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SlamBots in action
When I caught the news about a product called SlamBots on the latest Stinger Report, I was intrigued. I have personally thought about the application of robotics in coin-op games before but this is
Read More »The Stinger Report #599 – IAAPA 07 coverage part I
The Stinger Report has released the first part of their IAAPA coverage and it is loaded with information pertaining to arcades and what the future holds for our industry. Certainly this is shaping up
Read More »1984 arcade Holiday Food Drive Party
Not long ago we posted a video about the 1984 arcade in Springfield Missouri, one of the few arcades out there that shuns newer titles and instead features only classic arcade titles to play.
Read More »KOF 98 to return to arcades
KOF 98 is the generally considered the best in the ‘King of Fighters’ series, defining what makes a 1-on-1 arcade fighter great. I happen to agree with the statements discussing how awesome KOF ’98
Read More »Want in on The Act?
I have received word from Cecropia that a full cabinet as well as a kit are up on eBay for their cancelled coin-op title The Act. You have probably already seen the footage I’ve
Read More »Dream Arcades launches their DreamCade Vision 120
Hot on the heels of the Voyager Arcade news comes this press release about Dream Arcades’ new DreamCade Vision 120 which packs 145 classic games onto a MAME PC along with a pre-built control
Read More »Namco getting ready to sue the pants off Voyager Arcade
See this cabinet above? It probably won’t be around much longer. If you are into arcades at all, you can’t surf the internet without running into one of these MAME-enabled cabinets that someone decided
Read More »Asteroids blasting its way to XBLA Wednesday
(click to enlarge) We don’t mention arcade remakes coming to XBLA that often but I felt that this one is worth mentioning as it’s Asteroids. That’s right, Atari mighty classic makes it way
Read More »Horse Riders Location Test
(Click on the image to enlarge) I don’t know much about this game but while on the Konami site looking at information about Action Detective I caught that this other coin-op title from Konami
Read More »Konami's Action Detective Heads to location test
[Via The Stinger Report] (Click on the image above to enlarge) Since I first heard about this a month or two ago I have been eager to find out more about Konami’s new 3D
Read More »SquareEnix heats up Japanese card game scene with The Lord of Vermillion
It looks like coin-operated trading card RPG titles are here to stay (at least in Japan – it still remains to be seen how well these games will catch on overseas although reports say
Read More »Some brief IAAPA 2007 coverage
[Via Barcade.com] Barcade has posted two articles on their experience at this year’s IAAPA event. There are some descriptions of games we’ve discussed here including the new Sea Wolf, TrioTech’s UFO Stomper, Sega’s RaceTV
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