Monthly Archives: April 2008 »

Betson Open House proves successful in bringing attention to new games

Shaggy April 22, 2008 0

[Via Betson Enterprises] US Distributor Betson recently held an open house at their headquarters in Carlstadt, NJ and from their press release, it looks like it was a success. I think it’s a good

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Sega's Rambo on location test in Japan

HeavyElectricity April 20, 2008 11

I hadn’t heard anything about this one prior to today, but Kobayan reports that Sega has a new lightgun shooter out on test in Japan at the moment. Rambo is obviously based on the

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Rochester Game Room Show Coverage

SaraAB87 April 19, 2008 0

I am sorry I am a little late with the coverage but here’s some videos from last week’s Rochester Game Room Show: Overview Part 1 Overview Part 2 Some of the parts that were

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Kid gets stuck inside a crane machine

Shaggy April 19, 2008 0

I’ve seen pictures of this sort of thing happening before but this kid seems a little larger than others I’ve seen crawl into these things. Who knows, maybe the person recording the whole thing

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The Fast & The Furious Tokyo Drift Conversion Kit Officially released

Shaggy April 18, 2008 0

At ASI it was confirmed that Raw Thrills’ would release a conversion kit for their racer Tokyo Drift and now we have the official word that the kits are now available. As we have

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Sealed Air Foam Prevents Shipping Damage

MetaFox April 18, 2008 0

In the past, Stern used to ship pinball machines in cardboard boxes with more cardboard packed inside in an attempt to keep the machine from moving around during transit. This never worked too well,

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A look back at Virtuality

Shaggy April 18, 2008 13

Remember those VR arcade machines that were supposed to revolutionize the way we played games? It sure would have been great if they could have truly lived up to the promises made but honestly

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Firefighter wins $10,000 gift card from Incredible Technologies

Shaggy April 18, 2008 0

(Click on the image to enlarge) Here’s a good story we received from Incredible Technologies. While it’s always great to see people winning big prizes (as the narrator on SmashTV says: “Big Money, Big

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Trials, Tribulations and Locations

Shaggy April 18, 2008 0

So over a month ago I made a post saying that I would be getting my own arcade started that next week and that along with it I would be making regular updates but

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Konami's World Soccer Arcade Championship 2008

Shaggy April 18, 2008 0

It has been a little while since we heard about Konami’s latest plans for a coin-op soccer title so for those eagerly awaiting a new title, they have finally revealed World Soccer Arcade Championship

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Eve's Prophecy from Korea

Shaggy April 17, 2008 0

This one is a little bit of a mystery – there is one page on it with a low rez picture and the translator doesn’t reveal too much about it. But we do what

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Distributors or direct, a Stinger Report special

Shaggy April 17, 2008 0

We are at an interesting crossroads in the arcade industry at the moment. The argument about the role of the distributor in the industry is nothing new, as proof Play Meter Magazine asked operators

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