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Hands-on with Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix’s Big Buck HD

Hands-on with Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix’s Big Buck HD

Arcadian June 6, 2012 1

It’s E3 week and that means a lot of game news is out and about. Arcades are not dominating that news but they are there in a greater degree than seen previously, such as

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First footage of Wizard of Oz Pinball from E3 + other arcades at E3

First footage of Wizard of Oz Pinball from E3 + other arcades at E3

Arcadian June 5, 2012 5

Jersey Jack Pinball has surprised us by taking a production Wizard of Oz Pinball machine to E3. As such, some videos are already out on the net showing the game in action (in narrowvision

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Atari Trivia To Kick Off Atari Month

Atari Trivia To Kick Off Atari Month

Arcadian June 1, 2012 0

40 years ago in June 1972 a business was created that would launch off an industry that would influence and entertain millions of people, while also providing an economic boost to many. That was

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Donkey Kong Battle Rages On As Hank Chien Reclaims Top Score

Donkey Kong Battle Rages On As Hank Chien Reclaims Top Score

Arcadian May 30, 2012 0

Newsfeed 1209 via I’ve said before in regards to the world record score on Donkey Kong that this won’t be the last story about it and the same applies to this post. Made famous

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Videos of the games of GAGA2012

Videos of the games of GAGA2012

Arcadian May 25, 2012 0

It’s been difficult to get more information on what was at the recent amusement trade show in China, GAGA2012. But enough time has passed that I’ve been able to scrape up a little more

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Japan Update: WMMT4 news, Japanese Arcade Operator Interview, Western Games in Japan

Japan Update: WMMT4 news, Japanese Arcade Operator Interview, Western Games in Japan

Arcadian May 24, 2012 5

News for the West has been pretty slow lately although soon I expect the announcement on Big Buck HD so there will be that. But in the meantime here are some other items sent

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Rhythm & Puzzle Blend Together with Magical Beat

Rhythm & Puzzle Blend Together with Magical Beat

Arcadian May 16, 2012 0

Back in November we ran some news about a new rhythm and puzzle game being tested out in Japan by Arc System Works called Magical Beat. Today, we have news about the impending release

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GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012 Part 2

GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012 Part 2

Arcadian May 14, 2012 2

As promised, there was more that went on at the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012 then our first post covered, here is more of what was on hand. At IAAPA 2011 in November of

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Monday Musings: Links for KO Drive and WMMT4 Hong Kong Test; Rusty Quarters Arcade update

Monday Musings: Links for KO Drive and WMMT4 Hong Kong Test; Rusty Quarters Arcade update

Arcadian May 14, 2012 0

I’m out scouring for more GTI Asia Taipei news but that is slow going so in the meantime here are a couple of things to share. First off, Sega has really begun to push

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First Snippets of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012

First Snippets of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012

Arcadian May 13, 2012 2

This past week, from Thursday to Saturday was GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012, Game Time International’s arcade trade show event that takes place in Taipei, Taiwan. Not being able to make it there directly

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