Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More
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Bandai Namco Reveals Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition
For several years now, one of the most heavily-rumored arcade games out there has been »
Sega’s Maimai DX Is Headed To Amusement Expo 2025
Thanks to everyone who sent this in! It’s now February, which means that we’re a »
Location Watch Japan Special: A Look At Aeon Mall Arcades (Molly Fantasy, Feedy Diner & Arcade)
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Bandai Namco To Test New Arcade Music Game “Penda Beats” In Japan
A few weeks ago, mention was made in a Newsbytes of a mysterious new Bandai »
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The Scandia Fun Center in Sacramento, CA (pic review)
Thanks to Dan of the KLOV Forums we have a look at another Scandia arcade, this time in Sacramento, CA. Hit the link below to check out the pics, which are in and of
Read More »First shots of Indiana Jones Pinball
Pinball News has the first shots of the new Stern pinball machine, Indiana Jones. While the new machine is set to launch close to the release of the upcoming movie Indiana Jones and the
Read More »CRT or LCD? A Discussion About Arcade Monitors
Ever since Computer Space came along until recent times, most arcade machines have used a traditional CRT monitor to display the graphics. Like any display technology, CRTs have advantages and disadvantages – the image
Read More »Promises of Arcade Street Fighter Used to Entice Visitors to London Show
Here’s another fine article by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. It sounds like some people are using Street Fighter IV like it was the GTAIV of the industry to get attention. Read on:
Read More »Awesome 3D arcade game art
[via Technabob] Want to jazz up your game room, then look no further these funky 3D arcade pieces by Melissa Jones. Melissa creates original wood carvings of classic arcade characters, then creates a resin casting
Read More »Students arcade removed
Imagine the joy when you find out the college you are starting at has a few arcade games in the college centre. You’d count yourself damn lucky because I had nothing like that, were
Read More »Abel & Crimson Viper detailed
Over at Kotakuthey have a detailed run down on two of Street Fighter IV’s new characters. Hopefully we’ll find out a little more on the most recently announced Mexican wrestler; El Fuerte. [Abel detailed] [Crimson
Read More »Next week my arcade makes its start
I got some great news today that I will be signing the lease on the store lot where I will be placing my arcade sometime next week, possibly Monday or Tuesday. Once that happens
Read More »Shrek Pinball final design and details
We’ve seen plenty of pinball news over the past couple of days and today details on Stern’s newest (and very limited production) pinball have been made available, along with a picture of the playfield,
Read More »IFPA's March Pinball Madness
One of the competitions to be featured in conjunction with this year’s ASI event is the International Flipper Pinball Association’s World Pinball Championship. The tournament will be taking place at the Pinball Hall of
Read More »Street Fighter IV's new mexican wrestler
Looks like Capcom are taking a leaf out of Nintendo’s SBB book and drip feeding us with tiny nuggets of SF4 goodness every so often. And boy do we lap it up. Keep ’em coming
Read More »Shaggy's Review: Blade Master by Irem
Since I covered scrolling fighters in my Missing in Action article recently, I figured that it would be good to cover one in my next review. This week we’re taking a look at a
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