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IAAPA 2009 videos – Sega Racing Classic, Terminator Salvation, Tank! Tank! Tank!

November 21, 2009, 11 Comments on IAAPA 2009 videos – Sega Racing Classic, Terminator Salvation, Tank! Tank! Tank!

Youtube just didn’t want to upload my videos this afternoon but after some persistence, I am finally getting them put up there. In total I have 20 videos to put up so I won’t be finishing it tonight but rest assured that as long as Youtube doesn’t suck tomorrow then I should get them »

Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

November 20, 2009, 5 Comments on Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

Well I’m back from IAAPA 2009 and it was an excellent show, as expected. I had always heard how large it was but you have to see it (and walk it) to believe it. I am going to start off with some picture updates here since that is a bit easier to get up »

IAAPA 2009 preview (updated – w/Cooking Mama arcade and more)

November 17, 2009, 16 Comments on IAAPA 2009 preview (updated – w/Cooking Mama arcade and more)

Tomorrow I head off for Las Vegas to attend the annual amusement industry tradeshow IAAPA. This will be the first time I will have a chance to visit this particular show – I have previously visited other arcade-related shows such as AMOA and ASI but from what I have always heard, IAAPA is much »

Leland Cook Jr. of Tradewest passes away

November 17, 2009, No Comments on Leland Cook Jr. of Tradewest passes away

Via  Remember Ikari Warriors? That was one of the first games to be licensed by video game company Tradewest. While Tradewest was primarily known for their work on the NES, they did purchase coin-op company Cinematronics in 1987 and renamed that to Leland Games, which did continue to produce a number of coin-op titles »

Terminator Salvation Arcade coming to IAAPA next week

November 13, 2009, 5 Comments on Terminator Salvation Arcade coming to IAAPA next week

(Click on the image above for a more detailed view) We first heard about a Terminator Salvation arcade title way back at ASI in March and except for a brief view of the game on a location test in June, there has been little else to say about the game since information surrounding it »

Sega Racing Classic preview at 1up.com

November 3, 2009, 15 Comments on Sega Racing Classic preview at 1up.com

After hearing of our report that Sega was testing Sega Racing Classic at the Gameworks in Chicago, 1up writer Andrew Hayward made his way to the location to check the game out and give everyone a preview of the game in action. In addition to that he grabbed a couple of videos of the »

Prepping for 2010 with a look back at Combatica

October 31, 2009, No Comments on Prepping for 2010 with a look back at Combatica

A short time ago we reported about a new company that is joining the amusement industry called Titan 4 Games. Their plan is to bring gesture-based motion gaming to the coin-op industry next year and as we are finding out from The Stinger Report, they aren’t the only ones looking to do the same »

Exergaming with Dogfight V2

October 31, 2009, 1 Comment on Exergaming with Dogfight V2

Exergaming has become a lucrative commodity for gyms and Nintendo in recent times but it can also be a nice addition to an arcade location. One company that is in the business of developing exergames is Electronic Sports and we have previously reported on Dogfight, a title by the company that combines an exercise »

Incredible Technologies announces Silver Strike LIVE for Q1 2010

October 30, 2009, 1 Comment on Incredible Technologies announces Silver Strike LIVE for Q1 2010

With Incredible Technologies rolling out the latest iteration of their Golden Tee series this month, I was wondering if we were going to hear anything about the other series they have been promoting heavily for the past few years – Silver Strike. As it turns out they have a new edition of that game »

The 2009 Big Buck World Championships wrap-up (updated)

October 29, 2009, No Comments on The 2009 Big Buck World Championships wrap-up (updated)

I received a couple of e-mails recently asking about details on how the 2009 Big Buck World Championships went down a couple of weeks ago but I hadn’t heard anything about it until today. You might recall that there were two national tournaments that occurred at the same time – one for BBHPro(the night »

Big Buck Hunter Pro iPhone app (with an arcade finder) UPDATED

October 27, 2009, 6 Comments on Big Buck Hunter Pro iPhone app (with an arcade finder) UPDATED

While there have been many new games on the Apple iPhone which are conversions of an arcade game in some form or another, we have not seen many modern arcade ports to the platform. That is about to change with the release of Big Buck Hunter Pro for the iPhone by developer Super Happy »

More details unveiled on Namco's Dead Storm Pirates

October 24, 2009, No Comments on More details unveiled on Namco's Dead Storm Pirates

(Thanks to reader kieranmay for the tip) We have already mentioned Namco’s upcoming light-gun title known as Dead Storm Pirates a couple of times but up until now we really haven’t seen much other than the game cabinet. Now thanks to a new update to Highway Games, we have a much more detailed look »