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Heat Up Hockey adds a new dimension to air hockey

Shaggy August 15, 2009 0

Of all the games I have purchased for my own arcade, one of the best investments I made was in an air hockey table. While I didn’t get anything fancy, I did get something

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Super Battle Opera 09 now taking place in Tokyo

Shaggy August 15, 2009 1

[Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info] Another big arcade fighter tournament is now taking place, this one the widely popular Super Battle Opera which is going on in Tokyo. Some of the games

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Golden Tee 2010 coming in September

Shaggy August 15, 2009 2

The next installment of the Golden Tee series is fast approaching, with a release of the latest title coming next month in September and Incredible Technologies is gearing up to hype the game for

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Guitar Freaks and DrumMania go XG

Shaggy August 13, 2009 0

[Thanks to Phil for the tip!] Konami isn’t letting up on their bemani upgrades and now Guitar Freaks (the guitar video game before Guitar Hero) and DrumMania (kind of the same in regards to

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LAI Games' Textminator appears at the AAMA Gala

Shaggy August 13, 2009 5

It looks like there is a still a little bit of news to discuss about in regards to the AAMA Gala, with this recent press release that was sent out by LAI Games. You

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Arcade style horse racing soon coming to the Wii

Shaggy August 13, 2009 2

The creation of new peripherals for the Nintendo Wii that mimic controls that have already been seen in arcades continues to come along at a steady pace and the latest one that we have

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The DIY Mini-NeoGeo cabinet

Shaggy August 13, 2009 0

Arcade cabinets are never seen as truly portable devices but this mini-Neo Geo cabinet certainly could be. The designer of this particular model has created mini-cabinets previously but those used old consoles. This uses

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New arcade in West Virginia – TJ's Arcade

Shaggy August 10, 2009 0

I’m finding it encouraging that we are seeing more news come around of new locations opening up in various places and the latest example of this opening trend is TJ’s Arcade in Mannington, West

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The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas

Shaggy August 10, 2009 0

I have heard about the Pinball Hall of Fame more than once but I have never had the fortune of going there (which is more due to limited funds than interest – I hate

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Arcade booting screens now have a T-Shirt

Shaggy August 6, 2009 0

There are plenty of ideas in the arcade arena to fuel ideas for new t-shirts but admittedly I had never thought that retro booting screens would be one of them. Nevertheless, it has been

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Video of a new attraction – Lazer Frenzy

Shaggy August 6, 2009 1

Last week when we posted about a new FEC opening up in Florida called Xtreme Adventures, there was one thing that the company had mentioned as being a part of their facility called Lazer

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The Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2009

Shaggy August 5, 2009 0

[Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info] UPDATED – Had to fix an error regarding where the event is taking place. If you live in or near the Portland area then heads up, a

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