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Namco’s AOU 2012 Line-Up Unveiled

Namco’s AOU 2012 Line-Up Unveiled

February 8, 2012, No Comments on Namco’s AOU 2012 Line-Up Unveiled

Next week is the AOU 2012 show and now it’s Namco’s turn to draw attention to some of the products they will have there. There are a couple of games which are no-brainers – Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 but there is a little more to it than that. »

Triangle Services/ Sega bringing Love Arcade to AOU 2012 + Flying Robots

Triangle Services/ Sega bringing Love Arcade to AOU 2012 + Flying Robots

February 2, 2012, 2 Comments on Triangle Services/ Sega bringing Love Arcade to AOU 2012 + Flying Robots

As mentioned yesterday, news will be trickling out about the upcoming AOU 2012 event in Japan that takes place in about two weeks and today Sega opened up some of their plans as to what they are going to show off. Keep in mind that none of the companies reveal everything in advance so »

What’s coming to AOU 2012 (Part 1)

What’s coming to AOU 2012 (Part 1)

February 1, 2012, 3 Comments on What’s coming to AOU 2012 (Part 1)

Newsfeed 1162 & 1163 via If you didn’t get a fill from the EAG show last week then never fear, another arcade trade show, AOU 2012, is just around the corner, this time in Japan. The Amusement Operators Union or AOU, takes place every February and often has some surprises in store for some »

Cave unveils Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Arcades

Cave unveils Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Arcades

January 30, 2012, 6 Comments on Cave unveils Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Arcades

The Dodonpachi series has created a strong following in circles of shmup players and while it had seemed for a time that Cave might give up on arcades in favor of developments elsewhere, that seems to have been put on hold from the news this morning. Cave has announced that this Spring they are »

Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

January 24, 2012, No Comments on Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

I know posting has been inconsistent lately and I end up doing these variety posts but that will change shortly as I have completed moving my own arcade and I should be opening my doors this morning. I will have to do a post about the experience which has eaten up my time over »

Astro Ranger Re-Appears Out Of The Blue

Astro Ranger Re-Appears Out Of The Blue

January 20, 2012, No Comments on Astro Ranger Re-Appears Out Of The Blue

There are times where we hear about a game, it presents a cool or unique concept and then we never hear about it again. Namco’s Afrec! comes to mind. Then there are times where something like that happens and one day, out-of-nowhere the game reappears on the scene somewhere months or even years later. »

Stryker’s Main Street Arcade Opens in Oregon City, OR

Stryker’s Main Street Arcade Opens in Oregon City, OR

January 19, 2012, 3 Comments on Stryker’s Main Street Arcade Opens in Oregon City, OR

We had a flurry of new arcade location stories around the beginning of the month but a few weeks later it seems that the trend will continue. The latest comes to us from Oregon City, OR USA and is called Stryker’s Main Street Arcade. Some of their games include: Pac-Man, MS. Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey »

ReRave Goes International

ReRave Goes International

January 16, 2012, 2 Comments on ReRave Goes International

I have been sitting on two press releases for upcoming rhythm arcade title, ReRave by Step Evolution and Coast-To-Coast Entertainment. Not because I wanted to but it’s been crunch time for me at the arcade and today in fact we are closed and will be moving machines. That’s another story but I’ve been so »

Square Enix Unveils Gunslinger Stratos In Japan

Square Enix Unveils Gunslinger Stratos In Japan

January 11, 2012, 3 Comments on Square Enix Unveils Gunslinger Stratos In Japan

They’ve been teasing it for a few weeks now and today Square Enix did a full reveal of their latest new arcade concept called Gunslinger Stratos. This new arcade concept is worth highlighting as when it comes to light-gun games, this certainly breaks the mold (although I admit that I am sort of thinking »

New pictures of Jersey Jack Pinball’s Wizard of Oz

New pictures of Jersey Jack Pinball’s Wizard of Oz

January 10, 2012, 1 Comment on New pictures of Jersey Jack Pinball’s Wizard of Oz

Hot on the heels of the reveal of Stern’s AC/DC Pinball (now updated with a playfield pic) comes new pictures of the competition – Wizard of Oz Pinball by Jersey Jack Pinball. This is on track for a March release and I also read that they have already pre-sold 1000 units with hopes of »

Incredible Technologies Touts PowerPutt LIVE, Golden Tee Player of the Year

Incredible Technologies Touts PowerPutt LIVE, Golden Tee Player of the Year

January 6, 2012, No Comments on Incredible Technologies Touts PowerPutt LIVE, Golden Tee Player of the Year

One game we already know is coming in 2012 is a follow-up to one of Incredible Technologies somewhat new games, PowerPutt. But until today we didn’t really know much about the new game aside from it being an online enabled title and that at it’s heart it would continue to do for virtual mini-golf »

Arcade Games Turning 30 this year

Arcade Games Turning 30 this year

January 5, 2012, 1 Comment on Arcade Games Turning 30 this year

For a little over a year we’ve had some talk about games reaching their 30th birthday, in particular with Pac-Man but as this marks the 30th year since 1982, I figure why not take a look at some important titles from ’82 that are turning 30. There are quite a few to look over »