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First thoughts on The Act (my review for the week)
The reason why I am calling this my first thoughts and not my final review is because I am having a little issue with the sound – nothing comes through the on-board PC sound
Read More »The Act Has Arrived!
I received my conversion kit for The Act today and I can hardly wait to spend some real time with the game. I hope to play it enough that I can write a
Read More »Awesome Neon Game Room Signs
If the shipping on these signs wasn’t ridiculously high ($143 USD) I’d be all over these for my own game room (or arcade). Either way they look really nice and cover both arcade and
Read More »Panoramic Mech Simulator Arcades in Japan
(Click to enlarge) While these aren’t anything new (there is a review of these from sometime ago at insomnia.ac) they are always cool to look at and even cooler to play. Gizmodo takes a
Read More »The Stinger Report : 'Exer-Gaming' Gaining Traction In Europe
[via The Stinger Report, #590] One of the latest Stinger Reports take a look at the influence of physical gaming in the fitness industry that can have some applications in the amusement industry and
Read More »More price drops on games
While looking around some distributor websites, I noticed some further price drops on games. For example the Deluxe version of Aliens: Extermination is now only $8975 where before it had been $11k. This probably
Read More »Golden Tee Live 2008 cabinet and price
BHM Vending has a place for the latest arcade version of Golden Tee up on their site along with an ordering page. The game is going for $4950 with this particular distributor which is
Read More »Article: Video Game Arcades make a comeback
[Via The Stinger Report] We have constantly made an effort to point out signs of both progress and growth in the arcade industry and it has been getting easier lately as those signs become
Read More »Samurai Spirits Location Testing
[Via Arcade Renaissance] This is quite the week for fighters. First the news about Street Fighter 4 and now word about Samurai Spirits going on location test in Japan. There is no word on
Read More »Black Spiderman pin on Stern Website
Stern Pinball has updated their website with information on their recently announced Limited Edition Black Spiderman pinball machine. As you can see the only difference is the artwork (which looks better than the original
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Review: Let's Go Jungle by Sega
In trying to keep up with reviewing newer titles, this week I’m reviewing Let’s Go Jungle (Deluxe edition)by Sega. If you enjoyed Jurassic Park by Sega you’ll probably enjoy this too, and it has
Read More »Another arcade opens up near me
This was a little surprising to me, but welcome as I find news that a new arcade is opening up in a city not too far from where I live. This makes about 9
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