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Sega debuting MLB Card Gen at AMOA 2009 (updated)

Shaggy August 18, 2009 4

It looks like Sega is ready to try out coin-op card video gaming again in the US as they have announced that they will be debuting their Sega Card Gen title which features an

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Heat Up Hockey adds a new dimension to air hockey

Shaggy August 15, 2009 0

Of all the games I have purchased for my own arcade, one of the best investments I made was in an air hockey table. While I didn’t get anything fancy, I did get something

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Super Battle Opera 09 now taking place in Tokyo

Shaggy August 15, 2009 1

[Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info] Another big arcade fighter tournament is now taking place, this one the widely popular Super Battle Opera which is going on in Tokyo. Some of the games

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Golden Tee 2010 coming in September

Shaggy August 15, 2009 1

The next installment of the Golden Tee series is fast approaching, with a release of the latest title coming next month in September and Incredible Technologies is gearing up to hype the game for

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Guitar Freaks and DrumMania go XG

Shaggy August 13, 2009 1

[Thanks to Phil for the tip!] Konami isn’t letting up on their bemani upgrades and now Guitar Freaks (the guitar video game before Guitar Hero) and DrumMania (kind of the same in regards to

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LAI Games' Textminator appears at the AAMA Gala

Shaggy August 13, 2009 1

It looks like there is a still a little bit of news to discuss about in regards to the AAMA Gala, with this recent press release that was sent out by LAI Games. You

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Stride gum launches a Save the Arcades initiative

Shaggy August 13, 2009 5

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!] When it comes to saving arcade companies across the US, I never would have thought that a gum company would be spearheading an effort to save them.

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Arcade style horse racing soon coming to the Wii

Shaggy August 13, 2009 2

The creation of new peripherals for the Nintendo Wii that mimic controls that have already been seen in arcades continues to come along at a steady pace and the latest one that we have

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The DIY Mini-NeoGeo cabinet

Shaggy August 13, 2009 1

Arcade cabinets are never seen as truly portable devices but this mini-Neo Geo cabinet certainly could be. The designer of this particular model has created mini-cabinets previously but those used old consoles. This uses

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Little update on the podcast and more

Shaggy August 13, 2009 3

I have to apologize for the lack of updates over the past few days along with missing the podcast again. I think I have a good reason for that though – last week I

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