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Distributors or direct, a Stinger Report special

Distributors or direct, a Stinger Report special

Shaggy April 17, 2008 0

We are at an interesting crossroads in the arcade industry at the moment. The argument about the role of the distributor in the industry is nothing new, as proof Play Meter Magazine asked operators

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Shaggy's Review – Sea Wolf by Coastal Amusements

Shaggy's Review – Sea Wolf by Coastal Amusements

Shaggy April 16, 2008 4

I am going to try and review all the games I had a chance to play at ASI over the next few weeks – just as long as I can find the time to

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Big Buck Safari Deluxe price revealed

Big Buck Safari Deluxe price revealed

Shaggy April 15, 2008 0

Pretty brief update here but at ASI one game that I got a chance to play that I enjoyed was Big Buck Safari. While it had been announced before the show, it was still

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Rufus joins the ranks of Street Fighter IV

Rufus joins the ranks of Street Fighter IV

Twisted Supreme April 14, 2008 0

So we have another new entry to join the rest of the Street Fighter 4 crew and his name is Rufus. I can’t help it but he just reminds me of Bob from Tekken 6

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Action Deka on test in the UK

Action Deka on test in the UK

Shaggy April 14, 2008 0

One game that Konami has been working on that I have been interested in is Action Deka (or Action Cop), which uses some controls that reminds one of the Wii for driving, beat ’em

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"Post ASI Seminars & Spotlight show" at Betson

"Post ASI Seminars & Spotlight show" at Betson

Shaggy April 12, 2008 0

(Click on the image above to enlarge) If you live in or near Bensenville Illinois and you wanted to check out ASI, Betson is giving people a chance to get a taste of what

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Hundreds attend the public opening of ASI

Hundreds attend the public opening of ASI

Shaggy April 11, 2008 0

One new aspect of this year’s ASI convention was that they opened the show up on the last day of the event to the public. While I wasn’t there on the Saturday when this

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Where did we use to play arcade games?

Where did we use to play arcade games?

Twisted Supreme April 10, 2008 11

One of our forum members RJAY63 started an interesting new topic the other day; Where did we use to play arcade games. Now I’m really going to have think hard to remember all the places I’ve

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Reminder – Rochester Game Room Show this weekend

Reminder – Rochester Game Room Show this weekend

SaraAB87 April 10, 2008 0

This is just a friendly reminder that the Rochester, NY Game Room Show will be happening this weekend. I have been busy getting ready for the show! I will be there and will have

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Update on Sega Rally Arcade – not cancelled

Update on Sega Rally Arcade – not cancelled

Shaggy April 10, 2008 3

(Click on the images to enlarge) Despite the closure of the Sega studio in charge of creating racing titles for consoles, this title is still on track and is going through testing. To prove

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Konami's HorseRiders – an interesting twist on the card-based video game

Konami's HorseRiders – an interesting twist on the card-based video game

Shaggy April 9, 2008 0

Of the games I had been hoping to catch at ASI this year was Sanguozhi War 3 by Sega. It had been tested in Chicago but had since disappeared on the US scene. The

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A Spy Hunter Homecoming

A Spy Hunter Homecoming

Shaggy April 8, 2008 0

For many of us that have played arcade games for years and years, there is probably a couple of machines that we created an attachment to as we would play them all the time.

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