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Sweet Arcade Cardboard Cabs

May 1, 2007, No Comments on Sweet Arcade Cardboard Cabs

Can’t believe I missed this, but at least I can make one just for the fun of it. Now what design do I go for? A classic arcade game or something random like some of the entry’s to this competition. Sorry, I should explain, the idea of this was….. or I could let Kotaku »

Raw Thrills’ Drift Released In Europe By Brent Sales/Namco

May 1, 2007, No Comments on Raw Thrills’ Drift Released In Europe By Brent Sales/Namco

For our European readers, this may be of interest as Raw Thrills releases its answer to EA’s Need For Speed: “The hotly anticipated sequel to Raw Thrills’ AAA video driver, The Fast and the Furious, F&F Drift has been launched in Europe by exclusive distributors Brent Sales / Namco Europe. Linkable up to eight »

Game of the Week

April 27, 2007, No Comments on Game of the Week

Pac-Land  This edition of Game of the Week I have chosen another game that I used to spend alot of my pocket money on. Looking back at it now, it’s not the greatest game in the world, and I’m sure there were alot of other great games that I could have been playing if »

Tokyo Visited, But Not By Me!

April 26, 2007, No Comments on Tokyo Visited, But Not By Me!

A friend of mine went on holiday to Japan a while back and he just sent me the photo’s because he thought I’d be interested in the arcade related pictures, which I am obviously. I can’t really tell you much about them seeing as I wasn’t there but you will notice the appearance of »

Welcome MetaFox

April 26, 2007, No Comments on Welcome MetaFox

I’d like to welcome our newest writer MetaFox to the site. MetaFox is also the creator of the latest and greatest arcade information database ‘Arcade Addict’ which will become the most comprehensive arcade resource available on the net, including Arcade Videos, Pinball Tables, Redemption pieces and much much more. I’m looking forward to what MetaFox will bring »

Issue 23 of HardCore Gamer Magazine out

April 25, 2007, No Comments on Issue 23 of HardCore Gamer Magazine out

The latest issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine is now available and the reason I bring it up is that it features a review of Aliens: Extermination written by yours truly. I apologize for blowing my own horn here but I wanted to bring attention to the fact that this is one of the few »

New In The Arcades – April '07

April 24, 2007, No Comments on New In The Arcades – April '07

23 Apr 2007 By Kevin Williams   One of the three formats of game genre that is ever-green for amusement – the driving format – benefits from the creation of a realistic driving cockpit to experience the thrills of high-speed action within. No matter how much console developers manufacturer force-feed-back steering wheels to play »

Wii DDR

April 22, 2007, No Comments on Wii DDR

  Stuff like this was always going to come to the Wii, but is it wrong of me to want buy it? I just figure it’ll be as fun as your usual rhythm based game  and I might actually get fit! [via Arcade Renaissance] So what do you get when you combine Dance Dance »

Hands on with Konami’s Otomedius

Hands on with Konami’s Otomedius

April 16, 2007, No Comments on Hands on with Konami’s Otomedius

[Note: The original video posted here was removed from YouTube due to the user’s account termination, so we’ve updated it with something more recent.] Arcade play testing has become for Konami‘s moe-meets-Gradius boob bullet hell Otomedius. Here’s footage of the game on “expert”, which I hadn’t seen before. It looks like a solid shooter »

2007 Golden Tee Winners

April 12, 2007, No Comments on 2007 Golden Tee Winners

Before the tournament started the rules clearly stated that it takes 24.5 points to win the Cup, the idea of a draw being called at this great event proved unacceptable for many of the competitors. Some called it controversy, others called it chaos but reality found 32 of the world’s most serious Golden Tee »

Halcyon Days Are Here Again

April 10, 2007, No Comments on Halcyon Days Are Here Again

Those of us who fondly remember watching Button Moon on television might also remember going to the local arcades in their younger days to waste all their pocket money on the latest SEGA games available. Arcades were a more important industry back then, kids these days on their PlayStation 3s and XBOX 360s are »

Southend Voted Pier of the Year

April 10, 2007, No Comments on Southend Voted Pier of the Year

Southend Pier has been named Pier of the Year 2007 by the National Piers Society, the same day a public consultation to shape its future was launched at the landward end of Pier. Gavin Henderson, president of the National Piers Society the UK’s longest pier had been chosen for the award because of its »