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Celebrity Pinball Tournament & Arcade Show 2008

Celebrity Pinball Tournament & Arcade Show 2008

Shaggy September 6, 2008 0

There are fundraisers which use expensive dinners to bring people in and then there are fundraisers which use games! This is the latter and not just any games are involved in this fundraiser for

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Update on my arcade, The Game Grid (8/29/08)

Update on my arcade, The Game Grid (8/29/08)

Shaggy August 30, 2008 24

It’s been a little while since I did an update on how my arcade, The Game Grid Arcade, is going and I’ve had a few people ask about it so here we go. We

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Big Buck Hunter Pro Online Tourney News

Big Buck Hunter Pro Online Tourney News

Shaggy August 9, 2008 2

Here is some brief news about the Big Buck Hunter tournaments currently going on. The Regional Qualifiers began yesterday and as a reminder are going until Sep. 7th. To enter one simply needs to

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Silver Strike Bowling Winners for May & June

Silver Strike Bowling Winners for May & June

Shaggy August 9, 2008 0

There have been a lot of official competitions being run by arcade developers lately and with those, winners to gather the prizes. First off is Silver Strike Bowling, which continues to hold competitions with

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New Raw Thrills' game, NickToons Nitro Now Available

New Raw Thrills' game, NickToons Nitro Now Available

Shaggy August 6, 2008 0

Raw Thrills’, Betson & Chicago Gaming have just announced the release of their latest racing game, NickToons Nitro, which is a game we mentioned some time ago when I got my hands on an

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Samurai Spirits Sen and KOF98 Ultimate Match now available

Samurai Spirits Sen and KOF98 Ultimate Match now available

Shaggy August 4, 2008 0

Fighter fans can now rejoice – two new fighters are now available for purchase, through at least two importing companies that I know of (and probably more), Legend Trading Company (update: I just noticed

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More DDRX details

More DDRX details

Shaggy August 4, 2008 0

BemaniStyle.com has some extra details on Konami’s latest entry in the DDR series, DDRX. Some features the game will include are an eAmusement card reader it also has USB ports and a dial not

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Tokyo Game Action Site Review & their 5th anniversary

Tokyo Game Action Site Review & their 5th anniversary

Shaggy August 1, 2008 0

A short time ago, we were contacted by Andrew McGuire, of Tokyo Game Action, an arcade in Winchendon, MA where their focus is Japanese arcade gaming. In addition to Japanese arcades they also have

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Video Review: Oriental Legend 2

Video Review: Oriental Legend 2

Shaggy July 30, 2008 4

Sorry about the lack of video reviews lately, I have been busy working on the PCs at my arcade along with trying to fix a number of problems the arcades have been having (my

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Silver Strike Bowling Championship results

Silver Strike Bowling Championship results

Shaggy July 15, 2008 0

One way to get players out to the arcade is to hold a tournament of sorts – get several people signed up, offer a cash prize, etc. While operators can only do this on

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Another review double feature: Chase HQ2 & 1942

Another review double feature: Chase HQ2 & 1942

Shaggy July 13, 2008 0

I’ve got another couple of reviews uploaded to the internet, this time Chase HQ2 by Taito and 1942 by Romstar/Capcom. I uploaded the CHQ2 video to Vimeo and 1942 to youtube for the time

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Next up on the Big Buck Hunter tournies – RAM JAM

Next up on the Big Buck Hunter tournies – RAM JAM

Shaggy July 12, 2008 0

Big Buck Safari has been one of my best earning games at my arcade recently (although last week it was beat by (brace yourselves) Indiana Jones Pinball which was the best earning game for

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