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Incredible Technologies & Betson form an alliance
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
Read More »DDRX location test report
(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
Read More »SFIV twin player cabinets @ e3, release hits Japan tomorrow
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
Read More »Ice cream crane game
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
Read More »New Batman: Dark Knight cabinet shot
Above is the latest cabinet shot of the Batman: Dark Knight pinball table. This latest picture shows the actual table layout for the first time, although we all know it’s all about playing the game
Read More »New Surface Tension table
For those of you who read the site way back when, you may remember a company called Surface Tension. They make, by far, the coolest home arcade tables you have ever seen. Well there is
Read More »Bowling takes amusements into Casinos
No matter what negative talk you hear, there are still new amusement sites opening up all the time. Take this example in Chile were Local Brunswick importer Family Entertainment Centre Geyger Mailath is bringing
Read More »New arcade in the works in Temecula,CA
No image to go along with this one but it appears that one entrepreneur is attempting to open up an arcade/party center in Temecula, CA. It sounds like an FEC will be in the
Read More »New Konami Jubeat site to open on July 24th
It’s been a little while since we have heard anything on Konami’s Jubeat (which again is supposed to be pronounced ‘You-beat’) but it looks like the Japanese release of the game is fast approaching
Read More »The unofficial Frogger DDR game
I’m not sure who the owner of Frogger is right now, if it’s Konami or someone else but this would be a great idea for a new DDR game. At the Newport Aquarium in
Read More »Silver Strike Bowling Championship results
One way to get players out to the arcade is to hold a tournament of sorts – get several people signed up, offer a cash prize, etc. While operators can only do this on
Read More »Galaga Legions coming to XBLA so could there be an arcade version?
Back in March when I was at ASI I asked the guys at Namco about the possibility of bringing PacManCE or something like it to the arcade scene they said that they recently had
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