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Alien Pinball Announced + Checking Out The The Autumn Coin-Op Show (UK)
‘Tis the season of tradeshows, as new product aims to grab the attention of operators. I was sent a few pictures of “The Autumn Coin-Op Show”, attended by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report
Read More »Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 International Goes Live
One arcade game that always draws a lot of questions is Bandai Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune (WMMT) series. As a technical skill-based racer, it has quite a few fans all around the world. In the
Read More »Weekend Newsbag: The Hobbit In Action; Round 1 Opens in IL; NTG #20
Happy weekend arcaders! In case you haven’t seen it already, this weekend starts off with a bang with news of Sega and Codemaster’s next arcade racing game, Showdown. Check out this post with the
Read More »Entretenimientos DIANA Celebrates 80 Years Of Arcade Fun In Chile
(Thanks to Sebastian Moraga for the info) Statistically speaking, most businesses are lucky to make the 1 year mark; 5 years is a real milestone but what about 80 years in business? That can
Read More »Monday Newsbag: Two New Arcade Venues; Star Wars Preview; Play Expo; NTG# 19
It has been a busy week for news and where I have had to work, move to a new house, write an article for Replay Magazine and take care of various other things, I’m
Read More »Bandai Namco’s NYCC Unveiling Event – Star Wars Arcade Liveblog
Putting this at the top: The cabinet for the Star Wars: Battle Pod arcade game. Also, check out our recent interview with the lead producer for this game in case you are curious for
Read More »Newsbag: Dog Loves Pinball; Paul’s Video Arcade Move; PvZ Whacker; Zone Dome; NTG# 18
Happy weekend Arcaders! Hopefully with an arcade near you, you can enjoy some great coin-operated entertainment before the workweek starts up again. First item for the newsbag today is a fun video shared by
Read More »Over The Years: Star Wars At The Arcade
At the beginning of 1977, if one was to bet that Star Wars would become the cultural phenomenon that it is today, that would have been a risky guess if you had money on
Read More »UNIS Announces Drummer Kids For Arcades; Pirates Hook Sells 2000+ Units
We don’t often see video arcade games with a focus towards kids, although they do come along every now and then. Universal Space has announced that they are bringing an IGS arcade game to
Read More »Pinball: Videos of The Walking Dead and America’s Most Haunted
It is still a good time for pinball as we approach the busiest holiday season for pinballs seen in years. I got to talk a little bit about pinball at a school today as
Read More »Console-To-Arcade #1: Gauntlet; Kokuga; Riptide GP2
One trend that is a part of the modern arcade landscape is that of the Console-To-Arcade port. It was a very rare, but not unheard of occurrence, in the Golden Age. As development focus and
Read More »Discussion: What Will Bandai Namco Announce At The New York Comic Con?
With slow news this week I am going to do something a little different here. This post is for laying out some information then seeking your opinions on it, along with a little bit of
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