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JVL Corporation was a Canadian company founded in the 80's and which has started as an arcade operator (with a collection of 300 jukeboxes, 150 pool tables and 400 video games). JVL gained recognition around the late 90's for creating touchscreen gaming machines, initially focused on designing high-quality, interactive entertainment machines for the hospitality industry, like bars, restaurants, and arcades.
{{Infobox company
|name = JVL
|image = [[File:JVL_logo.png]]
|caption =
|type =
|fate =
|predecessor =
|successor =
|founded = 1984
|defunct =
|people =
|headquarters = Canada
|website = [https://jvlhome.com/ jvlhome.com] / [https://www.jvl.ca/ jvl.ca]
}}


=== History ===
JVL Corporation is a Canadian company founded by Joseph Levitan. In the early 80s it began as a coin up repair shop and later started designing their own games. JVL gained recognition around the mid-late 90's with their Concorde series of machines and and was known for creating touchscreen gaming machines focused on high-quality, interactive entertainment machines for the hospitality industry, like bars, restaurants, and arcades.


By 2004 they were already on their 4th generation of touch screen machines, having made machines like the Conquest and Orion, amongst others. Their software is called iTouch, has been updated over the years with the latest version being iTouch HD3.
By 2004 they were a leading player in the US, having made touch machines like the Conquest and Orion amongst others.


Joseph Levitan passed away in 2016, but his sons keep the company alive under the JVL Labs name:
*jvlhome.com still sells the JVL Echo to home users.
*jvl.ca makes a range of new machines for the gambling industry.


In 2024, they're still alive unlike all it's other competitors, but they only seem to sell for private sector instead of the hospitality industry as before.
=== Machines ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!'''Year'''
!'''Name'''
|-
|1995
|[[JVL Concorde I| Concorde I]]
|-
|1997
|[[JVL Concorde 2| Concorde 2]]
|-
|1999
|[[JVL Concorde 3| Concorde 3]]
|-
|2000
|[[JVL Conquest| Conquest]]
|-
|2002
|[[JVL Orion| Orion]]
|-
|2003
|[[JVL Eclipse| Eclipse]]
|-
|2005
|[[JVL Retro|Retro]]
|-
|2005
|[[JVL Vortex|Vortex]]
|-
|2008
|[[JVL Encore|Encore]]
|-
|2010+
|[[JVL Echo|Echo]]
|}
 
=== Software Releases ===
After the original Concorde, JVL's main software range is called iTouch, which has been updated over the years with the latest version being iTouch HD3.
 
iTouch support depends on the motherboard used:
 
* JP10: Concorde 3, Concorde 3 Plus, up to iTouch 8
* JP20/JP20-2: up to iTouch 9 or 10
* JP30: up to iTouch 11
* JP70: up to iTouch HD3
* JP90: up to iTouch HD3
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!'''Year'''
!Concorde
!iTouch
!iTouch HD
|-
|1995
|Concorde I
|
|
|-
|1997
|Concorde 2
|
|
|-
|1998
|Concorde 2 (SX) Plus
|
|
|-
|1999
|Concorde 3
|
|
|-
|2000
|Concorde 3 Plus
|
|
|-
|2001
|
|iTouch 4
|
|-
|2002
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113114707/http://www.jvl-ent.com:80/jvlcorp/manuals/iTouch5.pdf iTouch 5]
|
|-
|2003
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113114120/http://www.jvl-ent.com:80/jvlcorp/manuals/iTouch6.pdf iTouch 6]
|
|-
|2004
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113115356/http://www.jvl-ent.com:80/jvlcorp/manuals/iT7.pdf iTouch 7]
|
|-
|2005
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113114529/http://www.jvl-ent.com/jvlcorp/Manuals/itouch8plus_2pages.pdf iTouch 8]
|
|-
|2006
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113114238/http://www.jvl-ent.com/jvlcorp/Manuals/itouch9_sellsheet.pdf iTouch 9]
|
|-
|2008
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113115547/http://www.jvl-ent.com/jvlcorp/Manuals/iT10.pdf iTouch 10]
|iTouch HD
|-
|2010
|
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005132106/http://bmigaming.com/Games/Flyers/video-arcade-games/jvl-itouch11-software-upgrade-brochure-jvl-entertainment.pdf iTouch 11]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110206042500/https://www.bmigaming.com/Games/Flyers/video-arcade-games/jvl-itouch-hd2-software-upgrade-brochure-jvl-entertainment.pdf iTouch HD2]
|-
|2014
|
|
|iTouch HD3
|}

Latest revision as of 17:29, 30 June 2025


History

JVL Corporation is a Canadian company founded by Joseph Levitan. In the early 80s it began as a coin up repair shop and later started designing their own games. JVL gained recognition around the mid-late 90's with their Concorde series of machines and and was known for creating touchscreen gaming machines focused on high-quality, interactive entertainment machines for the hospitality industry, like bars, restaurants, and arcades.

By 2004 they were a leading player in the US, having made touch machines like the Conquest and Orion amongst others.

Joseph Levitan passed away in 2016, but his sons keep the company alive under the JVL Labs name:

  • jvlhome.com still sells the JVL Echo to home users.
  • jvl.ca makes a range of new machines for the gambling industry.

Machines

Year Name
1995 Concorde I
1997 Concorde 2
1999 Concorde 3
2000 Conquest
2002 Orion
2003 Eclipse
2005 Retro
2005 Vortex
2008 Encore
2010+ Echo

Software Releases

After the original Concorde, JVL's main software range is called iTouch, which has been updated over the years with the latest version being iTouch HD3.

iTouch support depends on the motherboard used:

  • JP10: Concorde 3, Concorde 3 Plus, up to iTouch 8
  • JP20/JP20-2: up to iTouch 9 or 10
  • JP30: up to iTouch 11
  • JP70: up to iTouch HD3
  • JP90: up to iTouch HD3
Year Concorde iTouch iTouch HD
1995 Concorde I
1997 Concorde 2
1998 Concorde 2 (SX) Plus
1999 Concorde 3
2000 Concorde 3 Plus
2001 iTouch 4
2002 iTouch 5
2003 iTouch 6
2004 iTouch 7
2005 iTouch 8
2006 iTouch 9
2008 iTouch 10 iTouch HD
2010 iTouch 11 iTouch HD2
2014 iTouch HD3
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