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Arcade love at the VGXPO

October 16, 2009, 1 Comment on Arcade love at the VGXPO

AH contributor Aaron Auzins recently had the chance to attend the VGXPO in Philadelphia and here he discusses what kind of attention arcades got at the show. ——— “The previous weekend featured the annual Video Game eXPO (VGXPO) show in Philadelphia, marking the fifth straight year the consumer-based gaming culture show has been held. »

New details on Examu's Arcana Heart 3 and SNK's KOF Sky Stage

October 15, 2009, No Comments on New details on Examu's Arcana Heart 3 and SNK's KOF Sky Stage

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the information) Another Examu fighter is just around the corner and thanks to both Famitsu and a translation by Aaron Auzins we have a little better idea on what will be seen in AH3. As you can see above, the game fits into a similar art style as AH2 »

Konami reveals Winning Eleven 2010

October 14, 2009, No Comments on Konami reveals Winning Eleven 2010

Pro Evo fans have another arcade offering to look forward to in the series, as Konami has revealed the development of Winning Eleven 2010 for arcades. The series which is known in Europe under Pro Evolution or Pro Evo has seen a number of titles released on console platforms with just a couple of »

Konami releases GTI Club – Supermini Festa in Europe

October 7, 2009, 6 Comments on Konami releases GTI Club – Supermini Festa in Europe

Fans of Konami’s GTI Club can finally look forward to actually playing the game that was seen last January as Konami and Electrocoin demonstrated the final release version of the game, GTI Club – Supermini Festa at the FER Interazar exhibition in Madrid, Spain recently. As you can see above, the deluxe version varies »

IGS prepping Speed Rider for arcades

October 6, 2009, 4 Comments on IGS prepping Speed Rider for arcades

While Taiwanese company IGS is mostly known for their work with 2D games, they are slowly exploring the 3D realm with titles like their upcoming racer, Speed Rider. Some information on SR was seen at JAMMA and now IGS has launched a website for the game and it was even seen on location test »

Classic Arcade 3D pixel art

October 6, 2009, No Comments on Classic Arcade 3D pixel art

In the world of computer graphics, one idea that is starting to gain a lot of attention (even though the concept has been around for quite a while with some games using the technology) is that of the voxel or 3D pixel. For example in iD’s latest game engine, called iD Tech 5 it »

Super Street Fighter IV *might* get an arcade release

October 3, 2009, 8 Comments on Super Street Fighter IV *might* get an arcade release

Oh boy, here we go. I for one will not be putting a lot of faith into Capcom for this until we see it. For more perspectives, AH contributors Kevin Williams and Aaron Auzins weigh in on the possibilities, after the jump »

More details on Namco's new pirate-themed light-gun game "Dead Storm Pirates"

October 2, 2009, 11 Comments on More details on Namco's new pirate-themed light-gun game "Dead Storm Pirates"

UPDATE: Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the correct translation of the game’s name. I knew pirates was at the end of that but wasn’t sure about the rest so it’s good to have a name in English to call it now. A short time ago we found out that Namco has a new pirate-themed »

A developers diary on the canceled American Idol coin-op game

September 26, 2009, 4 Comments on A developers diary on the canceled American Idol coin-op game

It’s been about a year now but last October, we received a tip about an American Idol coin-op game that was being brought to market by Raw Thrills’. Not long after that, the game was seen on location test and a little later it made it’s official appearance at IAAPA 2008. But after that, »

Blazblue gets an update with Continuum Shift (updated)

September 26, 2009, No Comments on Blazblue gets an update with Continuum Shift (updated)

There is another HD fighter out there that is turning heads in arcades and it’s not SFIV but the Guilty Gear-like BlazBlue. Personally I have not played BlazBlue yet although I have had a number of customers call me inquiring about the game and it seems to be generating a decent bit of excitement »

Konami brings back Road Fighter, now labelled as Road Fighters

September 24, 2009, 2 Comments on Konami brings back Road Fighter, now labelled as Road Fighters

Thanks to an anonymous tip, we have received some details on a new title that Konami had out on location test in Japan last week called Road Fighters. For anyone who knows their Konami history, Road Fighter (without the ‘s’) was Konami’s first driving game which was released way back in 1984 so this »

SFIV Vewlix cabinet on eBay – how "real" is it?

September 15, 2009, 4 Comments on SFIV Vewlix cabinet on eBay – how "real" is it?

Not satisfied with building your own arcade cabinet for SFIV and you want the real, “official” thing? Then this auction on eBay is for you. The seller apparently won this through Gamestop/Capcom’s sweepstakes by pre-ordering SFIV on the PS3. He says that it is still on the crate and currently the bid is going »