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Footage from Initial D5
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Sega’s Intitial D5 – we first had news on this one back towards the end of June and have been waiting to hear something more
Read More »How about a little hypnosis with your arcade game? Try Waking Dead.
Some of the things that ‘magicians’ get into these days are not close to what I’d call magic but endurance. Standing in ice for a couple of days or hanging upside from something outside
Read More »Pinball Tournament @ GameWorks in Dec., more coming soon
I have only been to a GameWorks once and that was recently in Vegas. I was quite impressed with their setup along with the kind of games they had in there, it really seemed
Read More »The SuperAuction that came and went in Brockton, MA
If you’re an arcade collector then one of things you always keep an eye out for are arcade auctions. They always can be a good place to find some cool games. If you live
Read More »One Video from IAAPA shows Razing Storm, SR3
It’s very brief but in the middle of this video showcasing a bunch of stuff at IAAPA, they do show a couple of arcade titles, including Namco’s Razing Storm. Of course there are plenty
Read More »Konami releases BeatmaniaIIDX Empress in Japan
[Via BemaniStyle.com] While most of our news the past few days has been about US arcade releases, they are still busy in Japan as well. Konami has released the latest addition to their Beatmania
Read More »IAAPA Day 2: More Guitar Hero; CSI pinball; NX Absolute; Go Go Jockey; Battle Stations & more
Once again thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report for getting us this information. I will be talking with Kevin directly later tonight to get some extra details on all the things we
Read More »IAAPA: Power Boat, Textminator, Sea Wolf, Tank Adventure, more misc stuff
PLEASE NOTE: This post has been updated to include new information from the show floor There’s more at IAAPA and first off here are some games from a company that used to be called
Read More »IAAPA: Brick People, Hummer, Harley Davidson, Razing Storm, Nirin, more
Next up from the IAAPA floor today, Sega and Namco. As always, click on the thumbnails for a full view, thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report for sending us these pics. One big surprise
Read More »IAAPA: Guitar Hero, American Idol, Justice League, more
OK, we have finally got some stuff from IAAPA thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report and it looks like it’s been a great show so far. Here are a bunch of pics for Guitar
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