The Arcade Anniversaries of 2025
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EAG Expo 2025 Preview
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Newsbytes Rhythm Game Special: Maimai DX Testing In Chicago, Bubble Bobble In Music Diver, Headlines & Much More
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Arcade Prototype Discovered: Dropzone Arcade
It has been quite a long time since we last reported on a new arcade »
Stern Pinball Unveils Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye
It’s the first week of January, which aside from it being a new year, means »
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E-Spot Gaming Xtreme to bring licensed PC titles into coin-op arena
At this past ASI in March, I finally got to take a look at the Game Gate VU, a coin-operated kiosk that would allow operators to place an Xbox 360 or a PS3 on
Read More »RIP, Michael Jackson, King of Pop and Arcade fan
By the time you read this, you have probably already heard of the death of Michael Jackson, who died just a few hours ago of a cardiac arrest. While fans will pay tribute to
Read More »Galloping Ghost relaunches site, adds more pics of Dark Presence; also launches Support Your Local Arcades effort
In March of 2008, we found out about a new arcade fighter called Dark Presence that was in development by an indie dev studio known as Galloping Ghost. We have followed the progress of
Read More »Fascinating interview with Rusty Dawes, ex-Atari Games employee
If you are like me and you enjoy delving into stories of what creating arcade games is like, then this interview is for you. Coinopspace has posted a raw transcript of an interview they
Read More »Sega and IGS working together to build arcade hardware for the Chinese market
The makers of coin-op games like Oriental Legend 2, Pirate Revenge, Speed Driver 2 and Battle Stations is teaming up with Sega to develop arcade machiens specifically for the Chinese market. All of those
Read More »Screens from Taito's online racer Top Speed look snazzy
Taito has published some screenshots from their upcoming online coin-op racing title Top Speed and overall I’d have to say that so far they look pretty good, and it will be even better if
Read More »The Museum of Soviet Arcade machines
A long while back, I recall a story showing up on the blogs where someone had come across several arcade games that had been made in the Soviet Union back in the late 70’s/early
Read More »If Danger Zone were made today
If we take a trip on the wayback machine to 1986, the industry crash has begun to pass and while it hurt arcades, companies were still churning out a lot of games and sometimes
Read More »New vid of Demon Bride and the Demon Bride Tour
The upcoming 2D fighter Demon Bride is starting to ramp up the hype machine in Japan, which will include a tour of the game around the country through various cities next month. With the
Read More »MoCap Sports makes another public appearance with more features
Konami’s return to the motion capture arena is back in Japanese arcades again, testing out the concept to see how players take to it in a post-Wii Sports world. Last time we saw Mocap
Read More »Street Fighter IV Sequel?
According to a Capcom Japanese Q & A Blog, some hints were dropped that could mean theres a sequel on the cards to the popular arcade and console beat-em up. Check out the translation
Read More »SEGA and Namco sign up to EAG Expo
This story took me by surprise, although when I look back to this post about the re-shuffling of ATEI 2010, it makes sense. By the looks of it, there could be a complete switch
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