Gotta Catch ‘Em All? Stern Pinball Officially Unveils Pokémon
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JET Games USA Launches Giga Shot, Cyber Punch & More
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UNIS Releases Turbo Nova & Jump Master
UNIS is keeping busy with some new arcade games, giving us a little bit of »
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Location Watch January 2026: New Arcades Opening Across The World
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More Trocadero Footage
Big thanks to Sara for this tip, after our request for some more old skool footage of the Trocadero. Sara writes…. “One of my friends made a video of Funland in the Trocadero in 1990, this was right
Read More »What We Are Playing This Week……
It’s all about the pinball this week! Shaggy -Spiderman (Pinball) -Adventure 2 (Atari 5200) -Crystal of Kings (arcade) -Golden Axe II (Genesis via Wii VC) Twisted Supreme -MGS3 (ps2) -ID4 (arcade) -VF5 (arcade)
Read More »Pinball Pandemonium – When Pins Meet Photoshop
[Via Kevin Williams @ The Stinger Report] Some guys at Somethingawful.com (specifically the Something Awful Forum Goons as the site says) decided to have a bit of fun with pinball machines this week, creating
Read More »Be "the Pac-Man" with the Pac-Man Plush Head
Do you love Pac-Man so much that you will make your own costumes or items to appear like the world’s most famous yellow eating machine? Well now you don’t have to – simply buy
Read More »Capcom's new 2D fighter Basara X website update
The website for Cacpom’s upcoming arcade fighter (which remember, is NOT Street Fighter 4) Basara X (from my understanding, this is based on the Devil Kings series, if I am wrong please correct me)
Read More »The Stinger Report – UK Distributors at Open-Day Meetings
The latest Stinger Report covers the gatherings of UK amusement distributors at recent events such as the Park Avenue Open-Day and BAR.07, both held in London. A number of popular games were available, including
Read More »Virtua Fighter 5 Video @ The Trocadero
Here is the first of the two videos I took at the Trocadero this week. First up I have Virtua Fighter 5, apologies for the lack of sound, it didnt come out well. So instead
Read More »Initial D 4 & Virtua Fighter 5 @ The Trocadero
I was pleasantly surprised on my visit to the Trocadero this week, when I came across two new Sega games. So for your viewing pleasure, I took some pictures for you all to have a
Read More »HardCore Gamer Vol. 3 Issue 2 out, arcade preview The Act
Hardcore Gamer 26 is out and this month I cover the upcoming and innovative arcade title The Act. If you’re interested in other things than arcade games, they have plenty of that too. 😛
Read More »Lineup for The California Extreme Film Festival
We have discussed The California Extreme arcade event previously (August 11th-13th) and it continues to shape up to be one unforgettable event with the announcement of the films that are going to be shown.
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