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The Act Conversion Kit purchased!
Recently we mentioned that Cecropia, makers of the coin-op title called The Act had cancelled that game for the arcade market. I was pleased to find out however that a number of kits were
Read More »London Preview 08 – Stinger looks at Arcades in 08 – Part I – Sega
[Thanks to The Stinger Report] The London 08 Preview is over and with it information on what we can expect to see in arcades next year. Many thanks to Kevin Williams and The Stinger
Read More »The Stinger Report looks at upcoming Sega titles
[The Stinger Report] The latest Stinger Report takes a look at some Sega titles shown off at private shows in September, including Primeval Hunt that we posted about not long ago. The Stinger reveals
Read More »Video – Arcade Warehouse raid, 2001
Now this is arcade heaven – video of a warehouse ‘raid’ in March 2001 by JWC, SteveW and Exidy (screen names of course – I used to correspond with JWC back in 2001 or
Read More »Slikstiks, illuminated joysticks
While browsing the internet I came across something that I forgot about from a few years ago – SlikStik Illuminated Joysticks. It looks like the company behind these mostly specializes in control panels for
Read More »Another arcade acquisition – Tetris
Hot on the heels of the Warlords cocktail I ended up buying a Tetris cabinet today (Saturday on my time) for only $100. I was at work when someone who knows about my interest
Read More »My latest arcade purchase – Warlords Cocktail cabinet
Well I have just bought my first game using funds for my arcade and it’s not a new game, in fact it’s older than I am (by a year or so) – Warlords (Cocktail
Read More »Pics from this years California Extreme event!
(Photos Courtesy of Ataricade (www.ataricade.com)) The California Extreme(CAX) event has come and gone but with it are a ton of pics! Here we are reposting many pictures taken by user Ataricade (who runs an
Read More »Over 1,700 Arcade Game Manuals
Wow! Now this is a truly amazing resource, thanks to Kotaku for pointing this out. [ASCII by Jason Scott via Waxy.org] [Over 1,700 Arcade Game Manuals] [Discuss on the Forum
Read More »GlobalVR's new NASCAR Racer to use new force feedback technology
[Via CoinOPToday.com] GLOBAL VR® USES IMMERSION’S ROBUST FORCE FEEDBACK STEERING TECHNOLOGY Beginning with the release of EA SPORTS™ NASCAR Racing, SAN JOSE, Calif – GLOBAL VR today announced that it is now using a
Read More »Arcade Culture essay at insomnia.ac
[Via Insomnia.ac] ” [It] is the observation that games released in the arcades are of a much higher quality, on average, than games released for the home console market. In other words, if
Read More »Tekken 6 kit listed on Coinopexpress
Coinopexpress has listed a Tekken 6 kit on the Coming Soon section of their website. They also have it listed for a release on November 30th 2007. Hopefully it will be available in arcades
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