Monthly Archives: July 2010 »
Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! update adds new enemies, NamCam avatars
Namco America has announced a new software update for Tank! Tank! Tank!, and with it comes new content that gives players more to look for when they play the game. The update will give
Read More »Seen at Hollywood Bowl, UK – Beatbox Recording Studio
(Thanks to Kieran for the tip and photos) You might recall that back in 2009, Raw Thrills had been looking into releasing an American Idol game, where a person would record themselves singing, being
Read More »More arcade goodness coming to Brandenton, FL with Saturn 5
Newsfeed 874 via The Herald Tribune has the story on an operator in the area of Bradenton, FL who has made it his objective to expand his business into a family entertainment center which
Read More »Trio-Tech Amusements unveils 'XD Dark Ride'
Newsfeed 873 via Trio-Tech Amusement, makers of high-earning attractions such as Typhoon, XD Theater, and UFO Stomper, has a new attraction which they are preparing for a release, called Dark X Theater XD Dark
Read More »Capcom's Sengoku Basara – the amusement park attraction
Newsfeed 872. Link sent by Back in 2005 Capcom released a new game for the Playstation 2 called Sengoku Basara. Five years and well over a million sales later they are preparing to release
Read More »Taito's new Space Invaders themed game in Japan where button mashing = happiness
Newsfeed 871 via While several other arcade classics have seen coin-op updates in recent times, including Sea Wolf, Elevator Action and Pac-Man, one glaring omission from the list is Taito’s Space Invaders. Taito has
Read More »AVATAR Pinball machine coming to arcades and game rooms this fall UPDATED
Stern Pinball revealed their next pinball game for this fall this morning and once again it is based upon a movie license. This time however, Stern got on board with the highest grossing film
Read More »Namco patents reveal work on new stereoscopic and motion-sensing technologies
AM Net this morning has linked to a document discussing some new patents that Namco has won and as always, with new patents comes the speculation as we ponder about new content which they
Read More »Little change in the Twitter feed
For those that use Twitter, I have made a minor adjustment to the feed on the right hand side of the front page here. Previously it was a feed I was using for promoting
Read More »CAVE tests new shmup "Red Sword" in Japan
CAVE has a new shmup they are testing in Japan, called Red Sword (or Red Katana if you want to make it sound cool). It’s not surprising news that Cave has a new shooter
Read More »Gamepro does a podcast on California Extreme
Newsfeed 860 via When I was a kid, I enjoyed reading the game magazine Gamepro. In the days before the internet was in everyone’s home, it was the only place I got news on
Read More »Experience a top-of-the-line race simulator at the Weston–Super–Mare Grand Pier, UK
Newsfeed 868 via If you aren’t happy with the driving experience that a run o’ the mill arcade driver gives you then there are companies which address that, with crazy setups like we see
Read More »
