Search results for "amusement expo" »

New Games As Seen At the Park Avenue Openday In The UK

New Games As Seen At the Park Avenue Openday In The UK

June 6, 2014, 2 Comments on New Games As Seen At the Park Avenue Openday In The UK

Every year in the UK, a couple of distributors get together to hold an industry event where they show off some new amusement products. Most of the time there are a lot of products we have seen already but usually there are one or two new items to check out. Kevin Williams of The »

Game News: Sega Releases Plants Vs. Zombies: The Last Stand; Bandai Namco May Begin MaxiTune 4 Tests In The UK

Game News: Sega Releases Plants Vs. Zombies: The Last Stand; Bandai Namco May Begin MaxiTune 4 Tests In The UK

May 12, 2014, No Comments on Game News: Sega Releases Plants Vs. Zombies: The Last Stand; Bandai Namco May Begin MaxiTune 4 Tests In The UK

Two new arcade game items for you to enjoy this fine Monday morning. First, Sega Amusements has announced the release of their new videmption game Plants Vs. Zombies: The Last Stand. We’ve known about this one for quite a while and I got a chance to play it at Amusement Expo 2014 in March. »

Unboxing: Star Trek Premium Pinball

Unboxing: Star Trek Premium Pinball

May 6, 2014, 5 Comments on Unboxing: Star Trek Premium Pinball

It has been quite a while since I purchased a pinball machine. In fact, the first and only time I did was when I opened my arcade up back in 2008 where I grabbed an Indiana Jones (Stern) and Shrek. They have served as the only pinball games I have offered since, although I »

News For Allied Tank Attack; Monster Eye; Shining BLADE ARCUS & Reflec Beat Groovin’

News For Allied Tank Attack; Monster Eye; Shining BLADE ARCUS & Reflec Beat Groovin’

April 25, 2014, 4 Comments on News For Allied Tank Attack; Monster Eye; Shining BLADE ARCUS & Reflec Beat Groovin’

This has been a slow month for arcade news, which is somewhat expected after several different trade shows threw their appropriate celebrations. But things are picking up today so here’s hoping that keeps up. Here is a little bit of news from Taiwan and a little bit from Japan. First off I just wanted »

Unboxing: Allied Tank Attack by InJoy Motion/Barron Games

Unboxing: Allied Tank Attack by InJoy Motion/Barron Games

April 8, 2014, No Comments on Unboxing: Allied Tank Attack by InJoy Motion/Barron Games

I didn’t exactly expect to do another unboxing so close to Transformers although in working out some details on a location test for a game, things just fell into place. As such I got my hands on the new Allied Tank Attack by InJoy Motion/Barron Games International. This is the same unit that was at »

Weekend Newsbag: Japanese Tournaments; Ultra SSFIV; TRON Legacy Bike Game; Video Game History

Weekend Newsbag: Japanese Tournaments; Ultra SSFIV; TRON Legacy Bike Game; Video Game History

April 5, 2014, No Comments on Weekend Newsbag: Japanese Tournaments; Ultra SSFIV; TRON Legacy Bike Game; Video Game History

Happy weekend everyone! It’s felt like a really long week on my end. If you haven’t already please check out the videos from Amusement Expo 2014, there are plenty of new games to take a look at, many of which we have discussed on the blog already but a few interesting things we haven’t »

Videos: New Trailers For Silent Scope Bone Eater and Hobbit Pinball; Man Discovers New Arcade Games

Videos: New Trailers For Silent Scope Bone Eater and Hobbit Pinball; Man Discovers New Arcade Games

April 2, 2014, No Comments on Videos: New Trailers For Silent Scope Bone Eater and Hobbit Pinball; Man Discovers New Arcade Games

Here are some videos to fill up the arcade news for the day. These are not the Amusement Expo videos, I still have a few more of those to finish up.  I also have another game unboxing coming up, hopefully by tomorrow but there have been some technical issues getting in the way of »

Quick Arcade News: Mach Storm, Super Alpine Racer & Neon FM Available Now; Twin Galaxies Under New Management

Quick Arcade News: Mach Storm, Super Alpine Racer & Neon FM Available Now; Twin Galaxies Under New Management

March 31, 2014, No Comments on Quick Arcade News: Mach Storm, Super Alpine Racer & Neon FM Available Now; Twin Galaxies Under New Management

I’m still working on editing videos together from Amusement Expo 2014, so that is eating up a lot of my free time. In the mean time there are a couple of things I needed to get to as they should be relatively quick. First off I found out at the show last week that »

GlobalVR To Launch Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers As A Kit, Dedicated To Follow

GlobalVR To Launch Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers As A Kit, Dedicated To Follow

March 28, 2014, No Comments on GlobalVR To Launch Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers As A Kit, Dedicated To Follow

Last year in October, a video appeared on the little used Youtube channel for GlobalVR showing a new arcade combat racing game in action called Redline Rampage. It was a direct, albeit lower resolution footage of the game which provided enough to give us an idea of how the game would play. But apart »

New Details About Mario Kart Arcade GP DX’s Online Features

New Details About Mario Kart Arcade GP DX’s Online Features

March 25, 2014, 15 Comments on New Details About Mario Kart Arcade GP DX’s Online Features

This week we have the Amusement Expo 2014 trade show in Las Vegas, where Bandai Namco will be showcasing their latest driving game Mario Kart Arcade GP DX right before it hits the wide market. The game is already available to play at the many Dave & Busters locations across the US but in »

Bandai Namco Suggests Celebrating Mario Day With Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Bandai Namco Suggests Celebrating Mario Day With Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

March 10, 2014, 2 Comments on Bandai Namco Suggests Celebrating Mario Day With Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

I remember as a kid that different video game companies had rivalries – particularly Sega and Nintendo between Sonic and Mario. Times have changed and with crossovers between company characters becoming more frequent (Sonic’s home is practically on the Nintendo 3DS and WiiU consoles right now), memories of those rivalries fade away. Of course »

The Best of Show Awards 2014 Announced by The Stinger Report & BMI Gaming

The Best of Show Awards 2014 Announced by The Stinger Report & BMI Gaming

February 27, 2014, 1 Comment on The Best of Show Awards 2014 Announced by The Stinger Report & BMI Gaming

In 2011, two names that you see on this website fairly often, The Stinger Report and BMIGaming.com, came together to begin offering awards to the best arcade games found at IAAPA trade show in November.  The awards are usually announced a few months after the event, with plaques presented to the winning company representatives »