I tried to email this to you, but it bounced back. So, here's the message:

Hi.

In this page:
http://www.system16.com/atari/hrdw_denver.html

At the top, you mention that the hardware used a 3DFX Voodoo 3 Chipset for the
graphics. But below that, you say that it uses the Banshee video card... just thought
you would like to know.

Also, regarding San Francisco Rush 2049 TE, the game is much more common than
you would think. I traveled a lot last year, going through various malls, truckstops and
gas stations, and I saw about five different cabinets... Two of 'em were in Texas
alone. I've seen a lot of Midway games in these truck stops.

And I have a small question regarding Midway games - Do you have any information
about the Midway touch screen games? These games had many different types of
games, from puzzles to quizzes, and a few arcade-style games. And they could be
updated from time to time, with new games or bug fixing.

Thanks for your time.

So, uh, Thanks for your time. ;p

//KS
http://vice.parodius.com/

> I tried to email this to you, but it bounced back. So, here's the message:
>
> Hi.
>
> In this page:
> http://www.system16.com/atari/hrdw_denver.html
>
> At the top, you mention that the hardware used a 3DFX Voodoo 3 Chipset for the
> graphics. But below that, you say that it uses the Banshee video card... just
> thought you would like to know.

Oops, copy/paste error ;)

> Also, regarding San Francisco Rush 2049 TE, the game is much more common than
> you would think. I traveled a lot last year, going through various malls,
> truckstops and gas stations, and I saw about five different cabinets... Two of 'em were in
> Texas alone. I've seen a lot of Midway games in these truck stops.

Yeah, I've since found out this is the case, I've never seen the game and someone told me it was rare :)

> And I have a small question regarding Midway games - Do you have any information
> about the Midway touch screen games? These games had many different types of
> games, from puzzles to quizzes, and a few arcade-style games. And they could be
> updated from time to time, with new games or bug fixing.

Not really, I didnt really know about them, I'll investigate...

Cheers,

Six...

System16 - The Arcade Museum

http://www.nightclub.com/magazine/October98/specialads.html

The name of the machines is "Touchmaster 5000".

http://www.casbox.com/Stinger/Sting29.html
http://www.casbox.com/Stinger/Sting31.html
The former has a bit of info regarding the touch-screen technology and how Midway acquired the license; the latter names more companies that went into that business, including Incredible Technologies [I thought they were dead!]

Note that these games are NOT gambling games, though they do have elements of chance... so they should be added to MAME eventually.

http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~nshin/INFO/resume.html
The resume of Nick Shin, who worked on some of these games. The board is apparently called "Dolphin".

I find it odd ... these games are NOT that rare; why have they been overlooked for so long?