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Konami testing GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 "Blazing" in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 "Blazing" in Japan

Shaggy November 6, 2008 8

Konami is location testing the next version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania games in Japan (the original use-a-music-instrument-as-a-controller games) and it seems like it wasn’t long ago that they were doing the same with

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Poll Time – Your Favourites?

Poll Time – Your Favourites?

Twisted Supreme November 4, 2008 2

This weeks question is… On to the last poll results. Nothing particularly radical revealed, but nice to know all same what our readers get up to; I’ll try and make this a weekly thing,

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Mini Football Table

Mini Football Table

Twisted Supreme November 4, 2008 0

Oh my god, I may have said this before but this is by far the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Your partner won’t let you have a football table in the house because they take

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Namco demonstrates a modded version of MaxiTune 3 that lets users play in a wheelchair

Namco demonstrates a modded version of MaxiTune 3 that lets users play in a wheelchair

Shaggy November 4, 2008 0

Now this is really cool – we’ve discussed how arcades have been made to be user-friendly for someone with a physical disability, and at least since SF Rush 2049 a lot of racers in

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Location Review: Funland Trocadero, London

Location Review: Funland Trocadero, London

Twisted Supreme November 4, 2008 9

Finally! This is something I’ve been meaning to do for longer than i care to mention. Hit the jump at the bottom of this post for my Funland picture overload! Funland Trocadero is a big place,

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Cool arcade badges

Cool arcade badges

Shaggy November 2, 2008 0

When it comes to fashionable wear and design that involves something arcade related, usually you get something based upon iconic arcade characters like Space Invaders or Pac-Man. But that’s not the only place where

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Stern releases CSI pinball image; also faces downsizing

Stern releases CSI pinball image; also faces downsizing

Shaggy November 2, 2008 9

We’ve known about the next game to come along in Stern’s line-up of pins for sometime now and finally we have a prototype image of the cabinet. While at first I personally wondered how

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Sequel to Sea Wolf at IAAPA –  Sea Wolf: The Next Mission

Sequel to Sea Wolf at IAAPA – Sea Wolf: The Next Mission

Shaggy November 1, 2008 3

When I was at ASI earlier this year, there wasn’t a lot of new content around but there were a few pleasant surprises. The video/redemption game Sea Wolf was one of them as it’s

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SFIV console & arcade version shows up together at event & more.

SFIV console & arcade version shows up together at event & more.

Shaggy November 1, 2008 0

More SFIV goodness is out and about, first with a link to a video of SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono discussing the game (my gripe: he talks about how arcades in the Us & Europe

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Outcome from the Big Buck Hunter Pro World Championship

Outcome from the Big Buck Hunter Pro World Championship

Shaggy October 31, 2008 0

I meant to get to this a couple of days ago but unfortunately I’ve been a little tied up and there is a lot of news to post all of the sudden. But that’s

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Shaggy October 31, 2008 0

It’s Halloween and so naturally it’s time to look for frigtening stuff. Arcades themselves have released a few games with a Halloween related theme to it (Splatterhouse, Chiller, House of the Dead, Carnevil, etc.)

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Interesting new augmented reality arcade game on location test in Japan

Interesting new augmented reality arcade game on location test in Japan

Shaggy October 28, 2008 4

Are you up for another unique game? I would be too but like usual this is only in Japan for now although it is a Sega title so perhaps there is a tiny possibility

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