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ExA Arcade Board Gains Support From G.Rev, Seibu Kaihatsu & City Connection

ExA Arcade Board Gains Support From G.Rev, Seibu Kaihatsu & City Connection

February 12, 2018, 3 Comments on ExA Arcade Board Gains Support From G.Rev, Seibu Kaihatsu & City Connection

Last week, we ran a story about a new company that is looking to bring content to arcades by the name of Exa-Arcadia. They made their first public appearance at the JAEPO 2018 show last week and already we have more news to consider in regards to the exA arcade board. As I mentioned »

ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018

ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018

February 7, 2018, 5 Comments on ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018

Conversion kits were the bread & butter of the arcade industry around 1984 when operators already had more cabinets than they really wanted to deal with. With the introduction of the JAMMA wiring standard in 1986, kits became even more commonplace and enjoyed a nice life for many years until after the 2nd downturn »

Rabbids Hollywood Released As Tomb Raider Comes To Dave & Busters

Rabbids Hollywood Released As Tomb Raider Comes To Dave & Busters

February 5, 2018, 33 Comments on Rabbids Hollywood Released As Tomb Raider Comes To Dave & Busters

UPDATE: Dave & Busters officially rolls out Tomb Raider Arcade. Click here for details. Last year right before IAAPA 2017, we found out that Canadian based game maker Adrenaline Amusements was working on not one but two different video arcade games involving Ubisoft’s Rabbids – Rabbids Hollywood and Rabbids Ticket Fiesta. When I got »

JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More

JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More

February 5, 2018, 2 Comments on JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More

It’s trade show week and that means that we’ve got JAEPO 2018, the big Japanese arcade expo, approaching fast. Fortunately, many Japanese companies like to create special webpages that tout the games that will appear at these events. So let’s take a quick look at what various arcade game makers in Japan are looking »

Bandai Namco Resurrecting The Shoot Away Series With Shoot Away Pro

Bandai Namco Resurrecting The Shoot Away Series With Shoot Away Pro

February 1, 2018, 3 Comments on Bandai Namco Resurrecting The Shoot Away Series With Shoot Away Pro

After a fairly mellow 2017, the Japanese arcade industry seems to have awoken from their slumber as we’re just getting hit with news left and right. Not complaining, just observing. šŸ˜‰ Shoot Away – A Quick History When you read the headline, it is certainly possible that the title Shoot Away didn’t ring any »

New Arcades: Neon Retro Arcade #2 (CA); AppalachianĀ Pinball Museum (NC); The Arcade (KS); Keg & Coin (FL); Pinz (MA);  State Of Mind (CA); The Game Works (OR)

New Arcades: Neon Retro Arcade #2 (CA); AppalachianĀ Pinball Museum (NC); The Arcade (KS); Keg & Coin (FL); Pinz (MA); State Of Mind (CA); The Game Works (OR)

January 26, 2018, 1 Comment on New Arcades: Neon Retro Arcade #2 (CA); AppalachianĀ Pinball Museum (NC); The Arcade (KS); Keg & Coin (FL); Pinz (MA); State Of Mind (CA); The Game Works (OR)

It has been a little more than a month since we had our last look at new arcade businesses opening their doors out there in the world and as it so happens, I’m going to have to split this latest round of such news into two parts. Let’s get started with locations that have »

Newsbytes: EAG 2018; Sonic Athletics; Tempest Development; TVs In Slo-Mo; Lost World Pinball Colorized

Newsbytes: EAG 2018; Sonic Athletics; Tempest Development; TVs In Slo-Mo; Lost World Pinball Colorized

January 20, 2018, No Comments on Newsbytes: EAG 2018; Sonic Athletics; Tempest Development; TVs In Slo-Mo; Lost World Pinball Colorized

Welcome to this week’s Newsbytes, our collection of arcade news that is generally too brief to dedicate an entire post to. Interview On House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn It doesn’t say who but this includes a few more details on the game, including available weapons; Sega also knows that this is a big »

EAG 2018 Round-up: New Arcade Content For Europe

EAG 2018 Round-up: New Arcade Content For Europe

January 19, 2018, 3 Comments on EAG 2018 Round-up: New Arcade Content For Europe

While the IAAPA trade show tends to soak up most of the arcade news that’s out there, it is not the only amusement/arcade related event of it’s kind to find out there. Every January is a show in London, UK, know for the past while as EAG. EAG 2018 opened this week and thanks »

Sega Opens A Countdown Website For Sen Sen Sen Ki

Sega Opens A Countdown Website For Sen Sen Sen Ki

January 15, 2018, No Comments on Sega Opens A Countdown Website For Sen Sen Sen Ki

There’s more Sega arcade news to chew on – if you are wondering why they are suddenly active it is because about three weeks from now, JAEPO 2018 will be taking place. JAEPO has become the primary trade show for Japanese arcade content so now tends to be the time that manufacturers begin to »

Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

January 13, 2018, 3 Comments on Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

January has been fairly mild as far as weather goes – at least where I live (hanging around the 40s most of the time). Even though it’s not super-freezing like the Eastern US, it has seemed to keep people coming to the mall and thus to the arcade. Let’s start with just a headline: »

Pac-Man Goes AR With Pac In Town

Pac-Man Goes AR With Pac In Town

January 5, 2018, No Comments on Pac-Man Goes AR With Pac In Town

If you’re into the somewhat obscure parts of arcade history, then you might recall that during the first run of VR amusement tech in the 1990s that Pac-Man VR was a real thing. It wasn’t enough to save Virtuality and other VR tech at the time but it was a big name landing on »

Pump It Up Prime 2 2018 Update Released To Arcades

Pump It Up Prime 2 2018 Update Released To Arcades

January 1, 2018, No Comments on Pump It Up Prime 2 2018 Update Released To Arcades

Happy New Year readers! We already get to start the month off with a piece of news, although if you’re into rhythm gaming then you probably know that this was coming. Not to mention that we also brought it up just a couple of weeks ago… Regardless, if you know of a location that »