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Consumer Media's Arcade Coverage U-Turn!

May 30, 2007, No Comments on Consumer Media's Arcade Coverage U-Turn!

  This was an interesting read, and some of the points raised have been bugging me for quite a while. Like when having a search on google for “arcade” all you get is Xbox Live Arcade, Arcade Fire, crappy arcade game rip off downloads and not actually much on real arcades. Hopefully we will »

11th Annual California Extreme Arcade and Pinball Game Show

May 29, 2007, 1 Comment on 11th Annual California Extreme Arcade and Pinball Game Show

There are plenty of announcements for arcade shows these days! Details for the the next California Extreme game show have been announced, including a date and details on games, prizes and special speakers. The event will be taking place on August 11-12th at the Parkside Hall in San Jose, California. Those who are able »

Arcade Industry Finally Looking To Do Something About Poor Media Coverage

May 25, 2007, No Comments on Arcade Industry Finally Looking To Do Something About Poor Media Coverage

If there is one thing the arcade industry has not been blessed with for a very long time, it’s the marketing gene. But according to the latest Stinger Report, that may be about to change. Thanks to some positive media coverage online through various websites and other online resources, morale is improving among industry »

Three New Attractions at Sega GameWorks

May 25, 2007, No Comments on Three New Attractions at Sega GameWorks

Good news for all you Outrun lovers out there, the Outrun 2 SP Super Deluxe is now out and about and waiting to be played, read on…… [via GameDaily Biz] Casual dining brand adding OutRun 2, Virtual Bowling and UFO Catchers GameWorks, the casual dining brand of Sega, today announced the installation of three »

Shaggy's Weekly Review – Liberator by Atari

May 24, 2007, No Comments on Shaggy's Weekly Review – Liberator by Atari

Sorry for the delay again in the review – I am working on something to make the reviews more interesting but it’s taking longer than I had hoped. But for now here is another classic that was mostly overlooked back in the day, Liberator by Atari. —————————————————————————————————— Liberator by Atari (1982) Players: 1-2 Introduction »

Crazy Climber official website

May 23, 2007, No Comments on Crazy Climber official website

Among the more surprising things to come out of AOU 2007 was the announcement of a new Crazy Climber game. Classic gamers may have memories of the original 1980 Crazy Climber as well as it’s lesser known sequel. Digital Logic Corporation is the company that is working on the new Crazy Climber and they »

Information on Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2

May 22, 2007, No Comments on Information on Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2

Remember the days when wrestling games were popular in arcades? It’s been quite a while since that era came to an end here in the States, but in Japan the genre still has plenty of room to breath, if the latest information from Kinnikuman Muscle Grad Prix 2 is any indication (they just love »

Video: Virtual Fighter 5 Ver. C in action

May 21, 2007, No Comments on Video: Virtual Fighter 5 Ver. C in action

The following video posted on youtube shows some gameplay straight from the most recent version of Virtua Fighter 5 that is testing in Japan. The battle takes place between Sekaijin (SH) vs Saramingo (SA). Enjoy! (Video credit: Sekajin) [Discuss on the forum »

Mini Skee Ball

May 17, 2007, No Comments on Mini Skee Ball

Spotted this little gem over at RetroThing. I have to agree with them, I too love anything that has been miniaturised. I just looks so cute and cool, and for those of us with out room for our very own Skee Ball in the home (which is most of us really), this is ideal! [via »

Manic Panic Ghost available in Europe

May 15, 2007, No Comments on Manic Panic Ghost available in Europe

I am not sure how long this has been there, but on Sega UKs website they have Manic Panic Ghost listed as an available title under New Releases. It doesn’t have it’s own mini-site like many of the other games do, but you can check out the flyer at the very least (which I’ll »

Surface Tension Arcade Tables

May 13, 2007, No Comments on Surface Tension Arcade Tables

Well, this kind of makes my conversion project seem even more of a joke (I still haven’t progressed beyond ordering a tiny TFT screen). A welcome forum visitor has pointed us to their site, Surface Tension from which they sell the most incredible Arcade “Coffee” Tables.  These have to be some of the sleekest and most beautiful tables I have »

New Space Order – another game that probably won't be seen outside of Japan

May 12, 2007, 2 Comments on New Space Order – another game that probably won't be seen outside of Japan

It’s hard not to be envious of arcade fans in Japan. When it comes to arcades, they get everything including plenty of games that we will never see in the UK or the States. Take for example New Space Order by Namco Bandai Games. This game was briefly mentioned in reports that came out »