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Arcade Releases for 2012

November 29, 2011, 2 Comments on Arcade Releases for 2012

Stay up-to-date with this comprehensive list of arcade releases for the 2012 calendar year. This includes games already released and those which have been hinted at a release by their parent companies. If you want more information on each game, I will be adding specific pages detailing each game with videos, pictures and other »

IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

November 17, 2011, 4 Comments on IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

Continuing the IAAPA 2011 trade show coverage with twice the pics and half the salt! In case you missed it, pictures of games like Bejeweled can be found here. All of these pictures are courtesy of Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. And no, your eyes are not deceiving you, that is a pair »

The Top 10 Arcade Heroes Videos of 2015

The Top 10 Arcade Heroes Videos of 2015

December 18, 2015, No Comments on The Top 10 Arcade Heroes Videos of 2015

I recently mentioned in a post that I don’t care for most Top 10 lists. The “most” is aimed at lists which are arbitrary in nature, such as those ‘best games evar’ kinds of lists that are really just up to the whim of the list creator. The lists I don’t mind are those »

Simulator Previews: Cruden’s Powerboat 5CTR & Yotto’s ExoSkelet

Simulator Previews: Cruden’s Powerboat 5CTR & Yotto’s ExoSkelet

November 13, 2014, No Comments on Simulator Previews: Cruden’s Powerboat 5CTR & Yotto’s ExoSkelet

IAAPA 2014 is always a big time for professional simulators to make an appearance and we have covered venues before that have picked up things like them which is why they are included in our coverage. When I went to IAAPA 2012 there was quite an uptick in the number of companies who were »

From the DEAL 2013 Show in Dubai

From the DEAL 2013 Show in Dubai

April 28, 2013, 9 Comments on From the DEAL 2013 Show in Dubai

The DEAL show has once again come and gone and thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report, here’s a look at what was there. It usually appears to be similar in size to Amusement Expo here in the States although the manufacturers that appear are not exactly the same, with a much stronger »

Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go

Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go

March 23, 2013, 5 Comments on Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go

It’s another year and thus another Spring amusement trade show has come and gone. The Amusement Expo 2013 was held from March 20th-22nd in Las Vegas, NV and with that we were there to check out some of the new stuff that game manufacturers had on hand that was not seen at other recent »

UNIS’s After Dark Officially Released in USA; UNIS Amusement Expo Line-up

UNIS’s After Dark Officially Released in USA; UNIS Amusement Expo Line-up

March 12, 2013, 2 Comments on UNIS’s After Dark Officially Released in USA; UNIS Amusement Expo Line-up

First seen at IAAPA 2012, Universal Space had a new video game light-gun game to show off called After Dark. It’s a co-op shooter that follows in the vein of buddy shooters like Let’s Go Jungle or Deadstorm Pirates. I had the wrong impression that it was available at IAAPA but it turns out »

News Blender: Chaos Generation, Sandy Hook Arcade opens, JAEPO 2013, Sega Racing Infographic + more

News Blender: Chaos Generation, Sandy Hook Arcade opens, JAEPO 2013, Sega Racing Infographic + more

February 28, 2013, 4 Comments on News Blender: Chaos Generation, Sandy Hook Arcade opens, JAEPO 2013, Sega Racing Infographic + more

As the week begins to wind down I hope you are all ready to find an arcade near you to support, in case any are near you. I’m not sure what to expect as locally the weather is going to warm up to the 50s which we have not seen in a long while »

Sega Park Southampton Closes Its Doors; Sega GRID 42″ Out Now & Sega EAG Booth

Sega Park Southampton Closes Its Doors; Sega GRID 42″ Out Now & Sega EAG Booth

January 31, 2013, 3 Comments on Sega Park Southampton Closes Its Doors; Sega GRID 42″ Out Now & Sega EAG Booth

We’ve got some bad news and some good news so like the cliche goes, the bad news first. If you’re near Southampton UK then an arcade has closed its doors there as of yesterday. The Sega Park was a part of the Bargate Shopping Centre, where they were not the only ones forced to »

Japanese Trailer for Namco’s New Bhutto Burst Kid Game

Japanese Trailer for Namco’s New Bhutto Burst Kid Game

January 12, 2013, 1 Comment on Japanese Trailer for Namco’s New Bhutto Burst Kid Game

Some months ago Namco Bandai showed off some pictures of a new concept in what’s known as “kid vending” type games, something that are popular in Japan but not so much here out West. These games are typically simple but will vend data cards that can be re-used in the game to unlock characters »

Sega’s MaiMai Released In English – But Will We See It Out West?

Sega’s MaiMai Released In English – But Will We See It Out West?

December 17, 2012, 10 Comments on Sega’s MaiMai Released In English – But Will We See It Out West?

Earlier this year a video by Diginfo News covered a new music game released by Sega Japan called MaiMai. At the very end of the video which was covering the Japanese game release, they mentioned that Sega “subsequently plans to release it overseas as well” but after that we had not heard a thing »

Grab Some Tesla II Mech Pods for Only $25k

Grab Some Tesla II Mech Pods for Only $25k

December 5, 2012, 12 Comments on Grab Some Tesla II Mech Pods for Only $25k

(Tip via The Stinger Report) We don’t normally post about sales of equipment although in the past we have done “eBay Pick of the Week.” I will consider this along those lines, even though its not on eBay.We also have mentioned in the past the Tesla II Pods, which were predecessors to the more »