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London Preview 08 Part 3 – Stinger looks at GlobalVR, Taito and IT
For our final piece of coverage on the London 08 preview (again thanks to The Stinger Report for the news and pictures), we look at what GlobalVR, Taito and IT had to show off at the event. GlobalVR – GVR was represented by their European distributor Cosmic Video Amusement. Here was a first look »
Black Spiderman Pinball by Stern
Stern loves creating limited edition pin tables. Their latest: Black Spiderman, which of course coincides with the black Spiderman character from Spiderman 3. The new cabinet includes brand new artwork that fits right along with the theme as well as new chrome body armor featuring an etched spider web design. One distributor has »
The Stinger Report takes a look at Action Detective and EA buying Konami?
[The Stinger Report] In addition to Sega’s titles that The Stinger Report got their hands on they also have reported on a few titles that in the the works by other Japanese arcade developers. One of these games is Konami’s Action Detective, which we reported about in this post. The game is using similar »
The Stinger Report looks at upcoming Sega titles
[The Stinger Report] The latest Stinger Report takes a look at some Sega titles shown off at private shows in September, including Primeval Hunt that we posted about not long ago. The Stinger reveals more about this interesting game that should turn some heads to the arcade scene. Quote: While compiling a coming Chicago »
Impressions on America's Army
I just returned from my local distributor and upon visiting their location I had a chance to give America’s Army a round. Since I am considering picking this game up for my arcade in a couple of weeks, I figured it would be useful to “try before I buy”. Not only that I was »
Stinger Report – Can the Amusements Industry Eliminate the Distributor?
The latest Stinger Report covers a touchy subject in the industry – should the distributor be eliminated? It’s not the first time I’ve heard of this subject being discussed as in the 2005 State of the Industry Report by Play Meter magazine had responses from operators about that very subject. What would the purpose »
Global VR Impresses Distributors at AMOA, one says 'Don't Buy from Namco or Sega'
Looks like GlobalVR has won some converts with it’s latest game NASCAR. So much so that one distributor in California has gone as far as writing a message on Coinoptoday.com that operators should avoid purchasing racing games from Namco and Sega (such as MaxiTune 3 and ID4) and instead spend that money on NASCAR »
Pinball Returns! – Hardcore Gamer Magazine Issue 28 out
It is always a privilege to write for a game magazine – especially where you have some leeway in what content you choose to cover. Not only can I do arcades, but pinball machines as well. In the latest issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine I cover Stern’s Spiderman Pinball machine marking the first time »
Spiderman Challenge
Still waiting to play this latest Stern table, hopefully Preview? [via Barcade] Stern Pinball is hosting the 2007 IFPA-AMOA Pinball Championship at the AMOA International Expo Show in Las Vegas. The Championship will be held September 27-29th at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Halls 3 & 4 at Stern’s Booth #2220. Everyone »
The Stinger Report – Record Number of Incidents in Amusements in August
[Via The Stinger Report] This last August was the worst month in history for the international amusement sector, not in terms of sales, but in injuries and deaths as is reported in the lastest issue of The Stinger Report. They document 16 separate incidents that occured in a number of amusement parks, some incidents »
First look at Primeval Hunt by Sega
(Click to enlarge) [Thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report] Kevin has sent us a couple of pics of Sega’s latest hunting game, Primeval Hunt. This cabinet looks awesome – highly detailed, nice screen, eye-catching marquee and as you may notice, it also incorporates a touch-screen! We don’t know how it will be »
Screens for America's Army, NASCAR and Puck Off
Well the games have been out for a few weeks now but we haven’t seen any screengrabs of America’s Army nor of EA NASCAR from GlobalVR until now. They finally updated their website which includes information about another game that I don’t recall hearing anything about called Puck Off, a shuffleboard game that is »
