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The Soviet Arcade Museum in greater detail

The Soviet Arcade Museum in greater detail

Shaggy September 6, 2010 2

Newsfeed 918 via Back in June 2009 a story swarmed the internet of the creation of “The Museum of Soviet Arcade Games“. These games from the 70’s and early 80’s were completely unknown in

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A little bit of arcade fever @ PAX 2010

A little bit of arcade fever @ PAX 2010

Shaggy September 4, 2010 5

While the Penny Arcade Expo isn’t intended to focus on arcade titles, there are a few setups there which pay homage to arcades in the form of an arcade cabinet. These are via Gamesradar,

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Namco releasing Deadstorm Pirates 3D(and 4D) next spring

Namco releasing Deadstorm Pirates 3D(and 4D) next spring

Shaggy September 4, 2010 2

It hasn’t been long since we heard about Namco filing for a number of patents which were involved with stereoscopic 3D technologies and now we have word about the first game which will take

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Incredible Technologies Golden Tee Charity Drive raises over $75,000 for veterans

Incredible Technologies Golden Tee Charity Drive raises over $75,000 for veterans

Shaggy September 4, 2010 3

As the US celebrates Labor Day this weekend, a number of charitable events also get underway for various causes. Incredible Technologies already held their third Players Charity Championship this past weekend however and have

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Beacon passes new arcade law but it's too late for the Retro Arcade Museum

Beacon passes new arcade law but it's too late for the Retro Arcade Museum

Shaggy September 3, 2010 3

As a final note in the story about the New York town of Beacon, the city council has came to their senses enough to pass a law allowing “vintage” arcades to operate within the

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Dekorobo War gives bi-ped robots a chance to play

Dekorobo War gives bi-ped robots a chance to play

Shaggy September 3, 2010 0

The possibilities that robotics can hold for the amusement sector still have barely been tapped but we’ve seen many examples: Marubot Football League, RoboGol, RoboBasho, Robo Catcher and Slambot are a few  that come

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Big Buck World celebrates 10 years of Big Buck Hunter this fall

Big Buck World celebrates 10 years of Big Buck Hunter this fall

Shaggy September 3, 2010 0

In the latest issue of Replay Magazine (September 2010), they have a cover story on the success of the popular arcade series Big Buck Hunter, along with a tribute to the game’s 10th anniversary

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Disney offers up a look at ElecTRONica

Disney offers up a look at ElecTRONica

Shaggy September 2, 2010 2

Newsfeed 917 via In March of this year Disney revealed that they would be recreating Flynn’s Arcade in the Tomorrowland part of their parks and today they offered up some concept art of what

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Paperboy concept art and an MK9 arcade cabinet

Paperboy concept art and an MK9 arcade cabinet

Shaggy September 2, 2010 3

The two subjects of our headline have nothing to do with each other except that I found them both on the KLOV forums today. Yes, it’s a slow news day. So here goes a

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FTC subpoenas Chuck E. Cheese again for marketing food to kids

FTC subpoenas Chuck E. Cheese again for marketing food to kids

Shaggy September 2, 2010 4

Chuck E. Cheese is back in the news but this time it has nothing to do with how adults handle themselves at some CEC locations but with how the company does it marketing. The

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Namco brings Gundam Extreme Vs. to the Kyarahobi 2010 Show

Namco brings Gundam Extreme Vs. to the Kyarahobi 2010 Show

Shaggy September 1, 2010 0

Newsfeed 917 via What better place to give the public their first chance to play a new Gundam video game than an expo dedicated to anime and the hobbies surrounding it(known as the Kyarahobi

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Konami Location Tests Reflec Beat in South Korea

Konami Location Tests Reflec Beat in South Korea

Shaggy September 1, 2010 0

Newsfeed 916 via Alternate headline: “Konami strikes back in DJ Max Technika’s hometown”. The location test is actually over at this moment after Konami was able to gather player input over the period of

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