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Arcade's £1.8 million extension given all clear

Arcade's £1.8 million extension given all clear

Twisted Supreme August 30, 2007 0

Good to see the local councils are supporting the cause. [via ATE Online] KW Reader and Sons has been granted planning permission by South Tyneside Council for a £1.8 million, 16,000sq ft expansion at

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Shaggy's Weekly Review: Super Bikes by Raw Thrills

Shaggy's Weekly Review: Super Bikes by Raw Thrills

Shaggy August 30, 2007 0

Time is hard to find these days so I find myself remembering to do a review but with little time to write a new one up. Fortunately I have this one that I had

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DDR Cosplay Fun

DDR Cosplay Fun

Twisted Supreme August 29, 2007 1

Now if only I lived in Rothschild, I could dig out one of my DDR costumes! [via Barcade] Livewire Fun Center in Rothschild, WI is having a few DDR events worth mentioning this upcoming

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BeatmaniaIIDX15 DJ Troopers Dated

BeatmaniaIIDX15 DJ Troopers Dated

Twisted Supreme August 29, 2007 0

The only time I ever see these machines are at shows, and even then I won’t dare play them because I end up looking completely useless next to the pro players that they always have on the Konami

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'Joust' coming to the big screen and comic books

'Joust' coming to the big screen and comic books

Shaggy August 28, 2007 0

[Via Gamedaily BIZ] Not long ago I was reading about upcoming movies for 2008 and the rest of 2007 on imdb and I noticed a disturbing trend of video game based movies that are

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Raw Thrills issues service update for machines due to potential hazard

Raw Thrills issues service update for machines due to potential hazard

Shaggy August 28, 2007 0

[Via Coinoptoday.com] Fresh on the heels of the recent recall in Japan of Atlus’ Arm Spirit comes an announcement from Raw Thrills about a “service update” for their Fast and Furious, Super Bikes and

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Token Sign Project

Token Sign Project

Shaggy August 27, 2007 0

I found this on a blog called NoiseLandArcade. They talk about arcades on occasio among other things but in a post today he put up an interesting token sign that he designed based upon

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What Are We Playing This Week……

What Are We Playing This Week……

Twisted Supreme August 27, 2007 0

Shaggy -Liberator (Arcade) -Major Havoc (Arcade) -Resident Evil 4 (Wii) Twisted Supreme -Virtua Tennis 3 (360 & Arcade) -Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) -Puzzle League (DS) Nothing new, I’m just waiting for my Bioshock to

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New Taito Driver!

New Taito Driver!

Twisted Supreme August 27, 2007 0

Stay tuned to Arcade Heroes for any more information we come across on Taito’s latest offering. Looks like this is the week of the street racer announcements. First Sega Race TV and now this, although judging

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Mid-Atlantic Coin Op Show 2007

Mid-Atlantic Coin Op Show 2007

Shaggy August 25, 2007 0

If anything is an indication of the popularity of arcades being on an upswing, it should be the amount of arcade shows that are occurring this year. There was the Funspot tournament, California Extreme,

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RaceTV by Sega

RaceTV by Sega

Shaggy August 24, 2007 1

[Via The Stinger Report] A new arcade racing game by Sega, called “Race TV” has been sighted in a location test.  It is expected that this is one of two big launches by Sega

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Twisted Supreme August 24, 2007 1

This week The Stinger Report takes a look at how the smoking ban in the UK is affecting the industry……  “Chaos and destruction were predicted for the British brewery and hospitality industry with the UK’s adoption

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