Beta Now Avaialble!
July 27, 2006 - Attn All Customers: If you wish to try the beta version for the features below, please let us know. In this release there will also be a new method for customers to enter their own Client information from their seat. More details to follow upon it's release
Coming Soon - July 06
Multiple Timecode A4 Printing
Print up 10 Timecodes per page on regular A4 sized paper or business card stock. This will be ready by mid-July.
Below is all the current news and events for CyberCafePro Internet Cafe Software.
June 15/06
Recently CyberCafePro Software was reviewed in iGames Magazine. This edition appeared at the E3 convention.
CyberCafePro Put to The Test
Being a smaller center I never felt a need to really look into café software. I figured it would just be this program that you would pay a lot of money for and never use to its full potential. But by the end of this review will my feelings have changed? Read on to find out.
First you’ll need to go to CyberCafePro’s website (http://www.cybercafepro.com/index.asp). You’ll notice on their site that they state they are “The World’s #1 Downloaded Internet Café Management Software.” That is pretty comforting to know. To get started you need two files from there. One is for the server and the other is for your clients; they are only around 7 MB each. With the files being so small I thought “Man, it must not be a very robust piece of software”.
After downloading it was time to install. I wasn’t too worried about loading it on my server but I had just done fresh installs on all my machines and I really didn’t want anything to mess them up now. Otherwise a lot of hours would have been wasted. But the installation went without a hitch.
The downloaded software is in fact only a demo, which will let you set up one server and two clients. This allows you to get a pretty good look at the software for an evaluation. Once you purchase a license you can add all your other clients. This is where this little program in file size grows in value and capabilities. It has so many features I’m afraid I can’t come close to covering all of them in any great detail in this short review. Do yourself a favor: go to their website and checkout the whole list there; you’ll see what I mean.
Two key features that this center management software can claim that no others can is their CD key management software and their ESRB approved rating system. The CD management works with most games without a hitch and with a batch file for the other few. This ESRB is a great feature to use in order to keep the kids off of games that they shouldn’t be playing, and it should help give parents a little comfort knowing that the feature is there.
Another area that is important to mention is their support. CyberCafePro states that their new CCP Helpdesk ensures you a response within two hours on business days and is the only method to receive after-hours support. I can say I did have some quick responses to a few questions I had. Also look into their online manual and forums. In these areas you’ll find easy to use instructions that show you how to set up other pieces of the software.
The cost really isn’t that bad considering what it has to offer, plus being an iGames member will get you an additional 15% off the purchase of CyberCafePro software, which sweetens the deal. Again, check their website for more information.
I also should note that this review was done on the 4.5 version of the software; I am told there will be a 5.0 version that will be released very soon, if not by the time of this reading. 5.0 will incorporate Barcode Scanning Barcode Creation, which should make product data entry a much easier task.
All I can add is I definitely see a big advantage to going with this café management software now!
- Jerry Weston - DreamLAN
The review can also be seen at http://www.cybercafepro.com/ccp5/igamesreview.asp
June 6/06
Game profile Management added to CyberCafePro 5! Application/Game profile management has now been added to the CCP Clients long list of great features! Now you can have centralized profile management without the need to setup messy batch files.
Easy to setup and easy to use. For each application simply enable profile management for accounts and/or timecodes, first setup the network (or local even) folder to store profiles to. Then setup a list of files to backup, filter them by setting a maximum size, maximum days old and set to delete the files that were backed up.
Only available in CyberCafePro 5.
Version 3 & 4 Users - 40% discount still available to upgrade to CyberCafePro 5. Ends June 30th!
May 30/06
CyberCafePro Instant Messenger Support is now available exclusively on MSN Messenger. This support is available for registered CCP customers only.
Between 9am & 4pm CT
* During these hours CCP Support may appear "Busy" or "Offline" depending on support being provided to other customers. Please use our email forms if you need support at these times.
May 30/06
CyberCafePro 5 has now added the ability to add a second point of sale terminal to your cafe. This station is called the Sub-Control Station (SCS) and has been a highly requested feature. Enjoy!
Visit http://cybercafepro.com/ccp5/downloads.asp to download this free-addon (CyberCafePro 5 users only).
The install instructions have been add to the CCP User Manual at http://cybercafepro.com/ccp5/downloads.asp#manual
This sub control station is only available in version 5 and higher. Get your copy or upgrade today!
