Location Test Mania: Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot (Capcom/Bandai Namco); Pop’n Music (Konami); Forklift Frenzy (Bay Tek)
While it’s been a slow news period for the summer, that doesn’t mean that nothing »
Sega Amusements & 501 Entertainment Bring Interactive Mini Golf To Market
A few years ago, Sega Amusements broadened their horizons into social entertainment by partnering with »
July Trade Shows: Bowl Expo & IAAPA Expo Asia 2025
With July fully underway, it’s time to take a look at a couple more trade »
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
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Reminder: Arcade Heroes GOTY 2010 polls close tomorrow
As per the headline, the polls we opened towards the end of December for a vote on your pick for the 2010 Arcade Game of the Year close tomorrow. I kept them open for
Read More »Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade First Photos
(Thanks to Bob T. of Skokie for the pics!) A little over a week ago, we ran a rumor post about the development of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing into an arcade game, which
Read More »KOF remakes for ’98 and 2002 coming Jan. 24th to NESiCA
Of all the fighting game series to grace the arcade, none has been as consistent in releasing a yearly update in some form than The King of Fighters by SNK Playmore. Out of the
Read More »Incredible Technologies launching new Facebook promo with Golden Tee 2011
There aren’t many arcade games which feature online connectivity and there are even fewer which connect to Facebook. In fact, there is only one I know of and that’s Incredible Technologies Golden Tee LIVE
Read More »New Tekken Tag Tournament 2 screens to drool over
Famitsu.com has a spread of new screens from the upcoming arcade fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 by Namco and as always, they are something worth checking out. It’s true that it’s better to see
Read More »Sega shipping Let’s Go Island in the US
We’re just on a roll with the game announcements this week it seems(much like The Spice, the Arcades must flow). Sega Amusements USA has issued a press release regarding their latest light-gun shooter, Let’s
Read More »The return of VR?
Newsfeed 990 via Technology has a funny way of working at times. Occasionally, ideas were too far ahead of their time or the technology didn’t live up to the ambition of the idea behind
Read More »Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping
When Namco was revealing the different ways in which they celebrated Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary last year, no one product they revealed was more surprising than Pac-Man Battle Royale. We first got a chance to
Read More »Al Alcorn talks Atari and Pong
Newsfeed 987 via Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Pong and how the video arcade industry got it’s start but it’s one thing to read about that story and it’s another to hear about
Read More »The Arcade Street in Paris
Newsfeed 986 via If you’re in Paris and you want to enjoy playing some arcades from Japan, then you’ll want to find your way to Arcade Street. This location is near Nation subway station
Read More »Arcade Infinity NOT closing their doors this Saturday after all
A couple of weeks ago we shared the sad news that Arcade Infinity, a well-known arcade in the SoCal area, was going to be shutting it’s doors on January 15th. Following the announcement there
Read More »New arcade auction company opening – American Amusement Auctions
(Thanks to Jonathan of Arcaderepairtips.com for the tip!) If you’re in the market for coin-op equipment then auctions are always a good place to find a variety of machines at good prices, when they
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