Monthly Archives: September 2009 »
New documentary on pinball debuting next week – 'Special When Lit'
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity of reviewing a documentary film about pinball called “Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball”. I enjoyed it, in part because at the time I knew
Read More »Videos of Konami's GuitarFreaks v6 and DrumMania V6 in action
Tis the season for game shows in Japan and while the Tokyo Game Show does not focus primarily upon arcades like JAMMA did, we still get the chance to see some of the journalists
Read More »French player group working to build a classic game museum
With nostalgia for classic games stronger than ever, what better way to satisfy the need to play such games than with a museum built in their honor? In France, a group of gamers are
Read More »Video interview with Fukio "MTJ" Mitsuji
You’ll have to chalk this up to “better late than never” but last year on Dec. 11th 2008 Fukio Mitsuji passed away. He created some very memorable arcade titles at Taito so it’s good
Read More »SFIV sequel in the works? Most likely
If you know anything about the history of Street Fighter then you come to expect that Capcom will release an update or two for the game which adds more characters, moves and other items
Read More »Videos of Sega’s Heat Up Hockey
[Via AM Net and Gigazine] One game I have really been wanting to see in action from the recent JAMMA trade show would be Sega’s new Heat Up Hockey. Fortunately after a short wait,
Read More »Stern prepping a Lord of the Rings Limited Edition pin?
From the looks of it, I would say that this is quite likely. While we all are waiting to see how Big Buck Hunter pinball will turn out, I have heard that they also
Read More »Round-up from the JAMMA show (updated)
Since I don’t have the opportunity to visit the JAMMA show in Japan, we have to rely on what other sites are showing us in regards to what is going on over there. Thanks
Read More »More articles on the perceived state of the arcade industry
It’s been a slow couple of days for arcade news but amongst the slowdown there are a few articles worth noting that deal with the “arcades are dead” consensus. As you know I personally
Read More »Arcade-in-a-box Tournament Center opens in Tuscon, AZ
If you are looking to open up an entertainment business, whether it is an arcade or something similar, one modern twist on the coin-op arcade center model is to open a place where people
Read More »Raw Thrills'/Play Mechanix unveil Big Buck Hunter: Open Season
While a vast majority of news about new arcade titles has been coming out of Japan lately, AMOA is almost here and that means some game news from outside Japan for a change. This
Read More »SFIV Vewlix cabinet on eBay – how "real" is it?
Not satisfied with building your own arcade cabinet for SFIV and you want the real, “official” thing? Then this auction on eBay is for you. The seller apparently won this through Gamestop/Capcom’s sweepstakes by
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