Arcade Heroes Interview With Exa-Arcadia CEO Eric "ShouTime" Chung

http://arcadeheroes.com - In visiting the California Extreme (CAX) event at the end of July 2018, I had the chance to sit down with Eric "ShouTime" Chung, CEO of Exa-Arcadia. Here we discuss everything about the upcoming EXA arcade system that is seeking to revolutionize how the industry handles new content and bringing more games to the table in Asia, Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Includes new footage of Segasonic Bros. and Cosmic Digger 3671! Jump to a specific section:

0:44 - How is CAX going?
1.46 - First time attending CAX?
2:24 - Reaching out to the right audience; differences in trade shows vs. events
3:44 - Providing operators what they want
4:00 - What is Exa-Arcadia?
5:23 - How does choosing a game work?
6:04? What brought about the Exa-Arcadia concept of a conversion kit?
9:03 - Have you operated arcade equipment before?
9:51 - How many development partners do you have with Exa-Arcadia?
10:07 - Do you think that having the operator background helped with obtaining partners?
11:59 - Who are some of the announced developers/content coming to EXA?
14:30 - Discussing future un-announced titles coming to EXA
15:28 - Licenses & sports games
16:40 - Other game genres headed to EXA
17:37 - Game cabinets and the EXA dedicated cab
19:00 - Your favorite game for the platform?
19:40 - Developing for EXA - getting your game on the platform
20:27 - EXA Specs
21:27 - When can operators expect to be able to buy an EXA board and how will they buy one?
22:30 - Discussion on the new card system
24:16 - The EXA Road Map
24:52 - Who can buy EXA?
25:18 - EXA costs for collectors/operators
26:20 - How will EXA games be different from their console cousins?
28:00 - G.Rev and other Japanese developers working for the platform
29:12 - Talking about cultural development differences such as redemption affecting game design
29:55 - Anticipations of future announcements (2019)
30:41 - Does the Exa-Arcadia company working on their own games?
31:18 - Wrapping it up