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Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

January 12, 2011, 20 Comments on Pac-Man Battle Royale now shipping

When Namco was revealing the different ways in which they celebrated Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary last year, no one product they revealed was more surprising than Pac-Man Battle Royale. We first got a chance to play the game at Amusement Expo 2010 in Las Vegas in March, and a few months later others in the »

REVIEW: Pac-Man Battle Royale by Namco

REVIEW: Pac-Man Battle Royale by Namco

January 8, 2011, 5 Comments on REVIEW: Pac-Man Battle Royale by Namco

PAC-MAN BATTLE ROYALE DEVELOPER: Bandai Namco (Visit Namco America’s website) PUBLISHER: Bandai Namco RELEASE: January 2011 TYPE: Competitive maze PLAYERS: 1-4, simultaneous HARDWARE: “System 157”, custom board with specs unknown (also used in Namco’s Pac-Man’s Arcade Party) ARCADE EXCLUSIVE?: Yes RATING: Green Label – Suitable for All Ages REGION AVAILABILITY: Worldwide SYNOPSIS: From Namco »

REVIEW: Friction by Friction Game Studios

REVIEW: Friction by Friction Game Studios

January 7, 2011, 1 Comment on REVIEW: Friction by Friction Game Studios

FRICTION Developer: Friction Game Studios Publisher: Coast-to-Coast Entertainment Release: April 2011 (kit) ; Summer 2011 (dedicated, Asia only) Type: Light-gun shooter Players: 1-2, simultaneous Hardware: PC with a custom I/O board ARCADE EXCLUSIVE?: Yes Rating: Optional – Yellow Label (Animated Violence) or Red Label (Life Like Violence) depending on setting by operator Synopsis: Fend »

Crazy Speed Arcade goes Super

Crazy Speed Arcade goes Super

January 5, 2011, 1 Comment on Crazy Speed Arcade goes Super

At IAAPA 2010 I had a chance to check out Crazy Speed Arcade for the first time at the UNIS booth. They had four units setup there, two in English and two in Spanish. It appears that the company who developed the CSA software released an enhanced version of the game earlier last year »

How the year went at my own arcade

How the year went at my own arcade

December 30, 2010, 22 Comments on How the year went at my own arcade

As long time readers of this site are aware, I own and operate my own arcade in Utah. I opened up back in June 2008 and it’s been a wild ride but I have managed to stay afloat despite the continually bad economic conditions. In lieu of recent negative news regarding the closure of »

More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

December 5, 2010, No Comments on More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

Newsfeed 967 via We’ve already had some hands-on time with Namco’s latest racer, Dead Heat (see IAAPA coverage or search for Dead Heat here in case you missed it) but we haven’t seen much on the Japanese version of the game until now. Called Maximum Heat, the game itself is essentially the same as »

More content announced for Taito’s NESICAxLIVE arcade; Haunted Museum 2 announced

More content announced for Taito’s NESICAxLIVE arcade; Haunted Museum 2 announced

November 24, 2010, 1 Comment on More content announced for Taito’s NESICAxLIVE arcade; Haunted Museum 2 announced

Since Taito announced their new NESiCAxLIVE system for arcades, we’ve been eagerly waiting to see how it will work out. The release date for the system hasn’t arrived just yet (it’s only a few weeks away) but there are some new content announcements for the platform worth talking about. If these continue and the »

Andamiro teases next version of Pump It Up Fiesta at G-Star 2010

Andamiro teases next version of Pump It Up Fiesta at G-Star 2010

November 22, 2010, No Comments on Andamiro teases next version of Pump It Up Fiesta at G-Star 2010

IAAPA wasn’t the only convention going on in the world recently where arcades had a place to show off. Another convention took place in South Korea this past weekend that wrapped up yesterday called G-Star 2010 and there some amusement games that made some waves there as well. First off, Andamiro has shown a »

More games from the GTI Asia China Expo 2010

September 7, 2010, 3 Comments on More games from the GTI Asia China Expo 2010

Newsfeed 920 via We finally have an extensive look at what went on at the GTI Asia China Expo 2010 and along with plenty of games came a few surprises. I’m still trying to find any video posted from the event online but so far no luck – if anything substantial comes along I’ll »

Arcade Releases for 2010

January 14, 2010, 16 Comments on Arcade Releases for 2010

Think arcades are dead? Think again with this comprehensive list of arcade releases for the 2010 calendar year. This includes games already released and those which have been hinted at a release by their parent companies. If you want more information on each game you can use the search field to the right. I »