Monthly Archives: September 2007 »

Retro Games @ Nottingham Festival

Twisted Supreme September 30, 2007 1

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

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Spiderman Challenge

Twisted Supreme September 28, 2007 0

  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

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The Stinger Report – Record Number of Incidents in Amusements in August

Shaggy September 28, 2007 0

  [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

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Now that's cool – the Transparent pinball machine

Shaggy September 27, 2007 0

[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

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Play Mechanix hiring

Shaggy September 26, 2007 0

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.

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The Last Starfighter on HD-DVD = old arcade goodness in high-def

Shaggy September 26, 2007 3

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

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First look at Primeval Hunt by Sega

Shaggy September 25, 2007 0

(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

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288 Best Arcade Games of all time in just 9 minutes !!!

Twisted Supreme September 25, 2007 0

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

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Screens for America's Army, NASCAR and Puck Off

Shaggy September 25, 2007 0

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

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Taito DS Paddle Controller

Twisted Supreme September 24, 2007 0

  [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

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The Painstation

Twisted Supreme September 24, 2007 1

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

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Japanese Gamers Vote with Feet

Twisted Supreme September 24, 2007 0

  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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