Monthly Archives: May 2007 »

UK Arcade owners blasts new licensing fees

Shaggy May 8, 2007 0

  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

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2 Spicy Mini Site

Twisted Supreme May 7, 2007 0

I don’t know how long this has been up for, but Sega have put up a mini site for 2 Spicy. It contains some info about the game, screen shots and a shot of the

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First Impressions of Spiderman

Twisted Supreme May 7, 2007 0

  Over at Barcade, Ryan Cravens has had the chance to get a hands on with Stern’s latest table Spiderman, read on….. “I had the opportunity to play the Spider-Man pinball a couple of

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Three New Arcade Titles Heading To Xbox Live

Twisted Supreme May 7, 2007 1

Three new retro titles heading to XboxLive Arcade have emerged this morning thanks to the very useful ESRB website which has cleared them for arrival on Microsoft’s box. Asteroids, Missile Command and Tempest are

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Customized OCC (American Chopper) Pinball auctions for $10,600

MetaFox May 7, 2007 0

The Orange County Choppers pinball is actually a modification of a modification. Mega Golf Ball Frenzy was a modification of Williams’ 1997 ‘No Good Gofers’ by High End Pins. The OCC pinball is a

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Mario Kart GP 2 available, new features listed

Shaggy May 6, 2007 0

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

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Look out DDR: LightSpace technology can bring other types of foot-controlled games to the arcade

Shaggy May 5, 2007 3

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

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Stern Spider-Man Pinball Location Test

MetaFox May 4, 2007 3

Pinball News has a load of new images of Stern’s newest pinball game, Spider-Man, from it’s location test site in the Chicago suburbs. As the game is currently still in development, not all of

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Silent Hill Arcade Location Testing in Japan

Shaggy May 4, 2007 0

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

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Merit releases Megatouch Force 2007.5; adds 17 new games to their touchscreen systems

Shaggy May 3, 2007 1

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

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Could the future of coin-op be e-payment? With Mastercard's help it could be.

Shaggy May 3, 2007 3

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

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Shaggy's Weekly Review – Balloon and Balloon

Shaggy May 2, 2007 1

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

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