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Monday Variety Post: Reflect Beat goes Lime; Retro mini-cabs, New Arcade Book

Monday Variety Post: Reflect Beat goes Lime; Retro mini-cabs, New Arcade Book

Adam June 20, 2011 2

“It’s all of your favorite hits with more variety”, variety being the radio code word for “you are going to hate most of the schlock we play with a few decent songs you actually

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Alterface’s 5Di Gamebox Attraction

Alterface’s 5Di Gamebox Attraction

Adam June 18, 2011 1

Anyone who has been to the IAAPA Expo every November knows that there are an awful lot of products to see and there’s no way to experience them all. This past November I recall

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Gaming law struck down in Kansas

Gaming law struck down in Kansas

Adam June 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to Jordan Fredrick for the tip) Way back in April 2010, word came along that the US state of Kansas adopted a new law banning “gray machines”, gaming devices like coin pushers that

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The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

Adam June 17, 2011 2

I’m not really up to speed on advancements in light-switch technology but everything I’ve seen at the hardware store shows that it hasn’t really changed much since it hasn’t really needed to. That’s ok

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TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer

TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer

Adam June 16, 2011 1

One of the most popular news items we’ve had on the site recently would have to be Stern Pinball’s TRON Legacy Pinball. The TRON franchise has an interwoven relationship with arcades but since Discs

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The few arcade games of E3 2011

The few arcade games of E3 2011

Adam June 16, 2011 1

(Thanks to Igo for the tip!) While this isn’t exactly what I was talking about recently, E3 did have a small selection of some great classic arcade games to play, as shown by ClassicGameRoom.

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Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting

Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting

Adam June 14, 2011 0

Newsfeeds 1055-1057 via Here are a few strange cabinets where the chances of coming across them are pretty slim. First is a cabinet we’ve seen before from a trade show in China – the

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The Boy In The Claw Machine (Part XXIV)

The Boy In The Claw Machine (Part XXIV)

Adam June 12, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1054 via As a part of our infrequently running series, here is another video of a small agile child finding their way into the confines of a crane machine. You don’t have to

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Missing In Action: Run ‘N Gun Games

Missing In Action: Run ‘N Gun Games

Adam June 11, 2011 20

Given the recent slow news cycle, it’s given me some time to sit down and continue upon my editorial series I call “Missing In Action”. I take a look at a particular genre of

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Arcade coverage coming to EDGE Magazine + Arcade Heroes Facebook page

Arcade coverage coming to EDGE Magazine + Arcade Heroes Facebook page

Adam June 10, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1053 via We’ve got a couple of things to cover for this post. First, The Stinger Report passes along this great news for spreading arcade news: Breaking Stinger News – Just as we

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show

Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show

Adam June 10, 2011 5

Newsfeed 1052 via Some months ago we revealed that Taito’s 4-player arcade exclusive shmup Darius Burst Another Chronicle game would in fact be making it outside of Japan with a special English version of

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First screens of Golden Tee 2012

First screens of Golden Tee 2012

Adam June 9, 2011 0

Incredible Technologies is still some months away from launching the next installment of their ever-popular Golden Tee series and to get the marketing train started, IT has begun showing off some teaser screenshots from

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