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If the iPhone were a punching bag arcade machine

December 12, 2008, No Comments on If the iPhone were a punching bag arcade machine

Whoever came up with the idea for the Dragon Punch-style game has to feel quite flattered right now, if they believe that imitation is the deepest form of flattery. Dragon Punch style machines are all over the place and they all are pretty popular. I imagine that when some people see this latest clone »

Final location report on DJ Max Technika; release period mentioned

December 11, 2008, No Comments on Final location report on DJ Max Technika; release period mentioned

Phil Ver 0 on our forums has completed his location test report on DJ Max Technika. In the final report he talks about how the card system works and how that will give players access to more options and a leveling up feature, future additions to the game such as missions and online play »

Win a copy of Arcade Mania by creating your own Kotaku Arcade

December 11, 2008, No Comments on Win a copy of Arcade Mania by creating your own Kotaku Arcade

Gaming blog site Kotaku is running a contest to see what users can come up with the best arcade diorama (made up of paper, toys, etc.) of a ‘Kotaku Arcade’. The prize – a copy of the new book, Arcade Mania (click here for details on that in case you missed it).Once you make »

Three Silver Strike Bowling players win big prizes in time for Thanksgiving

December 3, 2008, No Comments on Three Silver Strike Bowling players win big prizes in time for Thanksgiving

This was meant to have been posted on Thanksgiving (last Thursday for the US) but I overlooked the mail then but figured that even though I’m almost a week late, it’s still worth posting. Despite the state of the economy here and elsewhere, arcade companies continue to hold national online tournaments where players can »

Interview with Konami about GTI Club+

November 28, 2008, No Comments on Interview with Konami about GTI Club+

Konami is updating the original GTI Club for the Playstation 3 (the full name is GTI Club+ Rally Cote D’Azur) and releasing it over PSN as an exclusive title for the platform. It will play like the arcade original but with better graphics and a few other updates. In an interview with Philip Macdonald, »

Konami releases BeatmaniaIIDX Empress in Japan

November 21, 2008, No Comments on Konami releases BeatmaniaIIDX Empress in Japan

[Via BemaniStyle.com] While most of our news the past few days has been about US arcade releases, they are still busy in Japan as well. Konami has released the latest addition to their Beatmania line-up, BeatmaniaIIDX Empress. As the name and banner above suggests, this title carries a bit more feminine theme to it »

IAAPA: Power Boat, Textminator, Sea Wolf, Tank Adventure, more misc stuff

November 19, 2008, 4 Comments on IAAPA: Power Boat, Textminator, Sea Wolf, Tank Adventure, more misc stuff

PLEASE NOTE: This post has been updated to include new information from the show floor There’s more at IAAPA and first off here are some games from a company that used to be called iMotion but is now InJoy. While we had first posted a video for Power Boat quite a while ago, we »

IAAPA: Brick People, Hummer, Harley Davidson, Razing Storm, Nirin, more

November 19, 2008, 5 Comments on IAAPA: Brick People, Hummer, Harley Davidson, Razing Storm, Nirin, more

Next up from the IAAPA floor today, Sega and Namco. As always, click on the thumbnails for a full view, thanks to  Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report for sending us these pics. One big surprise from Sega is the game Brick People, which we first showed you a few weeks ago where it was testing in »

Pre-IAAPA thoughts and guesses

November 15, 2008, 5 Comments on Pre-IAAPA thoughts and guesses

IAAPA is just a few days away and this is unfortunately one event I will not be able to go to. But we will have information pouring in straight from the floor as our friend Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report will be there and I also hope to be able to get some »

R-Tuned site reminds us that the game is coming soon

November 15, 2008, 5 Comments on R-Tuned site reminds us that the game is coming soon

It’s been a little while since we heard something about R-Tuned but Sega’s latest arcade racer that seeks to overcome what happened with RaceTV is almost out in Japan and the teaser site has been upgraded to prepare for the game’s full release next month. We’ll see if Sega plans on bringing this one »