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Project DIVA Arcade cabinet revealed as the game goes on location test in Japan (updated)
Last October we found out that Sega Japan was planning on bringing a PSP music game known as Project DIVA over to arcades, and after a short time of hearing little about the game, we now have a look at the cabinet, pictured above. You can tell by looking closely at the picture that »
H2Overdrive Motion version now testing at a Gameworks in Illinois
(Thanks for the tip Sam!) Amongst the surprises at IAAPA this year was the revelation that Namco was teaming up with Tsunami and Universal Space to produce a motion based version of Specular Interactive’s H2Overdrive. I did capture the game on video but in hindsight I probably should have spent a little more time »
Namco's Dead Storm Pirates now testing in Illinois
(Thanks to Sam for the tip!) If you didn’t have the chance to make it to IAAPA to check out games like Namco’s Dead Storm Pirates and you live anywhere near Addison, IL then this is for you. Namco is currently testing the game out at the Dave And Busters there for a limited »
The 2009 Dance Dance Revolution Nationals get a recap; Ongaku Paradise tests in Japan
(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tips) Ever since it was first announced a few months ago, we have kept tabs here and there on Konami’s National DDR Championships that were held in different regions around the US. Those nationals are now complete and thankfully Bemanistyle.com has a complete recap on what went right »
Konami now testing DDR X2 in Japan, "Jukebeat" in the US
(Thanks to Eddie and Aaron of Bemanistlye for the info!) I’ve been focusing so much on IAAPA news lately that I didn’t have much time to squeeze anything else in but there are some other arcade related thing happening out there. While Konami didn’t have anything to show off at IAAPA (they were at »
Sega Racing Classic testing at Gameworks Chicago (updated w/ new flyer)
(Thanks to reader Alan S. for the tip) Attention any readers who so happen to reside anywhere near the Gameworks in Chicago – Sega is testing Sega Racing Classic there until next week. Apparently it has been on test for about a week already but the tipster who passed this along didn’t send us »
A full look at the Sega Card Gen MLB location test in Japan
Location tests rarely get a lot of attention in the US but in Japan it’s usually a different story. While Sega’s newest coin-op title, Sega Card Gen has already tested at the Gameworks in Chicago, we never saw any pictures from that test but we did get an excellent description about the game on »
Pop'n Music 18 now testing in Japan
(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info and tip) I missed this one by several days but I figure it’s worth mentioning anyways despite that. Konami is now testing the latest iteration of their Pop’n Music bemani series in Japan, Pop’n Music 18 Sengoku Retsuden. The subtitle refers to the warring states era that »
Hummer Twin now testing outside of Japan @ Brighton Bowlplex
(Thanks for the tip Shane) A few weeks ago we posted about the revelation that Sega will debut a smaller version of their Hummer racing title and the first site to see one of these outside of Japan is the Brighton Bowlplex, in the UK. We don’t have any shots of that particular test »
Interesting new shmup now location testing in Japan – Exception
A new and interesting shmup is now on location test in Japan and seeing efforts like this makes me long for seeing some good shmups in arcades outside of Japan again. Called Exception, this shmup has elements from games like Asteroids, Blast Works, Mars Matrix, Panzer Dragoon Orta (and probably others I am missing) »