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Konami brings Dance Masters to arcades as Dance Evolution Arcade

Konami brings Dance Masters to arcades as Dance Evolution Arcade

Arcadian September 24, 2011 2

(Image via AM-Net Blog) It’s been a while since we first heard that Konami was thinking about taking their Xbox 360 Kinect title, Dance Masters and turning it into an arcade title. According to

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Doing the laundry, arcade style

Doing the laundry, arcade style

Arcadian September 23, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1117 via One place where you might come across an arcade game that isn’t an arcade, FEC, or bar is a coin-op laundry. Usually it’s just a couple of games tucked away in

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Sega releases RaceTV to R-Tuned conversion kit

Sega releases RaceTV to R-Tuned conversion kit

Arcadian September 21, 2011 3

It’s been a little while since we had a kit release to discuss but Sega Amusements sent out a release today for one. If you happen to have a Sega RaceTV unit, you can

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Blazing Angels gets a new cabinet release

Blazing Angels gets a new cabinet release

Arcadian September 20, 2011 0

(Tip via The Stinger Report) In 2008 GlobalVR brought the popular console title Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII out to arcades in a deluxe sit-down cabinet. There haven’t been many entries in recent years

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The Konami Arcade Championship 2011 coming to Japan next week

The Konami Arcade Championship 2011 coming to Japan next week

Arcadian September 20, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1114 via One strength of arcade games is that their skill-based nature allows for great competitions, some of which are worthy of dramatized documentaries. Some games are more skill-based than others and when

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Celebrate Donkey Kong’s Birthday this Weekend @ Star Worlds Arcade Classic Game Celebration

Celebrate Donkey Kong’s Birthday this Weekend @ Star Worlds Arcade Classic Game Celebration

Arcadian September 19, 2011 0

Many great games came out 30 years ago in 1981 and plenty of those games are iconic enough to hold players attention today. Among the more famous ’81 titles is Donkey Kong which has

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Ye Olde Coin-Op Games

Ye Olde Coin-Op Games

Arcadian September 17, 2011 3

(Thanks for the tip Imran!) While our primary obsession here has to do with either coin-op video games or pinball, there was a time before the video age where you still could get coin-op

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JAMMA ’11: Operation GHOST; Taito TypeX3 specs; Block King

JAMMA ’11: Operation GHOST; Taito TypeX3 specs; Block King

Arcadian September 16, 2011 2

JAMMA is wrapping up and one thing that means is that more videos are now on te web of what was at the show. There was no big annoucement for some new Sega hardware

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Getting to know Dirty Drivin’ and Specular Interactive

Getting to know Dirty Drivin’ and Specular Interactive

Arcadian September 8, 2011 10

Earlier this year we learned about a new arcade title in development by Specular Interactive called Dirty Drivin’.  In 2009 they created a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder called H2Overdrive. Some of the team

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Dido Kart 2 and Project X-Pher now available from InJoy Motion

Dido Kart 2 and Project X-Pher now available from InJoy Motion

Arcadian September 6, 2011 0

As we get into the end of the year we can now expect to start seeing more game releases coming along, just in time for the end of the year holiday season. Today, Taiwanese

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