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Konami announces a DDR US championship

Konami announces a DDR US championship

Shaggy September 25, 2009 5

DDR fans, get ready to compete. Starting tomorrow in Dallas, TX, Konami will begin holding regional competitions at different GameWorks locations around the US, which will eventually lead to a final tournament in December

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"If Jimi were a pinball machine" T-Shirt

"If Jimi were a pinball machine" T-Shirt

Shaggy September 25, 2009 0

While we come across arcade-related T-shirts every now and then that are worth talking about, it’s pretty rare that we see a cool pinball t-shirt. This one comes from TeeFury.com and apparently this is

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Could the future of games follow the jukebox model?

Could the future of games follow the jukebox model?

Shaggy September 25, 2009 0

If you constantly follow the happenings of what goes on in the video game industry than looking forward into what gaming will offer in the future is something that is bound to come across

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Rampage and Time Crisis turned into movie trailers

Rampage and Time Crisis turned into movie trailers

Shaggy September 25, 2009 0

No this doesn’t have anything to do with Joust or Asteroids coming to the silver screen – yet anyways. But thanks to a competition that was recently put on by G4TV and the infamous

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Konami brings back Road Fighter, now labelled as Road Fighters

Konami brings back Road Fighter, now labelled as Road Fighters

Shaggy September 24, 2009 2

Thanks to an anonymous tip, we have received some details on a new title that Konami had out on location test in Japan last week called Road Fighters. For anyone who knows their Konami

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New documentary on pinball debuting next week – 'Special When Lit'

New documentary on pinball debuting next week – 'Special When Lit'

Shaggy September 22, 2009 1

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity of reviewing a documentary film about pinball called “Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball”. I enjoyed it, in part because at the time I knew

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Videos of Konami's GuitarFreaks v6 and DrumMania V6 in action

Videos of Konami's GuitarFreaks v6 and DrumMania V6 in action

Shaggy September 22, 2009 0

Tis the season for game shows in Japan and while the Tokyo Game Show does not focus primarily upon arcades like JAMMA did, we still get the chance to see some of the journalists

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French player group working to build a classic game museum

French player group working to build a classic game museum

Shaggy September 22, 2009 1

With nostalgia for classic games stronger than ever, what better way to satisfy the need to play such games than with a museum built in their honor? In France, a group of gamers are

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Video interview with Fukio "MTJ" Mitsuji

Video interview with Fukio "MTJ" Mitsuji

Shaggy September 22, 2009 2

You’ll have to chalk this up to “better late than never” but last year on Dec. 11th 2008 Fukio Mitsuji passed away.  He created some very memorable arcade titles at Taito so it’s good

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SFIV sequel in the works? Most likely

SFIV sequel in the works? Most likely

Shaggy September 22, 2009 3

If you know anything about the history of Street Fighter then you come to expect that Capcom will release an update or two for the game which adds more characters, moves and other items

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Videos of Sega’s Heat Up Hockey

Videos of Sega’s Heat Up Hockey

Shaggy September 19, 2009 14

[Via AM Net and Gigazine] One game I have really been wanting to see in action from the recent JAMMA trade show would be Sega’s new Heat Up Hockey.  Fortunately after a short wait,

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Stern prepping a Lord of the Rings Limited Edition pin?

Stern prepping a Lord of the Rings Limited Edition pin?

Shaggy September 18, 2009 3

From the looks of it, I would say that this is quite likely. While we all are waiting to see how Big Buck Hunter pinball will turn out, I have heard that they also

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