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Japan: Pokémon Ga-Olé Coming This Summer

Japan: Pokémon Ga-Olé Coming This Summer

Shaggy April 13, 2016 0

Among games that tend to get released in Japan are the card vending ‘kid-tainment’ games. Once in a blue moon, you might come across one in the US (not sure what kind of spread

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Pinball Hall Of Fame Owner Looking For An Apprentice

Pinball Hall Of Fame Owner Looking For An Apprentice

Shaggy April 12, 2016 0

We’ve spoken about the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV a few times on the site before (starting with this one the same month that this website began) although this story today

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Unknown NEO GEO MVS Fighting Game Discovered & Dumped (UPDATED)

Unknown NEO GEO MVS Fighting Game Discovered & Dumped (UPDATED)

Shaggy April 11, 2016 2

With all of the prototypes and unreleased games floating around out there, it is much more common for us to come across something that was reported on in the press at one time or

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Newsbytes: DDR ACE; Arcade Expo 3.0; Argus

Newsbytes: DDR ACE; Arcade Expo 3.0; Argus

Shaggy April 9, 2016 3

It has been a busy weekend so far! Hopefully any of you that owns arcade locations out there are seeing good business or if you are a gamer, that you find some arcade goodness

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New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

Shaggy April 9, 2016 1

The Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event (MGC 2016) is well under way in Wisconsin today and with that, some news on new arcade titles that smaller developers are showing off. Game Refuge and Galloping

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Arcade MTL Opens In Montreal, Canada

Arcade MTL Opens In Montreal, Canada

Shaggy April 8, 2016 0

(Thanks to Michel Descoteaux for the tip) Back in January while reporting on a number of new locations, it was mentioned that a new bar/arcade concept was working on overcoming some hurdles to open up

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Games Turning 40, 20, 30 and 10 in 2016

Games Turning 40, 20, 30 and 10 in 2016

Shaggy April 7, 2016 2

With each year that passes, we take a look at games celebrating a certain anniversary via a post. This year however, I decided to go the video route and make these long videos covering

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Beavis & Butt-head Prototype Now At The Galloping Ghost Arcade

Beavis & Butt-head Prototype Now At The Galloping Ghost Arcade

Shaggy April 7, 2016 11

During the 1990s while hand drawn cartoons were still a thing, the irreverent Beavis & Butt-head made waves across American culture, lasting on the tube for several years, getting a feature length film and

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3 New Arcade Titles To Be Unveiled At Midwest Gaming Classic This Weekend

3 New Arcade Titles To Be Unveiled At Midwest Gaming Classic This Weekend

Shaggy April 6, 2016 0

UPDATE: The games have been shown off, check them out! The Midwest Gaming Classic event is approaching this weekend and while the name implies that it’s all about older/retro/classic games, that is not always

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Namco Launches Their Star Wars Battle Pod Game Locator

Namco Launches Their Star Wars Battle Pod Game Locator

Shaggy April 4, 2016 11

Back in February, we reported that Bandai Namco Amusements America (the US arcade wing of the BN company) was working on building a Star Wars Battle Pod game locator. One frequent complaint I hear

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First Ever VR Arcade Conference To Be Held In California This May

First Ever VR Arcade Conference To Be Held In California This May

Shaggy April 4, 2016 1

Video game news has been buzzing with VR developments for a while now and in the arcade business we’ve had no exception to seeing the technology make an attempt to re-enter the business over

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Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo

Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo

Shaggy April 2, 2016 0

For this weekends newsbytes it was so heavy on the videos that I figured to call this Videobytes instead. I hope you are all having a good start to your April! Cruisn’ – It’s

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