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Darius Burst Another Chronicle’s widescreen makes it into Guinness

Darius Burst Another Chronicle’s widescreen makes it into Guinness

May 27, 2011, 2 Comments on Darius Burst Another Chronicle’s widescreen makes it into Guinness

(Thanks to Bryan for the tip) World records are found on pretty much everything these days, and arcades are no exception. And we’re not just talking about high scores either, although for the most part high scores are tracked mostly with classic titles. The latest arcade title to gain a “world record” has nothing »

From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

May 19, 2011, 9 Comments on From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

First they gave us a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder and now Specular Interactive and Raw Thrills are testing out a new racing title that leans in the Offroad Thunder direction(or as the person who made the videos below suggested, Blizzard’s Rock N’ Roll Racing) – a new arcade racer called Dirty Drivin’. You »

PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

May 18, 2011, No Comments on PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

We haven’t had many new game announcements to discuss recently, even though a number of games are in-development as we speak. Most of the time announcements are made a short time before the game is to be released but there are exceptions to that rule. Here is one of those exceptions as Incredible Technologies »

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

May 16, 2011, 4 Comments on Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

We haven’t really done an ‘Open Thread’ before, where you talk about pretty much anything in the comments (still prefer arcade/pinball discussion) but today I feel like starting one, along with some various pieces of news. I meant to get to these at some point over the weekend but Monday mornings are good as »

Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

May 13, 2011, 5 Comments on Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

One aspect of modern gaming that we have all become used to is the game update. We have come to expect them  these days as issues are discovered in games and improvements are made, which is at least preferable to having a game broken forever (on the flipside the argument is all issues should »

Pinball news: Teaser videos for TRON Pinball; Wizard of Oz witch toy + more

May 11, 2011, 1 Comment on Pinball news: Teaser videos for TRON Pinball; Wizard of Oz witch toy + more

Let’s kill a few birds with one stone here by combining a few bits of recent pinball news into one post. First, the one I’m a little surprised by – Stern hasn’t released anything quite like this previously. Being a teaser, it doesn’t show the new Tron game of course(which has already been seen »

Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

May 11, 2011, 1 Comment on Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

Taito appeared to have some decent success on their unusual Hopping Road arcade game, a title where you raced along on pogo sticks and now they are taking the concept to the next level by using scooters. Called Kickthrough Racers, this sequel of a sort to Hopping Road has similar, cel-shaded graphics, 2 players »

TRON Pinball machine + playfield

TRON Pinball machine + playfield

April 29, 2011, 10 Comments on TRON Pinball machine + playfield

(Click on the image for a closer look) Here it is – the upcoming TRON Pinball machine by Stern. I’m a little surprised that we’re seeing it in it’s full glory this soon, as usually Stern just teases the cabinet artwork first and the playfield later. As for what we see here, we’ve got »

Your first look at Sega’s Operation GHOST, sequel to Ghost Squad

Your first look at Sega’s Operation GHOST, sequel to Ghost Squad

April 29, 2011, 8 Comments on Your first look at Sega’s Operation GHOST, sequel to Ghost Squad

We weren’t exactly sure what kind of game Sega’s new Operation GHOST was going to be, based solely on the teaser site but with the first pictures of the beta game cabinet now out on the internet, our guess of a Ghost Squad sequel was right on the money. The guns have three functions »

Stern confirms TRON Pinball

Stern confirms TRON Pinball

April 27, 2011, 3 Comments on Stern confirms TRON Pinball

UPDATE: The full cabinet and playfield have been revealed! Click here! Stern Pinball just confirmed that the rumors of a new TRON pinball machine happen to be true. They’ve been teasing it for months now on their Facebook page – asking people’s thoughts about Tron and showing a picture with some engineers toying around »