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The Lord of Vermilion – new 'Squenix' arcade game creates lines in Japan

The Lord of Vermilion – new 'Squenix' arcade game creates lines in Japan

Shaggy December 7, 2007 2

SquareEnixs’ new coin-op game The Lord of Vermilion began it’s testing phase in Japan today and as seen on Game Watch, it’s already a smashing success. A line of people eager to play the

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A couple of shots on Criminal Action/Action Detective

A couple of shots on Criminal Action/Action Detective

Shaggy December 7, 2007 0

Coming across information on Konami’s new motion-controlled arcade title known as either “Action Detective” or “Criminal Action” has been a little difficult since we first heard about it a couple of months ago. Finally

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What Have We Been Playing This Week….

What Have We Been Playing This Week….

Twisted Supreme December 5, 2007 0

  Now you may notice an extra name on the post this week and that is because we have added a new member to the team. Sara has been tipping us for a while on simulator related news. So I thought

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KOF 98 to return to arcades

KOF 98 to return to arcades

Shaggy November 29, 2007 0

KOF 98 is the generally considered the best in the ‘King of Fighters’ series, defining what makes a 1-on-1 arcade fighter great. I happen to agree with the statements discussing how awesome KOF ’98

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Location Review: Voyager Entertainment – Stansted Airport

Location Review: Voyager Entertainment – Stansted Airport

Twisted Supreme November 26, 2007 0

Now it’s always a bonus when you come across an arcade at the airport. Firstly it’s a great way to kill time and secondly stops me drinking too much at the airport bar and

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Horse Riders Location Test

Horse Riders Location Test

Shaggy November 25, 2007 0

(Click on the image to enlarge) I don’t know much about this game but while on the Konami site looking at information about Action Detective I caught that this other coin-op title from Konami

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Konami's Action Detective Heads to location test

Konami's Action Detective Heads to location test

Shaggy November 25, 2007 0

[Via The Stinger Report] (Click on the image above to enlarge) Since I first heard about this a month or two ago I have been eager to find out more about Konami’s new 3D

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Shaggy's Weekly Review – Rockin' Bowl-a-Rama by Namco

Shaggy's Weekly Review – Rockin' Bowl-a-Rama by Namco

Shaggy November 21, 2007 1

I had a chance to play a bowling arcade game this past week and I figured it would be nice to check it out. Since bowling games have had a surge in popularity as

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Pictures from the Sega Private Fall Show 2007

Pictures from the Sega Private Fall Show 2007

Shaggy November 9, 2007 0

(Click on any image to enlarge, pictures via Dengeki Online) For as private as this is supposed to be, with the internet nothing is hidden really but that is good for us so we

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Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Countertop Coin-op game

Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Countertop Coin-op game

Shaggy November 8, 2007 0

  [Image via BMIGaming Via The Stinger Report] We posted about this a little while ago, but I forgot to post my impressions about the game as I recently had a chance to see

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Tekken 6 location test in Japan

Tekken 6 location test in Japan

Shaggy November 7, 2007 0

  Want to try out Tekken 6 early? Well you can if you live in Japan. It appears that the game will be tested out at a place called “Game Chiba City Stores Akira” 

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Recent Trend: Arcade modes and game consoles

Recent Trend: Arcade modes and game consoles

Shaggy November 5, 2007 0

While looking around the blogosphere I just noticed that one popular game, Call of Duty 4 will have an “Arcade Mode” where you simply fight waves of enemies for a high score. This seems

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