Monthly Archives: April 2008 »

"House Rules" carved in wood by Melissa Jones

Shaggy April 5, 2008 0

A couple of weeks ago we had a post about the amazing wood work done by Melissa Jones where she was creating pieces of arcade character art in wood. Her latest project is taking

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Brief 'my arcade' update and a new arcade blog

Shaggy April 4, 2008 1

It’s time for a brief update on my arcade and I hate to say that almost nothing has happened since my last post. It’s really infuriated me – I was told to expect signing

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Upcoming game from Namco – AFREC!

Shaggy April 4, 2008 1

[Via Oga in Japan] While Namco had hinted at some interesting developments going on for their arcade division, they didn’t specify what it was that they were working on and honestly I didn’t expect

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Continuing on the violent games debate…

Shaggy April 4, 2008 0

A little while ago I brought up the always fun debate about violent video games in a post briefly discussing some laws that were being looked at by certain local governments in the US

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A look at Eugene Jarvis' work, past and present

Shaggy April 3, 2008 2

In the arcade world it’s hard to miss mega-hits like Defender, Robotron 2048, Smash TV, and Crusin’ USA and while many designers of classic arcade games have moved on to different things, the designer

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Some news from games in Japan

Shaggy April 3, 2008 0

A bit of Japan news here (which as always we must keep in mind that something here may or may not show up outside of Japan although we always hope that it will), first

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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 poster for charity

Shaggy April 3, 2008 0

It’s always nice to see something arcade-related to go up for a good charitable cause, in this case a limited edition poster for the Namco racer, Maximum Tune 3 that is signed by the

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The things that collectors do

Shaggy April 3, 2008 1

If you collect arcade games at all then you know that it can be rather difficult to find room for the cabinets at times. If you have a garage the hobby of collecting games

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ASI 2008 News Recap

Shaggy April 2, 2008 1

Just to help you in case you missed/overlooked anything, here is a recap of some of the news to come out of ASI this past week, either at the show or because of the

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Basketball sharpshooter!

Twisted Supreme April 1, 2008 0

I keep watching this over and over and I still think it’s fake. But how do you fake this! I’d like to see this guy play one where the hoop actually moves around! [Discuss

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Home made Lindbergh cabinet

Twisted Supreme April 1, 2008 1

Now this is nice home made cabinet. I’ve always been a fan of the simplicity of Sega’s Lindbergh cabinet, but this guy has gone the whole hog to show his love for it. This

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One planet under pinball article about Pinball championships in Vegas

Shaggy April 1, 2008 0

(Picture by Steve Marcus of main competitors Bowen Kerins and Neil Shatz after Kerins won the IFPA Championship) One thing I missed while at ASI was the IFPA Pinball Championships that were held in

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