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More Guitar Hero cabinets from Brazil
During my recent trip to Brazil I came across a number of Guitar Hero cabinets, produced by Brazilian game distributor Diverbras. I also came across a Rock Band 2 cabinet and a couple of
Read More »The most impractical, yet cool Ferrari simulator of the day
Newsfeed 899 via We’ve seen a number of racing simulators come onto the scene lately but none of them can make the claim that this one has. It’s controlled by a gigantic robotic arm.
Read More »Galloping Ghost Arcade open Friday night in Brookfield, IL (UPDATED with launch photos)
The new arcade facility headed by the group developing a new arcade fighter Dark Presence will be opening it’s doors tomorrow night @ 11:59PM and judging by the video they sent us, they have
Read More »GRID, Let's Go Island launching soon
Sega Amusements UK has sent out invites to an upcoming product launch event and Kevin Williams shared with us what the invitation looks like. 6 new products are being launched there, including GRID which
Read More »Terminator Salvation 32" cabinet
It’s been a few weeks since we first heard about the new Terminator Salvation arcade cabinet that has a smaller 32″ screen and mounted guns but except for a quick look on the AAMA
Read More »More Japanese location tests reports: Darius Burst and Chaos Code
(Thanks to ECM for the tip on Darius) When it comes to public location tests Japan rarely disappoints and we’ve got two to talk about today. First, popular game site Famitsu weighs in on
Read More »So a Chicago Bulls Dancer and a Cagefighter walk into an arcade and…
On Raw Thrills’ Twitter feed yesterday, they posted a link to a picture showing a Chicago Bulls Dancer working on a video shoot for something that they are working on. This video shoot also
Read More »Kevin Williams: "Coin-op is still ahead of console"
AH friend and contributor Kevin Williams, who heads up The Stinger Report has penned a feature article for Computerandvideogames.com and where he is an amusement industry expert, his subject: coin-op games. But more importantly,
Read More »Sky Troopers: Air Strike's Chinese clone
Newsfeed 898 via There was a time when clones or bootlegs in the arcade industry were very common. They still are out there to some degree and today we have a shining example of
Read More »New York town still enforcing silly pinball\arcade ban
Welcome to Beacon New York, where good out-of-home fun is out of the question. For eighteen months, the 70’s themed Retro Arcade Museum had been providing a great escape into classic gaming, featuring a
Read More »Do you want to see Darius Burst Another Chronicle outside of Japan? Tell Taito!
The announcement of the new Darius arcade in Japan has caused quite a stir and while at the moment the game has only been announced for a Japanese release, Taito has been quiet on
Read More ȃ RoboGol!
Newsfeed 896 via We have covered a couple of Brazilian made arcade video games in the past, notably Senninha GP and GP Brasil, both racing titles. I also got a look at several arcades
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