ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL- While only a few months have passed since November and the IAAPA show where NAMCO America recorded one of their most successful shows to-date, the 2013 Amusement Expo has provided the company with another outstanding show. Preliminary sales numbers look to rival the ones placed in November as domestic locations prepare for the upcoming season. More...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL- NAMCO'S sales department has been growing larger recently with the addition of Josh Pick as Southern Regional Sales Representative and Steve Ignarski as Northern Regional Sales Representative. NAMCO is once again proud to announce another addition to their sales team, Erik Gilly. Erik will be the company's Western Regional Sales Representative. This move continues NAMCO's effort to expand its sales team to support its distributors. More...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL - IAAPA has officially passed and NAMCO America is proud to announce their most successful show in quite a few years. The company reports record sales taken during the show and more are continuing to pile in. NAMCO pulled out all the stops with an incredible exhibit showcasing over 40 games on their 2,700 square foot trade show booth. The electricity in the booth was tremendous as location owners and operators tried out the 8 brand new games that were shown as well as production versions of some products that debuted at earlier shows. "When you have a great product mix, enthusiastic staff and customers looking for new games and attractions to upgrade their locations, it's a recipe for a great show," says West Regional Sales Representative, Erik Gilly. More...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL - NAMCO America, the premier manufacturer of coin-operated amusements and the original manufacturer of classic arcade games, showed off their home arcade units at the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) Summit 2012 last week. The event was held at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL. Billiard retailers looking to expand their product lines found what they were looking for at the NAMCO booth. The game manufacturer showed both the cocktail and cabaret versions of their Pac-Man's Arcade Party home arcade cabinets along with Rockin' Bowl-O-Rama, a bowling video game with a '50s theme. More...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL - NAMCO America is proud to announce that Erik Gilly has joined the company in the role of Product Promotion Specialist in the company's Product Strategy department. Erik is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing with a Minor Degree in Advertising. Erik is no stranger to NAMCO America as he has worked for the company as a temp for the past few months. More...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL - NAMCO America is pleased to announce an expansion in the service department. Neil Goheen has joined the company in the customer service department as a bench technician. Neil, a coin-op industry veteran from Waukegan Il., has spent the past 6 years working in the technical department for Dell Electronics, the designers of NAMCO America's "Jumpin' Jackpot" and "Flamin' Finger" redemption games. Neil will be working together with the BANDAI NAMCO Games technical group in Japan and other service partners to help provide the highest level of technical service to NAMCO America's customers. This step will help reduce the amount of repairs that need to be shipped to Japan for service, thereby reducing turnaround time and overall costs for customers. NAMCO America is committed to providing quicker response and lower cost repairs for their customers. Eliminating the freight costs back and forth from Japan will be one step towards that goal. More...

NAMCO America is pleased to announce that Joe Blackwell has joined our family in the role of Tech Support Specialist. More...

Attention BarBerCut Lite owners: You can now watch a video on how to properly calibrate your BarBerCut Lite machine. Only members to NAMCO America's website are able download/view the calibration video. The video can be found in the "Manuals Archive" section found on the front page.

If you are not a member, please register to become one. Once the registration process is completed, you can view all previous and current game manuals along with service updates in addition to the BarBerCut Lite calibration video. More...

Namco America understands that the IAAPA Attractions Expo can be a very overwhelming experience. With so many games on display, attendees can quickly become confused as to which manufacturer made which game. Brochures can only do so much to explain the features and benefits of a game. To help lessen the confusion, we have created a brief video describing all of the games on display in our booth at the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010. This video will be great for attendees that needed a quick refresh in memory of our games as well as people that couldn't make it out to the show. More...

Namco America, Inc. is happy to report a very successful IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 show. Record breaking orders were taken during the show for their newest arcade driver, Dead Heat. Boasting itself as the first and only arcade driver with social networking, all eight seats of Dead Heat were hopping during the four-day trade show. As players left the game with smiles, Namco America staff were also smiling as collection reports were pouring in and showing that Dead Heat is the #1 driver in locations coast to coast. To celebrate Dead Heat's success at IAAPA, Namco staff participated in the 2010 IAAPA Charity 5K Fun Run & 1K Walk supporting Give Kids The World. More...