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Play Mechanix hiring

Shaggy September 26, 2007 0

Have you ever wanted to work for a game company that creates arcade titles? Well now might be your chance as Play Mechanix (Big Buck Hunter, Aliens: Extermination) is looking for  a game programmer.

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The Last Starfighter on HD-DVD = old arcade goodness in high-def

Shaggy September 26, 2007 3

OK so it’s not really the purpose of this blog to write about movies, but I have to comment on what I got in the mail yesterday. Last week Universal released The Last Starfighter

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First look at Primeval Hunt by Sega

Shaggy September 25, 2007 0

(Click to enlarge) [Thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report] Kevin has sent us a couple of pics of Sega’s latest hunting game, Primeval Hunt. This cabinet looks awesome – highly detailed, nice

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Screens for America's Army, NASCAR and Puck Off

Shaggy September 25, 2007 0

Well the games have been out for a few weeks now but we haven’t seen any screengrabs of America’s Army nor of EA NASCAR from GlobalVR until now. They finally updated their website which

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'Action Detective' by Konami uses new motion controls for beat 'em up gameplay

Shaggy September 22, 2007 0

  [Via the AM-Net Blog] (Click on the image above to see the full poster) With the AM Show over an done with, it is a little disheartening seeing all of the games that

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Stern Pinball Tournament at the upcoming AMOA 2007 event

Shaggy September 21, 2007 0

Details have been announced for the upcoming IFPA-AMOA 2007 Pinball Championship, which is being hosted by Stern Pinball. They competition is open to everyone that attends the AMOA 2007 event and they are giving

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Heartland Pinball and Arcade Supershow this weekend

Shaggy September 21, 2007 0

If you live anywhere near southern Illinois(Herrin to be exact), then this is for you. This weekend the Heartland Pinball and Arcade Supershow returns to the Herrin Civic Center for the third year in

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Big Buck Hunter Pro Online Debuting next week at AMOA 2007

Shaggy September 20, 2007 2

We first heard about the next version of the popular series Big Buck Hunter on G4TV when they interviewed Play Mechanix, the developers of the game and now it is finally headed to the

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Warlords has arrived!

Shaggy September 19, 2007 2

It came two days earlier than I had expected it to, but Warlords is here! The game is in excellent condition, I did have to make a couple of small adjustments to the monitor

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"Back Off" LED Space Invaders Doormat

Shaggy September 19, 2007 2

[Via The Stinger Report] Hehe, this is really cool. I’ll probably end up buying one for my house and my arcade. I think it also makes a nice mat to put in front of

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Off-site review: Pac-Man VR

Shaggy September 18, 2007 0

I find this quite interesting for several reasons – one because this is a unique version of Pac-Man only found in arcades as you play as Pac-Man in the first person, it’s one of

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Atari Games 20th Anniversary Videos

Shaggy September 18, 2007 0

Digital Press has posted some arcade related videos up on youtube, including a tape made only for internal distribution at Atari Games. It’s a nice look at the history of Atari’s arcade legacy, although

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