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
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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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Pac-Man Sofa
I’ve always wanted one of the massive corner sofas for my place, but forget that! I want one of these awesome Pac-Man inspired sofas. [via Level Select] Apparently this original bed design is a
Read More »Arcade Manager arrested & charged for stealing from arcade change machines
As an operator, you have to be wary of who you put into management as they will have access to your only incoming cash on a daily basis. It’s no secret that most theft
Read More »Sega's Sanguozhi War 2 video
Yes, you probably won’t see this outside of Japan ever but it’s still interesting to watch. I bet if they marketed this type of card game to the right people it could do well
Read More »The Pac-Guitar you'll never own
[Via Barcade.com] It still doesn’t cease to amaze me at the number of Pac-Man related products that people make up – Pac-Man himself is like the gift that keeps on giving. The latest in
Read More »Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Countertop Coin-op game
[Image via BMIGaming Via The Stinger Report] We posted about this a little while ago, but I forgot to post my impressions about the game as I recently had a chance to see
Read More »IAAPA Next Week – 12th to 16th November 2007
So IAAPA 2007 is just around the corner and the first of the press releases for the show are starting to filter through. We’ve not heard any of any big news yet that may come
Read More »Lightspace to Demo Three New Games at IAAPA
Players Rock Creative Moves with Athletic Video Games BOSTON–(November 7, 2007)–Lightspace Corporation announced today the introduction of three new games for its interactive gaming system, Lightspace Play. The games will be showcased in
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Review – EA NASCAR Racing by GlobalVR
Yet another week where I take a look at a game that is a bit more recent – in fact it is one of the newest games on the market and has caused a
Read More »Sega Derby Owners Club 2008 site
(Click to enlarge) Here’s a heads up for a new website dedicated to Sega’s Derby Owners 2008, the latest in a line of games dealing with horses and derbys. As I have seen other
Read More »Tekken 6 location test in Japan
Want to try out Tekken 6 early? Well you can if you live in Japan. It appears that the game will be tested out at a place called “Game Chiba City Stores Akira”
Read More »How to sharpen your skills at Street Fighter III
[Via Insert Credit] It’s no secret that Street Fighter III is somewhat of a different (read more technical) beast than other SF games. As such it has a lot of depth to it
Read More »A detailed history of Atari 1971-1977
Gamasutra has posted a detailed and accurate history of Atari from 1971-1977, a period which covers Atari’s early coin-op days where their coin-op division was primary to any home division at the time. It
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