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Arcade Propaganda posters and 8-bit chiptune music for the arcade or gameroom
The key to making a good gameroom or arcade is partially about the games you have and partially about the ambient of the room itself.Here are a couple of things that can help you
Read More »Getting a closer look at the somewhat new Crazy Climber
If we hop on the way-back-machine and check out an post here on AH from May 2007 then you’ll find that a new Crazy Climber game had been announced for arcades in Japan. After
Read More »Brief look at Konami's new Winning Eleven Arcade Championship 2010
Football/soccer (depending upon your preference) fans haven’t had much to look forward to lately when it comes to arcade games which involve their favorite sport but thanks to Konami that void is at least
Read More »Cool footage from an arcade convention in Chicago from 1982 (updated)
Long ago, arcade shows were much bigger than they are now, which was due to the arcade market itself being much bigger than it is today. What would it have been like to visit
Read More »Sega location testing Let's Go Island at Club Sega in Akihabara
The only disappointment I had at Amusement Expo this year was I went in expecting to see an actual cabinet of the new Sega shooter Let’s Go Island and instead they only had a
Read More »Let's talk some virtual golf
Via When Kevin (Stinger Report) sent me this particular link, I wasn’t really sure how to best approach but as it’s a pretty slow news day, I figured I’d take a crack at it
Read More »R3Play retro gaming expo coming in November to Blackpool, UK
Via If you live anywhere near Blackpool in the UK then heads-up – a classic gaming expo (which will include an arcade presence as well) is scheduled to be taking place there this coming
Read More »New pinball manufacturer out of Spain: Marsaplay
While Stern Pinball has carried the title of the world’s only coin-op pinball manufacturer for a while now (with occasional challenges by companies like Retro Pinball although AFAIK they haven’t been able to roll
Read More »UNIS shows off Crazy Speed
Not long ago we found out about a new arcade racer by Taiwanese company UNIS (or Universal Space) called Crazy Speed Arcade but there were very few details on the game. We could assume
Read More »Arcade oddity of the day: Walk the Dog by Sega
(Thanks to Rjay on the forums for bringing this up) As news has been a tad slow, why not do a post about another arcade oddity again? Today I’ll cover something I have heard
Read More »Asteroids High Score World record broken
While we don’t report about every single world record that is broken on here, occasionally there are ones which are broken which are just too impressive to pass by. I heard about this on
Read More »The Official Pac-Man website
Via Bandai Namco isn’t done gearing up for the 30th anniversary of their signature character Pac-Man yet, as they have now launched two websites (which include a countdown to that anniversary) dedicated to the
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