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Japanese Racing Game Updates: Initial D Zero; MaxiTune 5DX; Real Drive
There has been plenty of excitement over the upcoming return of Cruis’n to the arcade scene here in the States but over in Japan, they are keeping their racing scene plenty strong. Let’s take a look at some of the news that should excite racing fans: Initial D Zero Location Tests After going with »
The Walking Dead Coming To Arcades In 2017 (UPDATED)
New games are always in the works for video arcades, it’s just a matter of time before we find out what is next. The current arcade industry has fully embraced the idea of licensing popular media to bring to market. The latest revelation is sure to be popular – AMC’s The Walking Dead is »
Lost Arcade Title KenJu (Atomiswave)
Back in 2005, Sammy was still promoting their Dreamcast based arcade hardware Atomiswave, hoping that it could pick up enough development to become the next Neo Geo MVS. We’ve highlighted some titles that were developed but never released for the Atomiswave before. Today, thanks to arcade prototype collector extraordinaire ShouTime, the focus is falling »
Knowing Your Rs: SR, VR, AR and MXR
With the return of VR onto the scene, we’ve begun to cover the subject on the blog recently as “VR Arcades” and other out-of-home applications of the technology find their way into amusement. The purpose of this editorial is to explain in a little more detail what the different types of “technological reality” can »
Start Off Monday With A New Cruis’n Pic, Galaga Assault Ending & R-Type Anime
(Thanks to Jdevy for the tip) UPDATE: R-type Anime Added below Given the mountains of bad news out there lately(re: world news, not arcade news), let’s start your Monday off with something good: A new picture from the Cruis’n Location Test. As mentioned previously, the title continues to change with the current iteration a »
Newsbytes: CAX 2016; Jarvis Documentary; Brian Colin Tour; Ghostbusters
July always seems like it is the shortest month of the year to me, because it is the middle of summer and you make time fly by while having fun…let’s check out some of the arcade fun out there: Don’t forget to visit the Arcade of the Week – Underground Retrocade! California Extreme 2016 »
Sega Launches Official Trailer for Mario & Sonic At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition
We first learned about Mario & Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition last year thanks to the first Japanese location tests a year ago. Since then, it has been a patient process in waiting for new details and media. We got our hands on it at the IAAPA 2015 trade show »
World’s Largest Pac-Man Gets A New Promo Video
It has been a little while since Bandai Namco Amusements America had uploaded a new video to their Youtube channel but today that changed with this very sleek trailer promoting their new World’s Largest Pac-Man arcade game. It’s always great to see the manufacturer promoting their own product with videos that have a little »
Incredible Technologies Showcases Golden Tee 2017
When it comes to arcade golf, there is only one name that has any traction these days and that’s Golden Tee. They have been able to consistently provide updates to the game annually for many years and this year is no different, with the upcoming release of Golden Tee 2017. As has been done »
Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution A Landing At Dave & Busters Soon UPDATE: Round1USA Too
It has been teased for a while now that Dave & Busters was doing something with Konami’s popular Dance Dance Revolution series this Summer but it wasn’t clear until today what that would entail. Thanks to this post by Bemanistyle, we learn that Dave & Busters is going to be testing out the latest »
Morris Museum’s “For Amusement Only; Arcades & Cafe’s” Exhibit Open Through October
For my fellow Americans out there, Happy Independence Day! Otherwise – Happy Monday and July! No matter what you are up to these days, hopefully you’ll find some great arcade gaming out there this Summer. Today’s interest story comes to us from the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ (thanks to Jere Ryder for the »
Namco Announces Pre-Orders For Star Wars Battle Pod The Force Awakens Update
As we knew from a report earlier this year, Bandai Namco had planned to release a new level for their Star Wars Battle Pod arcade this Summer. That would be based on a battle from the recent Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens film. Thanks to a press release sent out from the »
