Monthly Archives: November 2008 »
25 years and still standing – the Asteroids High Score
I’m sorry I missed this one yesterday but being a day late doesn’t hurt. Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Scott Safran setting the still unbroken high score record on Atari’s Asteroids, setting the
Read More »New images from Stern's CSI Pinball
[Thanks to IcePagoda for the tip] Pinball News has the first images of the new CSI pinball machine by Stern and after looking at them I have to say that I am far more
Read More »Worried about the economy? Advertise
The AAMA has created a very interesting document that is of value to arcade operators and soon-to-be operators alike – something that deals with making money during a recession. Can such a thing be
Read More »A look at the Game Galaxy Arcade, Tennessee
It’s always great to keep the arcade reviews coming, and today we have a look at the Game Galaxy Arcade in Antioch, Tennessee. The Game Galaxy is located in a mall and is another
Read More »The Pac-Man Christmas Ornament
It’s that time of year, where stores start jumping the gun for the Christmas holiday and begin rolling out the merchandise well before the month of December rolls around. It’s a little easy to
Read More »Jerad's Choice BBH Online Tourney
Sorry about the lack of updates the past few days – I’ve been busy, busy ,busy with the arcade and other things in life. It seems like when one machine breaks down they all
Read More »DJ Max Technica coming to the US
(Thanks to Phil on the forums for the tip!) We first talked about DJ MAx Technica a few months ago but we had not heard anything about it since so I wasn’t sure what
Read More »9 year old drives familiy car after some practice on an arcade racer
Are racers more realistic in the arcade than at home? Usually, thanks to the built in steering wheels and pedals that are far more realistic and less clumsy to handle then you generally see
Read More »Castlevania Arcade – Video & Photos
As promised, above the video I got of Castlevania Arcade and below the pictures that I took of Konami’s new game as well as the rest of the Hollywood Bowl arcade, which is a
Read More »Castlevania Arcade – UK Location Test
I doesn’t get any better than this I tell you. I thought I’d swing by the Finchley Hollywood Bowl to play a few games and was extremely pleased to see Castlevania Arcade on test there!
Read More »Konami testing GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 "Blazing" in Japan
Konami is location testing the next version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania games in Japan (the original use-a-music-instrument-as-a-controller games) and it seems like it wasn’t long ago that they were doing the same with
Read More »Poll Time – Your Favourites?
This weeks question is… On to the last poll results. Nothing particularly radical revealed, but nice to know all same what our readers get up to; I’ll try and make this a weekly thing,
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