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Upcoming equipment spotlight shows by Betson

May 8, 2009, 1 Comment on Upcoming equipment spotlight shows by Betson

Betson Enterprises has sent us a couple of press releases detailing a couple of upcoming spotlight events for operators, the first two events will take place back-to-back in Oklahoma on May 12th and the 13th and then next month on June 3rd, they will hold another spotlight show in New Jersey. The shows will »

Timezone FECs testing out a new design, hopes to set standard

April 16, 2009, 6 Comments on Timezone FECs testing out a new design, hopes to set standard

As I have been working on a new arcade, my thoughts have turned towards developing a new theme. I liked the theme at my current arcade although admittedly it is lacking since I never finished it up properly. I meant to paint all of the walls with circuit board-like graphics and add more lighting »

Golden Tee goes to the lotto

April 15, 2009, No Comments on Golden Tee goes to the lotto

We all know that one of the best ways for a company to survive in a downturn is to keep your name and product visible to the public with effective marketing and there are many ways to go about doing that. Incredible Technologies has come up with an interesting idea for promoting their Golden »

Metal Gear Coming to Arcades soon?

April 11, 2009, 3 Comments on Metal Gear Coming to Arcades soon?

[Thanks to Jon Cox for the tip] First Konami gave us Silent Hill: The Arcade and then CastleVania – could Metal Gear be the next in Konami’s line-up of console to arcade releases? It just might happen, according to information uncovered on some trademarks thanks to gaming site Kotaku. There are two trademarks that »

Seattle Gameworks to host it's own Fight Club tournament

April 9, 2009, 1 Comment on Seattle Gameworks to host it's own Fight Club tournament

Not long ago we reported that the Sega Gameworks in Phoenix Arizona had scheduled it’s own “Fight Club” tournament and now, the Seattle Gameworks is following in their footsteps. It does help that these recent tournaments have been organized by the same individual, so they are staying fairly consistent across the board in how »

The Redemption Report – a news service for redemption

April 4, 2009, 3 Comments on The Redemption Report – a news service for redemption

We don’t focus a lot of attention on redemption here at AH but we do understand that it is an important (and extremely profitable) part of the industry. As part of an effort to help drum up attention for redemption product, The Stinger Report will launch a new e-newsletter service starting in May called »

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

April 2, 2009, 7 Comments on A History of Star Trek at the arcades

With important dates, new movies and a TV show coming along based on Star Trek, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the history of Trek in arcades. I’ve long been a fan of Star Trek – I was five years old when Star Trek: the Next Generation came around and »

The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

March 31, 2009, No Comments on The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

Betson has announced a schedule of events for the 10th annual Turning Stone Expo which is going to be held April 17th & 18th at the Turning Stone Casion/Resort in Syracuse, NY. While I am not sure what kind of product is going to be seen at this event, if at all, it is »

Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

March 24, 2009, No Comments on Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

I received this a couple of days ago but as it was all in Japanese in a form that the online translator could not do anything with it (I have noticed many Japanese sites like to do that, where all the text is done in the forms of JPEGs or something similar), I had »

More ASI goodness: Pictures from The Stinger Report

March 19, 2009, 1 Comment on More ASI goodness: Pictures from The Stinger Report

We are not done with our ASI coverage just yet – in addition to this post I still have more videos to upload but I am currently waiting on receiving those from my friend and business partner, then I’ll work on getting those uploaded. We spent more time taking videos than taking pictures so »

Rumor: Terminator Salvation coming to arcades later this year

March 17, 2009, 2 Comments on Rumor: Terminator Salvation coming to arcades later this year

Hey, hey, it’s rumor time again, this time it’s about another Bale-Out! Just kidding, although the rumored game will have something to do Christian Bale in a sense. As you might know, one big movie that many people are looking forward to this year is the new Terminator movie, known as Terminator Salvation, set »

Videos from ASI 2009: H2Overdrive, DDRX, R-Tuned, Harley Davidson & more

March 16, 2009, 2 Comments on Videos from ASI 2009: H2Overdrive, DDRX, R-Tuned, Harley Davidson & more

Here are some videos I took at ASI 2009 last week – it’s not everything I took so expect more within a few days or so, including Justice League, DJ Max Technika, the new Sea Wolf and more. I definently suggest going to the direct links so you can watch it in youtube HD »