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Capcom Has Tested Luigi’s Mansion Arcade In Japan
(Thanks to ECM for the tip) UPDATE: Gamestalk has an update about the game which through translation shows that the game is indeed a light-gun type game as I had guessed and it is aiming for a Japanese release in Summer 2015. The game is based upon Luigi’s Mansion 2 that came out for »
The Search For Bouncer Arcade
One thing that pops-up with arcade gaming are cases of prototypes that never “see the light of day” on the wide market. This has happened various times over the years, even in recent times with games like Robo Restle, Block People, or K.O. Drive. Often these show up on some location tests and maybe »
Arcade Pics/Video From The 2014 GTI Taipei Trade Show
(Thanks to Rico Shen of Music Fantasia for the pics) It’s the time of year for GTI Taipei, which is a trade show for manufacturers and distributors in Taiwan to strut their latest arcade games and related-products. Unfortunately the name is shared with some car models, which makes finding media for the event a »
Storm Racer G and Storm Rider Now Shipping In Western Markets
At IAAPA 2013, Sega had a couple of games at their booth which were a surprise – two racing games that went by the names of Storm Racer G and Storm Rider. Developed by Chinese outfit Wahlap, Sega Amusements is taking charge of getting these games into distribution for the Western hemisphere and Europe. »
The Best of Show Awards 2014 Announced by The Stinger Report & BMI Gaming
In 2011, two names that you see on this website fairly often, The Stinger Report and BMIGaming.com, came together to begin offering awards to the best arcade games found at IAAPA trade show in November. The awards are usually announced a few months after the event, with plaques presented to the winning company representatives »
Sega Amusements To Showcase Wahlap’s Storm Racer G At EAG2014
A new trade show, EAG Expo 2014, is approaching fast and with it our first confirmation of a game that will be showcased there. EAG will be held January 21-23rd in London; Sega has announced that they will have “14 exciting new titles plus 11 current hit games” there and on Facebook today they »
Music Arcade Games Now: Sega’s Project DIVA Arcade FT in CA; ReRave Plus Kit; NEON FM loctest + More
News post-IAAPA has been sluggish but it is out there. Today here are a couple of items for some rhythm arcade games. Arcade Belgium is reporting that the Round 1 Puente Hills Mall location in California has snagged a new Project Diva Arcade Future Tone machine. The Nu powered game was released in Japan »
Coming in November: The Kong Off 3
Since the release of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, one event has come along to really capitalize on the resurgent interest behind Nintendo’s original arcade classic Donkey Kong and competitive classic gaming. That event known as the Kong Off provided a venue where the top Donkey Kong players in the world »
Sega Announces Plants Vs. Zombies The Last Stand Arcade
UPDATE: Some new info has been released about this. It is NOT a touchscreen game. Details. Last year I heard a rumor that among the efforts to translate some popular home games to the arcade that an official effort was being made to include Plants Vs. Zombies onto that roster. In China, unauthorized efforts »
First Pic of Raw Thrills’ BATMAN Arcade Cabinet
(Please note, a couple of updates have been added below) UPDATE (11/5/13): An interview with Steven Ranck of Specular Interactive about Batman is up now with many more details including new videos! Some weeks ago we ran a story about a new arcade title coming from Raw Thrills and Specular Interactive (creators of H2Overdrive »