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Konami's GTI Club Cabinet revealed

Konami's GTI Club Cabinet revealed

Shaggy July 24, 2008 1

I’m used to seeing arcade cabinets designed in a way to attract people’s attention but I have to say that this new image of Konami’s upcoming Mini racer, GTI Club takes the cake for

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ESP Agent Revealed

ESP Agent Revealed

Shaggy July 24, 2008 1

What if Dragon Punch were a video game? In case that thought has ever crossed your mind (and I’m sure it has 😛 ), then now you will find out with Global Star’s ESP

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CastleVania: The Arcade Game

CastleVania: The Arcade Game

Shaggy July 23, 2008 0

Konami has tested out their new CastleVania: Arcade game in Japan and it is different than the ‘medal’ version I’ve seen on AM-Net – it’s an actual video game. It uses a cabinet similar

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First real images of Batman: Dark Knight Pinball

First real images of Batman: Dark Knight Pinball

Shaggy July 23, 2008 1

[Thanks IcePagoda!] The Dark Knight is one awesome movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should as it’s worth it (even though they raised ticket prices at the theater, grrr). Now obviously there

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Interview with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono

Interview with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono

Shaggy July 23, 2008 0

Nikkei Trendy has an interview with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono and from what can be understood from the broken translator English, you can see how much of Street Fighter II they are

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Interview with Steve Wiebe & Walter Day about the classics

Interview with Steve Wiebe & Walter Day about the classics

Shaggy July 23, 2008 0

I still need to get the documentary, King of Kong. It’s the kind of film that demonstrates the rivalry that is such an integral part of arcade culture, or at least is most prominent

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PGA Tour Golf All-Access Pass unlocks more courses for offline machines

PGA Tour Golf All-Access Pass unlocks more courses for offline machines

Shaggy July 23, 2008 0

GlobalVR has announced an update for their EA Sports PGA Tour Golf arcade title called the All Access Pass. The Pass is for offline versions of the game which previously only had 11 courses

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California Extreme 2008

California Extreme 2008

Shaggy July 21, 2008 9

I nearly forgot that CAX 2008 took place this past weekend – it’s the best arcade show in the country and here I am forgetting about it. Naturally, I was unable to go but

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Incredible Technologies & Betson form an alliance

Incredible Technologies & Betson form an alliance

Shaggy July 18, 2008 0

It’s hard to keep track on distributor/manufacturer relations sometimes and if you visit distributor websites you sometimes find that they carry products from one company but not another. It’s obviously in the best interest

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DDRX location test report

DDRX location test report

Shaggy July 17, 2008 1

(Image via MIYA the attic. The identities of the players will not be televised :P) Konami’s latest entry into the DDR series, Dance Dance Revolution X is currently on location test in Japan and

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SFIV twin player cabinets @ e3, release hits Japan tomorrow

SFIV twin player cabinets @ e3, release hits Japan tomorrow

Shaggy July 17, 2008 6

It’s nice to see that there is a small arcade presence at e3 this year, thanks to Capcom bringing the arcade version of the game to the show. It’s still frustrating that no announcement

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Ice cream crane game

Ice cream crane game

Twisted Supreme July 17, 2008 0

Now if the good old British summer would sort itself out, this new crane could do well! [via Highway Games] (Image provided by The Stinger Report) Atlus has developed the first ever crane machine

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