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Football Power I completely forgot about this game by Gaelco until I saw it the other day in the Trocadero. Now I know there’s quite a few footie games out there and the football kicking
Read More »ebay listing of the week
Marble Madness But it now – £595 Ending Time – 02-Mar-07 17:58:20 GMT Now this is a game they should remake for the arcade. Just think Marble Blast Ultra graphics with trackball control! Heaven! Personally
Read More »Let's go Jungle in the Wild
Another new machine in the arcades, at the Trocadero again. Probably one of my favourites just because you can’t beat an enclosed cabinet for the atmosphere that it creates. Hopefully more developers will follow suit
Read More »Alien Extermination DLX is out there!
So all those beautiful shiny machines that I got my hands on at the ATEI are gradually filtering thier way through in to the arcades. The first one I have spotted is Global VR’s
Read More »Namco Station – London
In the first of, hopefully many, reviews of arcades that I get the chance to visit, I checked out the Namco Station in County Hall on the South Bank in London. This quite
Read More »Rebuilding a Virtual ON
[‘Roboto-chan!’ is a fortnightly column by Ollie Barder which covers videogames that feature robots and the pop-cultural folklore surrounding them. This week’s column covers the foibles of owning an arcade gaming classic, in this
Read More »Slot Machine's Subliminal Messaging!?
Konami is not just renowned for publishing video games. They have a sneaky gambling division as well. And they have been apparently naughty. “On Friday, an Ontario gambling operator shut down 87 Konami
Read More »Sega Releases 'Initial D Arcade Stage 4' in Arcades Around Japan
Tokyo, Feb 27, 2007 (JCN) – Sega announced the release of ‘Initial D Arcade Stage 4,’ the newest version of the popular racing game. In the new version, players will be able to race
Read More »What's new in the Arcades
Well into 2007 and two major amusement shows down, for an industry that is meant to be dead there seems to be a lot of action. The big UK gaming show soon followed
Read More »Movies theaters to become arcades of the future?
Spain’s Yelmo Cineplex company recently splurged on a “Cinegames” setup, converting one of its small theaters into a sizable LAN arena. Inside, some 50 17-inch LCD screens have been bolted to armrests, a gamepad
Read More »Counter Strike for the Arcade
I was completely unaware this exsisted, and I’m assuming it did taken off very well seeing as I’ve never seen one. Anyone know of any sites that have this game, that’s presuming it actually
Read More »Another ATEI round up
The 63rd Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEI) was one of the most eagerly anticipated and discussed in recent years. A barometer of the industry health. The London show had a hard act to follow,
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