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Museum of Soviet Arcade Games Gets a New Location
For the past few years, we’ve occasionally heard about some retro and basically unknown arcade games that were made in Russia during the waning years of the Soviet Union. Back during the Golden Age
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Amusement Expo ’12 Follow-up With Pics, Video and More UPDATED
Apologies for the delay in finishing up on this but assets do take some time to trickle down to my hands but better late than never, right? Here is the rest of what was
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New Trailer for 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience
It’s well-known that the arcade scene in Japan is a strong one, supported by a culture that fully embraces the arcade concept in all of its forms. But if you are like me and
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Chinatown Fair Arcade Re-Opening Soon
They say time heals all wounds and in this instance I suppose that can also mean disputes with landlords. It was pretty big news across the internet when the famed Chinatown Fair Arcade had
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Amusement Expo Day 1: Tekken Tag 2, PIU Infinity, Koihime Musou
Amusement Expo 2012 officially opened up yesterday in Las Vegas and here is what was there to look over. Images thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. Compared to last year, there is
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First Look at the Big Buck HD Launch Event From Las Vegas
(Pictures thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report) Amusement Expo officially kicks off today in Las Vegas but yesterday Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix held a special and unusual launch event for their
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New Trailer and Release Date for Gun Lord
(Gun Lord running on an Egret 2 cabinet) The development of the Gun Lord for the NeoGeo MVS (and a few other platforms such as the AES and Dreamcast) is something that fans of
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Monday News Reel: Gameworks Vegas changes, The Act, eBay Item of the Week
It’s been another weekend with very little arcade news to speak of – calm before the storm of Amusement Expo I expect – so I’ve had to strain a little on news today, hope
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Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 Coming in Two Weeks
Next week we will be keeping an eye on Amusement Expo in Las Vegas but the week after that is another event certainly worth checking out, the annual Midwest Gaming Classic show, which takes
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Newsbag: Real Steel Arcade; Sinistar Vacuum; Konami Game Engine
Time for another random general interest post, mixing in small pieces of news that probably aren’t worth a whole post to themselves. Amusement Expo is just a week away. Unfortunately as things have worked
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New Trailer For Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited; Western release for Sega’s MaiMai?
Namco America has uploaded a new trailer to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited, which in a way confirms what I reported on just a few days ago that this is coming to arcades in
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First Look At Big Buck HD
(UPDATE: See pictures of the game cabinet and read about features from the Las Vegas Reveal!) It’s no secret that that latest Big Buck Hunter game is just about to hit the scene and
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