Monthly Archives: November 2007 »
Houston Arcade Expo – Nov. 30th & Dec. 1st 2007
(Click on the flyer to enlarge) It seems like everywhere has an annual arcade expo except for where I live. That will have to change once I get my arcade open. The latest expo
Read More »Raw Thrills announces a rebate for The Fast and Furious Drift, dedicates $25 mil. to new arcade games
Raw Thrills just announced that the 3500th unit of The Fast and Furious Drift came off the line and to celebrate they are offering an instant rebate for operators who purchased the game for
Read More »8 NASCAR cabs next to each other
(Click to enlarge) I just dropped by the Cosmic Amusements website for the first time and I caught this scene, pictured above. Just thought it would be nice to share, in case anyone wanted
Read More »The Last Starfighter
I have to put my hands up to Rogue Synapse, to recreate this cabinet from the movie The Last Starfighter is no mean feat and thier effort is absolutely outstanding, read on…… [via Oh Gizmo]
Read More »Recent Trend: Arcade modes and game consoles
While looking around the blogosphere I just noticed that one popular game, Call of Duty 4 will have an “Arcade Mode” where you simply fight waves of enemies for a high score. This seems
Read More »Midnight Maximum Tune 3 Japanese website reopened
It’s a slow news day but that doesn’t mean we can’t find something to talk about. While looking around the net I found that the official Japanese website for the racer MaxiTune 3 has
Read More »Argos Selling Retro Cocktail Cabinet
This just shows that there is still an interest in arcade gaming out there, be it retro, over wise Argos (a big UK retailer) would not be selling this beauty. [via Arcade Lounge] Retro-gaming certainly has
Read More »Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap
It seems that Gizmodo is really picking up on a lot of arcade-related stuff these days. Which is fine with us, the more attention brought to arcades, the better. The latest thing I have
Read More »80's Arcade game comeback
OK, so this is about a year old but I just found out about it and it’s a good look at classic arcade games and the surge in retro gaming popularity (which continues to
Read More »Pac-Txt : The Text Based Version of Pac-Man
Pac-Man has been in a lot of things but this is decidedly the first time I have heard of him having his own text adventure. According to the site, this game came up
Read More »Mobile Suit Gundam Vs. Gundam kit
In Japan there are no shortage of Gundam themed games and that is a trend that is reflected even more by Japan’s arcade scene with the likes of thos awesome dome shaped cabinets and
Read More »Initial D4 in the spotlight
Gizmodo has a video up of Sega’s Initial D4 Special which we have reported on a few times in the past. It looks like people are certainly interested in it as the page
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