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Konami prepping a Pop N' Music 19 with a 3D display

Shaggy April 1, 2010 3

Music game fans, there’s some love for you out there too as Konami has announced a new Pop ‘n Music, called Pop N’ Music IIDXG, which takes elements from all of your favorite bemani

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Stern says Ironman pinball available now UPDATED

Shaggy March 31, 2010 7

This caught me completely by surprise – according to a press release that was just sent out by Stern Pinball, Ironman pinball is now available for purchase. I am surprised by this as I

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Could Elevator Action: Death Parade be getting a release outside of Japan? UPDATE: Yes it will

Shaggy March 30, 2010 4

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tip) While Taito hasn’t held a very strong presence in the arcade scene outside of Japan for the past few years, they still have been out there, getting

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Transformers rolling out for Japanese arcades this summer

Shaggy March 27, 2010 0

Via Back in January, Sega Japan made an announcement that they would be producing a new arcade title based upon the cartoon favorite Transformers. No details were given about the nature of the game

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Tech Radar takes a look at recent Japanese arcade releases

Shaggy March 26, 2010 0

Via When a mainstream website takes notice of current events surrounding the arcade industry, then it can go one of two ways – they get accurate information from people inside the industry and thus

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Revisiting Subsino’s Kung Fu Ball

Shaggy March 25, 2010 2

When I was at IAAPA last November, I came across a booth that had several head-to-head cocktail cabinets setup there which featured a new game I hadn’t heard of before called Kung Fu Ball.

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Reminders for releases this month: Terminator Salvation, Tank! Tank! Tank!, Pump It Up Pro 2 & Fiesta, Sega Racing Classic

Shaggy March 20, 2010 7

This post is just a reminder of some new games that have come to arcades this month which you can be on the look-out for. In case you need a little help in finding

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Next from Stern Pinball: Ironman

Shaggy March 18, 2010 5

(thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip) Via Pinballnews.com Stern Pinball has revealed the first picture of their next pinball machine, Iron Man and with it, a good idea of what to

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Rassen seeking to bring Vulcan-M and Shooting Star to the US UPDATE Vulcan now at Trocadero in London

Shaggy March 17, 2010 8

Of all the light-gun games we have discussed in recent times, perhaps one of the most surprising setups we have seen is the new content coming from Korean company Rassen as they seek to

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Amusement Expo 2010 wrap-up (part 1)

Amusement Expo 2010 wrap-up (part 1)

Shaggy March 13, 2010 0

  Since this probably won’t be the very last post I make in regards to the Amusement Expo that happened this week (we’ve got a podcast coming next week which will talk about it

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Amusement Expo 2010: Namco booth wrap-up

Shaggy March 13, 2010 0

As I wasn’t able to finish uploading these video last night, I saved them for today along with this post. Namco had a strong presence at Amusement Expo and that was obviously dominated by

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Amusement Expo 2010: Friction Game Studios, Pipeline Games, Lights Out Boxing, & the ICE booth

Shaggy March 13, 2010 3

Also at the show for it’s first official showing was the indie developed arcade shooter, Friction. I actually played through the whole game and when I had left the show I still had the

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