That's strange about the ITG cabinet.

Yes, TGM3 is for a two player 4button cabinet. It offers single player modes as well as a "interesting" multiplayer mode.

Thanks for everything!

yeah i figured it was something like that actually, good to hear though. was it caused by anything? i know people reset the crap out of it to make the usb faster and less problematic -- and thank you for the heads up as always.

To clarify, each player has 4 buttons: 3 rotations (A and C act as the same rotation direction), and a button for the thumb that you use to use the Hold feature.

Diagram time!:
  ABC
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Yeah...I was going to make that post, but I didn't want to spam up the thread with my OCD freaking out about TGM3 coming!

Can't wait! (Well...I guess I have to but you know what I mean!)

I haven't heard anything about TGM3 for a bit. Any status updates?

It's now booted up, waiting for it's control wiring and control panel button and sticks.  Getting closer, should be at Acme next week. 

Awesome, good to hear!

Kevin: I expect lots of pictures and videos when it goes up. :]

went to acme. funny new additions he he. Max2 works great. Drummania 1st player coin slot is jammed(physically). everything else seemed to work fine. met some guy named Keby who was pretty good. fine day at acme

oh hai! thats me. Yeah I really like that ITG machine down in Acme bowl. I'm sad I didn't find that place before the PIU:pro machine was taken away

the Teris GM3 is done.  Look for it's arrival on Thursday if the delivery schedule goes down as planned.

Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

What time is it going to be installed? I have a half day, so I'll try and make it for the glorious arrival.

Kevin, I would say betwwen 11:00 and noon, looking at the truck schedule.  Hope you like the game.  Will be sitting where Silver Strike Bowling is now, which is being pulled.  Also an old school Tekken 5 will be there, to compliment the new Blazblue fighter that will arrive in a few weeks.

YES I am so psyched for TGM

Then when I finally play it I'll suck 

wait, wait.....you guys are getting blazblue? holy crap awesome!
It will be an import right?

I've got the Fanta Grape ready! (Bad in-joke.)



I'll be at Acme from 5:15 onwards. Someone better show up so I don't feel weird stacking 4 piece blocks into lines over 120 times per minute.

So is that Pump Cabinet still available? We might be ready to purchase it soon...

As of today, the PIU is still available.

Yes, Blazblue is an import.  Doing it up nicely with a huge cabinet and 32" hi def widescreen monitor.

Bill, do you think you could provide pictures of the cabinet? One of the whole machine and then one of it being used would be perfect. I just think our arcade would be more likely to buy if they could see the machine itself...

Well, we could, BUT, I cannot see any commercial venue that could possibly be happy with this cabinet!  Unless they want if played free, that is.  It is haunted with the free credit glitch.  really only good as a home use machine.

Ethan's arcade is a place that you pay to get into and all the games inside are on freeplay. I think it would work there.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH 4 HOURS UNTIL I CAN PLAY Ti!

Exactly. You pay by the hour, not by the credit. They've expressed interest, because we have no real new arcade games or anything that promotes exercise. It might end up in the gym though.

Oh hellz yes, I'm excited xD

Bill,

TGM3 is amazing. Thank you so much for getting this game! The reaction within the Tetris community has been absolutely insane today. Everyone is incredibly thrilled at the possibility of this game taking off in the US. The cabinet, while not exactly traditional, is the perfect height for me! The monitor is good, and the sound is nice and loud. In fact, I set a nice set of new records on the cabinet which should prove it is in good condition. The only flaws I have found pertain to the joysticks used in the machine. While it is really nice they are 4way, the paddle top is kind of a bummer. Both Tada and myself found the sticks quite difficult to move, so I'm not sure if that is intentional or not. The Tekken 5 sticks by comparison are much lighter and probably better for such a rapid movement game like Tetris. You might want to think about swapping those out or something, I'm not entirely sure how that works on actual arcade cabs.

Again, really, thank you for doing this. The TetrisConcept forums and IRC channels are absolutely delighted, and I guarantee that this will be a great addition to Acme.

Hopefully it'll work out better than the IIDX machine that we used to think the same thing about.

I'm one of those "Tetris?  So what?" heathens, though.  I played it on Easy last night and went, "meh, yeah, this is Tetris".  What makes people so enthusiastic about it?  The ability to gain rankings via the harder modes?

Keep in mind that TGM3 also didn't happen to cost over $8000, like IIDX. Even if it gets 1/2 of the play that IIDX did, it would still break even. Just saying.