. Currently, EA SPORTS NASCAR Racing is the only game to support this number of linked cabinets, allowing players to challenge a veritable team of players, making the experience more exciting for players and financially rewarding for operators.

LAI Games USA launched two new games at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) trade show held in Orlando, Florida last month. Chuckles the Clown is an entertaining new ticket redemption game for children, that’s easy to play.

The BV100 is one of the latest in the product range from the Innovative Technology Group and upholds their tradition of being exceptional value. The company has recently undergone some reorganisation in order to progress and develop, and these improvements have been carried through to the end products.

Bally Wulff has incorporated many new ideas into the Rio Bravo video slot machine for the Spanish market. For example, there is the funny meerkat payout or the exciting card shooting feature, which allows the player to multiply wins. In addition, attractive main prizes range between Euros 120 and 1,000, according to the legislation in each respective province.

Rio Bravo combines mechanical reels in the bottom game and animated video technology in the top game: it starts with the bottom game on a classic win line of up to three different stake levels. To play in the top game, the player collects the necessary bonus points at the bottom first, which can later be used with the risk feature.

Namco Europe/ Brent Sales has made its first entry into the Far East amusements sector with a next-generation prize vendor designed for the global marketplace. The London-based company paraded the ‘Froggit Junior’ to visitors at the GTI Expo, held in Taipei, Taiwan in May.

Sound Leisure Retail, a division of Sound Leisure, is introducing a MicroPro speaker specially designed for use in outdoor conditions. The company expects the outdoor speaker to be particularly popular with the UK smoking ban coming into effect this summer.

Stern Pinball, Inc. is releasing its newest pinball machine, Spider-Man. Designed by Steve Ritchie, Lyman Sheats, and the engineering staff at Stern Pinball, the pinball machine takes Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and puts them all into one fast-paced pinball machine that will excite both operators and homeowners.

Pirates is now available as a multiplayer game on all linked online Photo Play terminals. Pirates was introduced by Photo Play together with System 2006 and has since become one of the most successful games.

IGT has chosen Densitron’s DPX-116 computer board for its stylish new M-P Series multi-player gaming systems. The new gaming systems were a big attraction at the Global Gaming Expo, ICE and NIGA trade shows and are some of the most exciting products in the increasingly popular multi-player segment.

Touchscreen specialist Merit Entertainment has announced the release of its Megatouch ION and Force 2007.5 software. This upgrade, free for systems currently running 2007 software, includes Merit’s new card game Outlaw Poker, and a related symbol version, Cattle Drive. In addition to these games, Merit has added a tournament version to Luxor, its number one ranked Megatouch game.

3M, the diversified technology company, has announced that its most rugged capacitive touch product, ToughTouch II, is now available with optional privacy film to help protect financial data or transaction information displayed on ATM and ticketing machine screens from prying eyes.

The hotly anticipated sequel to Raw Thrills’ AAA video driver, The Fast and the Furious, F&F Drift has been launched in Europe by exclusive distributors Brent Sales/Namco Europe. Linkable up to eight units, the game features 19 action packed tracks, of which seven are completely new, a choice of 12 new ‘tricked out’ street racing cars and all 12 original soundtracks from the hit movie which provided the inspiration for the arcade experience.

Silver Spirit from Reflex Gaming will be shown at this year’s ATEI on stand number 820 . It is a basic lo-tech AWP machine with 50p stake and £35 jackpot, housed in a chrome-trimmed cabinet. The player is awarded either Bar, Cherry, Blue Seven or Mixed Bar Wins. The latter awards a Mystery Cash Prize

The introduction of Astra’s single- player Bullion Bars Player marks the third anniversary since the release of Bullion Bars Deluxe and Bullion Bars Arena, Astra’s evergreen multiplayers.

Brent Sales/Namco Europe have gained exclusive distribution rights to the latest novelty photo vending booth developed by industry-leading manufacturer Fusence, Magic Photo Land.

Densitron’s new DPX-117 is the first industrial computer board to offer today’s latest dual-core CPU technology on a board specifically designed for the gaming industry. The DPX-117 supports Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors.

JPM International has launched a Category B AWP for Spain, follow-ing its debut on the Comatel stand in Madrid. Bank Raid is a new six-reel game housed in the highly successful JPM Linear cabinet. The Wild West-themed game is available in the two-stake format for various regions in Spain.

Suzo International is now the continental European distributor for Arizona-based Pyramid Technologies (PTI). The Trilogy is a stackerless banknote reader that is competitively priced and designed for indoor use in the amusement, gaming, vending, lottery and kiosk markets.

Forge Europa will be exhibiting at Electronica 2006. At the exhibition, the company will launch a new range of standard and custom-designed LED assemblies along with new product developments such as aLED high-power LED lighting assemblies, high-intensity traffic LEDs and long-life LED technology.

DT Productions/Sound Leisure offered serious savings to new and existing jukebox customers at this year’s Preview. Operators were able to buy a Digitracks video jukebox featuring 1,000 profiled WM9 videos, previously only available on the top-of-the-range Browser and Music Express models.

Fun Park from Harry Levy Amusements is an eight-player round pusher with a footprint of 6ft in diameter. Fun Park has been designed with a slightly bigger playfield than Hippodrome (intermediate size), another Harry Levy classic.