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Sega Corp. today unveiled the extremely sharp looking arcade cabinet for F-Zero AC that the AOU 2003 exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.  Players of F-Zero AC will be able to exchange data with F-Zero GC via a GameCube memory card. A magnetic-stripe card can also be used to store racer stats off the machine. The cabinets feature a steering wheel and peddles, moving seats, flat-panel screen, and surround sound.

F-Zero AC and F-Zero GC are being jointly developed by Sega's Amusement Vision and Nintendo's EAD. While Amusement Vision has taken on the bulk of the game's development, EAD execs including Shigeru Miyamoto, Takaya Imamura, and Isshin Shimizu, took leading roles - Miyamoto being the project's producer.

Triforce is a 3D computer graphics board for next-generation arcade machines that applies the architecture of the GameCube. Nintendo, Namco, and Sega announced joint development of the Triforce arcade board in January, 2002. The goals of the agreement was to expand arcade video game market, create a cost-effective environment for arcade video game development, and establish a totally new game system that will bridge game play between the home and amusement facilities.



February 20, 2003

Jim - News Contributor, GameCubicle


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