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DJ Max Technika 2 location tests in South Korea
Pentavision’s DJ Max Technika 2 was recently seen on a location test in South Korea and a couple of sites (Bemanistyle.com and Ruliweb.com) have the rundown on what the sequel will bring to the
Read More »Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich
Back in 2001, Midway made a decision to dump their long standing coin-op division in favor of focusing developments on console gaming. When that decision came down, there were still some arcade games floating
Read More »Konami rolling out new arcade payment system in Japan: Paseli
How do you prefer to pay for your arcade experience? Coins? Magnetic strip cards? RFID tags or some other e-money service? We ran a poll on this long ago and while we didn’t get
Read More »Blast from the past: When Arcades used to make more money than movies did
Remember the golden age of games when arcades alone used to make money hand over fist, making about three times more money in a year than movies did? Good times. Take a trip down
Read More »GlobalVR releases NASCAR Team Racing kit, cabinet versions soon to follow
First revealed to us at IAAPA, and later seen at Amusement Expo 2010, GlobalVR has released their latest update to their arcade exclusive NASCAR Racing title called NASCAR Team Racing. If you missed out
Read More »Weekend videos: Atari' Hercules Pinball and Taito's Ice Cold Beer
What do you do when there’s not much news to discuss? Find some videos showcasing the stranger or cooler products found in arcade days past. here are two videos from TNT Amusements, who has
Read More »Kansas declares coin pusher redemption games as "illegal gambling devices" while state brings casinos in
(thanks for the tip Dasbacon) And now for a great “WTH?” moment to start our week off. Arcades such as Dave & Busters and others who operate coin-pushing machines in the US state of
Read More »Konami's Road Fighters goes 3D (updated)
Remember Konami’s Road Fighters? Since we first heard about the game last September, there has been little to no information popping up about the game, until today where an anonomyous tipster sent us a
Read More »Gameworks in Indianapolis saved by Tilt
Via If you were bummed out by the recent news of Sega closing several Gameworks locations and you live near the one that was in Indianapolis then you’re in luck – the owners of
Read More »NeoGeoMVS: The gift that keeps on giving with the new Fast Striker by NG:Dev.Team
(Thanks to Timm Hellwig for the info!) One of the great things about older arcade game boards like the NeoGeo MVS is where they work like glorified game consoles, they also happen to have
Read More »Morning round-up: Taito opens new store, UK chain Gamegrid liquidates, arcades as social hang-outs and Chuck E. Cheese launches a Nintendo DS game
News links via Here are a couple of brief location related stories to chew on for today. I am going to take four different Stinger Report newsfeeds and combine them into one due to
Read More »The obligatory Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 teaser trailer
Here it is – rumors have been circulating about MvC3 forever now and Capcom has finally given fans what they want. A trailer. Well, a trailer of a game people have been clamoring for
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