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A fundraiser to help the American Classic Arcade Museum

A fundraiser to help the American Classic Arcade Museum

Shaggy February 23, 2011 1

(Thanks to Jon Lynch for the tip!) We’ve had some unpleasant news about a popular arcade in Southern California closing it’s doors, Arcade Infinity which is closing this week (BTW- They asked me to

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Winnitron 1000 Arcade cabinet coming to GDC’11

Winnitron 1000 Arcade cabinet coming to GDC’11

Shaggy February 23, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1010 via If you have an indie game you want to get out in public, then it can be a daunting task to be noticed as there are many games to choose from.

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Meet Namco’s new BanaPassport card

Meet Namco’s new BanaPassport card

Shaggy February 22, 2011 4

(Image via Gamespot Japan) Newsfeed 1009 via While not every arcade game out there features a card system, most games in Japan do, as a way for you to save your progress, statistics, etc.

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TouchFX now in single and double screen models + special edition Fruit Ninja FX model

TouchFX now in single and double screen models + special edition Fruit Ninja FX model

Shaggy February 21, 2011 1

Since IAAPA 2010, we have only seen Adrenaline Amusements‘ new coin-op platform, the TouchFX, in a triple screen configuration. The company promised single and double screen models and now according to this page on

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NG:DEV TEAM release Last Hope: Pink Bullets for NeoGeoMVS

NG:DEV TEAM release Last Hope: Pink Bullets for NeoGeoMVS

Shaggy February 21, 2011 3

The NeoGeo MVS has another game to add to it’s overall game library today as the Germany-based development team NG:DEV TEAM has announced the limited release of their original game, Last Hope: Pink Bullets.

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Chinatown Fair Arcade closing Wednesday? + Ground Kontrol goes 3.0 (UPDATE)

Chinatown Fair Arcade closing Wednesday? + Ground Kontrol goes 3.0 (UPDATE)

Shaggy February 21, 2011 4

(From inside the Chinatown Fair arcade, GameSetWatch) UPDATE: Both Joystiq and Kotaku have ran stories about this and found out that the closure isn’t completely true – there are some issues with the landlord

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Arcade games of the Taipei Game Show 2011 + more AOU links

Arcade games of the Taipei Game Show 2011 + more AOU links

Shaggy February 21, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1007 via AOU wasn’t the only big video game related show that took place this past weekend, down in Taiwan they had an event going on as well, which we mentioned a little

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AOU 2011 Day 2: More videos!

AOU 2011 Day 2: More videos!

Shaggy February 19, 2011 1

Here’s more follow-up on the AOU 2011 expo, as today we have more to watch in terms of videos! Read on for clips of Let’s Go Island 3D, Chaos Code, Taito’s booth, NESiCAXLIVE, Aquapazza,

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Namco unveils trailer and website for Maximum Tune 4

Namco unveils trailer and website for Maximum Tune 4

Shaggy February 19, 2011 2

I was wondering where the previously announced Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 was at AOU 2011 and while the game didn’t make an appearance at the expo, Bandai Namco at the very least has

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AOU 2011 Day 1

AOU 2011 Day 1

Shaggy February 18, 2011 9

Here’s a new batch of images to come out of AOU 2011 that is now taking place in Japan. We’re not able to be there personally but there is quite a bit of coverage

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Brief preview from AOU 2011

Brief preview from AOU 2011

Shaggy February 17, 2011 2

The AOU 2011 show is going to be underway in Japan tomorrow but there are a few things to look at already, such as: Harada posts some pictures of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 at

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Stern’s Rolling Stones Pinball now available

Stern’s Rolling Stones Pinball now available

Shaggy February 16, 2011 0

Stern’s latest pinball table, The Rolling Stones is now available for purchase. We’ve covered this previously and so if you’ve been waiting to get your hands on it then it might show up at

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