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IAAPA 2010: Music Games (Andamiro, Mozarc, DJMT2, World’s Fastest Drummer)

IAAPA 2010: Music Games (Andamiro, Mozarc, DJMT2, World’s Fastest Drummer)

November 19, 2010, 3 Comments on IAAPA 2010: Music Games (Andamiro, Mozarc, DJMT2, World’s Fastest Drummer)

Arcade music games are not to be shunned and they certainly weren’t at IAAPA this week. Here’s a look over what new music gaming concepts players have to look forward to trying out at a venue near them. Andamiro – Andamiro had a large booth to check out and the most eye-catching piece of »

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

October 5, 2010, 1 Comment on Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

Konami is wasting no time in keeping the GuitarFreaks and DrumMania XG series updated, as shown by a location test taking place in Kawasaki, Japan this Saturday and Sunday. GFXG2 and DMXG2 will feature new monitors, speakers and peripherals and they also will uses Konami’s Paseli e-payment system. Further videos, pictures and songlists should »

Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

September 30, 2010, 5 Comments on Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

Newsfeed 938 via When Taito demonstrated a new four-player light-gun shooter title at AOU this past February called Gaia Attack 4, there was no indication that it would get an international release, although we had a hunch that it might since they had been pushing both Elevator Action: Death Parade and Panic Museum on »

Namco’s Maximum Heat on location test

September 18, 2010, 6 Comments on Namco’s Maximum Heat on location test

While Namco America prepares to release their newest racer, Dead Heat to the North American market, a variation on that same game is now testing in Japan. We first heard about Maximim Heat last week, where it includes a 3D monitor setup (Dead Heat does not). Maximum Heat does use glasses similar to Konami’s »

Konami Location Tests Reflec Beat in South Korea

September 1, 2010, No Comments on Konami Location Tests Reflec Beat in South Korea

Newsfeed 916 via Alternate headline: “Konami strikes back in DJ Max Technika’s hometown”. The location test is actually over at this moment after Konami was able to gather player input over the period of a few weeks. Fortunately we have some extensive videos of the game in action now, it’s like a chaotic version »

DDRX2 location testing in East Hanover, NJ; Southend,UK

August 25, 2010, 6 Comments on DDRX2 location testing in East Hanover, NJ; Southend,UK

I was starting to get a little anxious as it’s a much slower news cycle at the moment than usual but there is some welcome news coming our way via Bemanistyle.com with a report that Konami has begun their first location test of the new Dance Dance Revolution X2 arcade game in North America. »

Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality

Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality

August 20, 2010, No Comments on Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality

The Am-Net Blog has pictures of the marketing materials for a new Konami light-gun game testing in Japan called Space Agent. The only info we have about it comes from the posted media, which shows a mostly enclosed cabinet,  e-Amusement features and mounted guns which add an element of “Augmented Reality” to the experience. »

Test your tablecloth pulling skills with The Tablecloth Hour

August 15, 2010, No Comments on Test your tablecloth pulling skills with The Tablecloth Hour

Last year Taito contributed a new game to the often quirky world of Japanese arcade games called Ultra Low Dining Table(scroll almost halfway down on the link for videos; it’s also pictured to the right in the photo above), where the object of the game was to pound on a small table controller until »

More Japanese location tests reports: Darius Burst and Chaos Code

August 11, 2010, 3 Comments on More Japanese location tests reports: Darius Burst and Chaos Code

(Thanks to ECM for the tip on Darius) When it comes to public location tests Japan rarely disappoints and we’ve got two to talk about today. First, popular game site Famitsu weighs in on the Darius Burst Another Chronicle location test with more pictures of how that went down. They get into more details »

Darius Burst Another Chronicle location test reports

August 7, 2010, 4 Comments on Darius Burst Another Chronicle location test reports

Taito began the first public test of the new Darius Burst Another Chronicle in Akihabara yesterday and already the test is considered a great success. Between 140-200 showed up early to get a chance to play the new game for 200 yen each. There are a couple of location test reports on the web, »

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade on location test

August 6, 2010, No Comments on Super Street Fighter IV Arcade on location test

Newsfeed 895 via Super Street Fighter IV Arcade is out testing and 4Gamer.net has pictures to prove it. The article mentions some fine tuning in the game with the health but beyond that there isn’t much else to report. Too bad they don’t try it out the Darius Burst cabinet since they insist on »

Links for the weekend: New test for Metal Gear, Arcade Propaganda Posters + more

July 31, 2010, No Comments on Links for the weekend: New test for Metal Gear, Arcade Propaganda Posters + more

I am needing to catch up on some newsfeeds from the Stinger and in the interest of time I will combine what I can into one post. Before that though AM.Net has some good links this morning, first with Famitsu’s pics from the most recent location test on Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade. They have »