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UK Arcade owners blasts new licensing fees
This is a sad bit of news out of Minehead UK, where a local government has taken it upon themselves to increase licensing fees for arcade operators and not just a little bit
Read More »Mario Kart GP 2 available, new features listed
Once again BHM Vending seems to have the leg up on other distributors (or they just happen to update their website more frequently) when it comes to the hot new arcade games that will
Read More »Look out DDR: LightSpace technology can bring other types of foot-controlled games to the arcade
For years Dance Dance Revolution (and similar clones) has reigned supreme in the video game world when it comes to foot-controlled video games. Well move over DDR because here comes LightSpace. Lightspace is an
Read More »Silent Hill Arcade Location Testing in Japan
We are a day or two late on catching this, but Konami is currently testing their latest incarnation of Silent Hill (simply called Silent Hill Arcade) in Japan as of May 1st and the
Read More »Merit releases Megatouch Force 2007.5; adds 17 new games to their touchscreen systems
Merit Entertainment has released an update for their touchscreen table-top arcade games called Force 2007.5. This is a free update for operators that run these machines and it adds 17 new titles and enhancements
Read More »Could the future of coin-op be e-payment? With Mastercard's help it could be.
One of the primary pinnacles of the coin-op industry has always been the item that gives the industry it’s name – the coin. However with recent developments in the food vending industry and the
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Review – Balloon and Balloon
Every Wednesday we’re going to have a review of an arcade game on the site. The age of the game doesn’t matter, anything goes as long as it is arcade related. So check in
Read More »Raw Thrills’ Drift Released In Europe By Brent Sales/Namco
For our European readers, this may be of interest as Raw Thrills releases its answer to EA’s Need For Speed: “The hotly anticipated sequel to Raw Thrills’ AAA video driver, The Fast and the
Read More »More Silver Strike Bowling Contests
As an addition to Twisted Supreme’s post yesterday about the guy who won a new Harley for playing Silver Strike Bowling, the Silver Strike Bowling website lists the winners for each weekly and monthly
Read More »Paradise Lost Officially Released
“GLOBAL VR® today announced that it is beginning to ship production units of the highly anticipated “super-shooter,” Paradise Lost. Paradise Lost is inspired by Ubisoft’s hit game Far Cry Instincts®. Providing a completely new
Read More »Pro Keds Releases Arcade Series of Shoes
If you have ever glanced at your wardrobe and thought “Gee, I sure wish I could show people my love for Asteroids through my shoes!” then this is right up your alley. Of course
Read More »Strobing Marquees in the Gameroom
I guess this will be our ‘time waster’ for the week. Here is a video on YouTube that shows an arcade collectors game room where he has set up 36 marquees around the room
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