Monthly Archives: September 2007 »
Retro Games @ Nottingham Festival
After Edinburgh, Nottingham is fast becoming a cultural contender for the arts, with so many festivals running back to back and attracting worldwide attention. International and UK premieres from the world’s top dance troupes
Read More »Spiderman Challenge
Still waiting to play this latest Stern table, hopefully Preview? [via Barcade] Stern Pinball is hosting the 2007 IFPA-AMOA Pinball Championship at the AMOA International Expo Show in Las Vegas. The Championship will
Read More »The Stinger Report – Record Number of Incidents in Amusements in August
[Via The Stinger Report] This last August was the worst month in history for the international amusement sector, not in terms of sales, but in injuries and deaths as is reported in the lastest
Read More »Now that's cool – the Transparent pinball machine
[Via Gizmodo] I’ve seen a transparent Ms. Pac-Man cabinet before but even that pales in comparison when you imagine how much work it would take to make a transparent pinball machine. Based on the
Read More »Play Mechanix hiring
Have you ever wanted to work for a game company that creates arcade titles? Well now might be your chance as Play Mechanix (Big Buck Hunter, Aliens: Extermination) is looking for a game programmer.
Read More »The Last Starfighter on HD-DVD = old arcade goodness in high-def
OK so it’s not really the purpose of this blog to write about movies, but I have to comment on what I got in the mail yesterday. Last week Universal released The Last Starfighter
Read More »First look at Primeval Hunt by Sega
(Click to enlarge) [Thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report] Kevin has sent us a couple of pics of Sega’s latest hunting game, Primeval Hunt. This cabinet looks awesome – highly detailed, nice
Read More »288 Best Arcade Games of all time in just 9 minutes !!!
Found this video on Youtube and it does exactly what it says on the tin. With some NICE tunes to boot! Enjoy! [Discuss on the Forum
Read More »Screens for America's Army, NASCAR and Puck Off
Well the games have been out for a few weeks now but we haven’t seen any screengrabs of America’s Army nor of EA NASCAR from GlobalVR until now. They finally updated their website which
Read More »Taito DS Paddle Controller
[via DotGizmo] While bringing arcade games to your game console is a lot of fun, it does lack the magic of the original, especially when you’re playing with a tiny screen that’s touch-based
Read More »The Painstation
As crazy as this game sounds, I think after a few beers, this game could be very popular. Apparently this game has been about for a while, but I have never seen one. Read
Read More »Japanese Gamers Vote with Feet
News from Arcade Renaissanceweb site team revealed the drastic variances in attendance numbers between the Tokyo Game Show and the Amusement Machine Show the previous week. A 12% rise in attendance at the
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