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Speed Driver 2 lands in the UK

May 30, 2009, 8 Comments on Speed Driver 2 lands in the UK

It seems like London is a getting a lot of arcade love recently with different companies testing out games there. The latest game to show up is IGS’s Speed Driver 2, a 3D racing game that reminds me of Sega’s Initial D. I do like the cabinet design as it’s sleek and flashy – »

Robots conquer crane machines thanks to Robo Catcher

May 25, 2009, 2 Comments on Robots conquer crane machines thanks to Robo Catcher

In Japan it seems that the crane machine is both an art and a science and it never ceases to amaze me as to what companies cook up for cranes there. I am a big fan of integrating robotics into the arcade scene and this latest “crane” machine does just that. Called Robo Catcher, »

Funspot announces the 11th annual Classic Video game tournament

May 21, 2009, 1 Comment on Funspot announces the 11th annual Classic Video game tournament

We all know that Funspot is one of the coolest arcades on the planet and for the 11th time they are going to hold their big Classic Video Game Tournament. The tourney begins on May 28th and goes until the 31st. Admission is $30 which includes 175 game tokens and access to what is »

The 1st Sydney Pinball Festival

May 21, 2009, 3 Comments on The 1st Sydney Pinball Festival

Despite the fact that there is only one pinball manufacturer around these days, interest in pinball itself doesn’t seem to be waning, if the number of pinball expos popping up around the world is any indication. The most recent festival that celebrates the game took place in Sydney Austrailia and Just One More Game »

New arcade releases this week: Nirin and Dance Dance Revolution X

May 21, 2009, 2 Comments on New arcade releases this week: Nirin and Dance Dance Revolution X

My local distributor tells me that two new games are now shipping out to various distributors and thus will be showing up at different locations around the country within the next few weeks. First off, Nirin by Namco. I got a chance to play this at ASI and it was cool – the graphics »

King of Fighters 2002 gets it's own "UM" upgrade

May 9, 2009, 2 Comments on King of Fighters 2002 gets it's own "UM" upgrade

Back in 2007, SNK announced that they would be updating the ever popular King of Fighters ’98 using more modern technology and they released the game in ’08 with the name King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match.  Now SNK has decided to do the same thing for KOF2002, giving it an “Unlimted Match” upgrade »

Upcoming equipment spotlight shows by Betson

May 8, 2009, 1 Comment on Upcoming equipment spotlight shows by Betson

Betson Enterprises has sent us a couple of press releases detailing a couple of upcoming spotlight events for operators, the first two events will take place back-to-back in Oklahoma on May 12th and the 13th and then next month on June 3rd, they will hold another spotlight show in New Jersey. The shows will »

Move over Wii Sports – here comes Mocap Sports

May 7, 2009, No Comments on Move over Wii Sports – here comes Mocap Sports

While it might  seem that Konami is a little late to the motion controller party, you also might recall that Konami pioneered the motion controller prior to the release of the Nintendo Wii (which has since taken credit for pioneering motion sensing in the minds of many people, which of course is false anyways in »

Terminator Salvation pinball to compliment TS Arcade?

May 1, 2009, 1 Comment on Terminator Salvation pinball to compliment TS Arcade?

In the very latest Stinger Report e-newsletter (which came to my e-mail after I had finished posting yesterday), we have word that Stern will create a pinball based upon Terminator Salvation later this year. As you might recall, we have reported on a rumor that an arcade company is working on a light-gun title »

Stinger News: Game Gate VU to soon come in a driver edition

Stinger News: Game Gate VU to soon come in a driver edition

April 30, 2009, 1 Comment on Stinger News: Game Gate VU to soon come in a driver edition

We have discussed the Game Gate VU before, a coin-op kiosk that allows operators to put an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 on location to take advantage of the library that is offered by those game consoles in an arcade environment. I saw the Game Gate VU as ASI09 and it was an interesting »