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Konami's GTI Club Cabinet revealed
I’m used to seeing arcade cabinets designed in a way to attract people’s attention but I have to say that this new image of Konami’s upcoming Mini racer, GTI Club takes the cake for
Read More »ESP Agent Revealed
What if Dragon Punch were a video game? In case that thought has ever crossed your mind (and I’m sure it has 😛 ), then now you will find out with Global Star’s ESP
Read More »CastleVania: The Arcade Game
Konami has tested out their new CastleVania: Arcade game in Japan and it is different than the ‘medal’ version I’ve seen on AM-Net – it’s an actual video game. It uses a cabinet similar
Read More »First real images of Batman: Dark Knight Pinball
[Thanks IcePagoda!] The Dark Knight is one awesome movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should as it’s worth it (even though they raised ticket prices at the theater, grrr). Now obviously there
Read More »Interview with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono
Nikkei Trendy has an interview with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono and from what can be understood from the broken translator English, you can see how much of Street Fighter II they are
Read More »Interview with Steve Wiebe & Walter Day about the classics
I still need to get the documentary, King of Kong. It’s the kind of film that demonstrates the rivalry that is such an integral part of arcade culture, or at least is most prominent
Read More »PGA Tour Golf All-Access Pass unlocks more courses for offline machines
GlobalVR has announced an update for their EA Sports PGA Tour Golf arcade title called the All Access Pass. The Pass is for offline versions of the game which previously only had 11 courses
Read More »California Extreme 2008
I nearly forgot that CAX 2008 took place this past weekend – it’s the best arcade show in the country and here I am forgetting about it. Naturally, I was unable to go but
Read More »Incredible Technologies & Betson form an alliance
It’s hard to keep track on distributor/manufacturer relations sometimes and if you visit distributor websites you sometimes find that they carry products from one company but not another. It’s obviously in the best interest
Read More »DDRX location test report
(Image via MIYA the attic. The identities of the players will not be televised :P) Konami’s latest entry into the DDR series, Dance Dance Revolution X is currently on location test in Japan and
Read More »SFIV twin player cabinets @ e3, release hits Japan tomorrow
It’s nice to see that there is a small arcade presence at e3 this year, thanks to Capcom bringing the arcade version of the game to the show. It’s still frustrating that no announcement
Read More »New arcade in the works in Temecula,CA
No image to go along with this one but it appears that one entrepreneur is attempting to open up an arcade/party center in Temecula, CA. It sounds like an FEC will be in the
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