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The story behind a unique arcade game about Waffles

The story behind a unique arcade game about Waffles

arcadehero December 13, 2010 2

The holiday season is always good for a heart warming story and Kotaku has one they published today that involves a waffle restaurant in Eugene, Ore., a unique arcade game made as a gift

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Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game

Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game

arcadehero December 10, 2010 2

Newsfeed 968 via Back in September of this year the Tokyo Game Show held a little surprise for arcade fans in the form of something called Astro Ranger. Developed by a South Korean company,

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Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

arcadehero December 10, 2010 0

We have known that the latest installment of Konami’s DDR series, X2, would be getting a December release in the US and that time has finally arrived. The software has reportedly been tweaked to

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Fast and Furious Super Cars by Raw Thrills shipping this week

Fast and Furious Super Cars by Raw Thrills shipping this week

arcadehero December 7, 2010 3

The latest edition of Raw Thrills’ popular Fast And Furious racing series begins shipping this week and that means soon you might find it at a venue near you. I got some hands-on time

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New Dragonball Z arcade game + Chinatown Fair Arcade in the NYT

New Dragonball Z arcade game + Chinatown Fair Arcade in the NYT

arcadehero December 2, 2010 3

Newsfeed 963 via We’ve got two different stories to cover here with this Stinger newsfeed, first we’ll start off with a new game that was unveiled in Japan by Namco called Dragonball Zenkai Battle

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Big Buck World released

Big Buck World released

arcadehero November 26, 2010 1

We’ve known about it for a few months already but the latest installment to the popular Big Buck Hunter franchise, Big Buck World is now shipping according to BMI Gaming. That means that within

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PGM2 hardware gets some attention starting in December

PGM2 hardware gets some attention starting in December

arcadehero November 11, 2010 9

Back in early 2008, Taiwan-based IGS released a new hardware platform called the PGM2. It was a JAMMA machine with excellent 2D capabilities, 4-player support and it accepted cartridges. They released one game with

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Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Shaggy November 9, 2010 8

We have been following the development of the independently made arcade title Friction for a couple of years now and I’m happy to pass along the latest information about the game, coming to us

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Fast Striker released for the NeoGeo MVS

Fast Striker released for the NeoGeo MVS

Shaggy October 7, 2010 6

This past April we first heard about a new game for the NeoGeo MVS called Fast Striker by NG:DEV.TEAM in Germany. Now some months later the developers have had a chance to test the

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Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters

Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters

Shaggy June 23, 2010 15

There is a new racing game set to enter the arcade market this year and this one is coming from Sega Amusements Europe and Codemasters.  It’s one console gamers may already be familiar with,

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The latest update to Virtua Fighter 5 in motion

The latest update to Virtua Fighter 5 in motion

Shaggy June 8, 2010 0

Stinger Newsfeed 825 While many companies in Japan continue to pump out new fighters or updates to games already in their line-up, Sega isn’t far behind. With Virtua Fighter 5, Sega maintains at least

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Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich

Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich

Shaggy April 27, 2010 9

Back in 2001, Midway made a decision to dump their long standing coin-op division in favor of focusing developments on console gaming.  When that decision came down, there were still some arcade games floating

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