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New from Incredible Technologies – Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts

March 14, 2009, 3 Comments on New from Incredible Technologies – Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts

While Incredible Technologies did not have an official booth at ASI, there were a couple of their games on hand being shown through Fun Company, who we have talked about recently with their new designs for those IT pedestal cabinets. Even though they were not there in full force, they do have a new »

ASI 2009: Some thoughts before the videos

March 14, 2009, No Comments on ASI 2009: Some thoughts before the videos

Well I’m back from Vegas and I’m ready to show off videos of what I saw there! The only problem is that so far my internet connection has not been co-operating with me and I’ve been getting errors when I try and upload videos, whether it’s for a site like this or Youtube. I »

Midwest Gaming Classic 2009 fast approaching!

March 9, 2009, No Comments on Midwest Gaming Classic 2009 fast approaching!

Another great event which will have a prominent display of arcade gaming goodness is fast approaching, where this time it is the famous Midwest Gaming Classic. In addition to tons of classic gaming consoles and PCs (about 200 will be at the show) they also will have over 125 arcade and pinball machines set »

Showdown Championships fighting tournament coming in April

March 7, 2009, 1 Comment on Showdown Championships fighting tournament coming in April

(Thanks to John Leigh of Anime Matsuri for sending this in) Another big fighter tournament is headed our way, this time it’s next month in April at Anime Matsuri in Houston Texas. Known as the Showdown Championships which are in their 8th year, the organizers of this upcoming competition are promising that this will »

Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release

February 26, 2009, 1 Comment on Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release

Namco’s latest light-gun shooter will soon land in arcades (release is listed for March 2009) and in advance of that, Namco America has issued a press release on the game. There isn’t a lot of new information on the game that we didn’t know beforehand but, I did not know that this was put »

Arcade game plots in reverse

February 25, 2009, No Comments on Arcade game plots in reverse

On the increasingly popular site Twitter (I did set up an account once but I haven’t really bothered to use it), some people are having a little game of writing about movie plots if you witnessed them in reverse and that same idea is being applied to video games. This includes a few arcade »

Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide

Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide

February 20, 2009, 47 Comments on Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide

(image via AM-Net) The hardware which caused some to erroneously think that Sega was jumping back into the console business has been revealed and we now see that there are actually two configurations, thus the use of the two different names. Not surprisingly, the hardware is PC-based, just like Lindbergh and Europa-R. But how »

AOU 2009 stuff : Yea for more games!

February 18, 2009, 1 Comment on AOU 2009 stuff : Yea for more games!

The arcade scene in Japan is starting to get a taste of what’s to come, and while the show has not officially started yet, several different Japanese manufacturers’ AOU 2009 websites have been updated with some info on the games they are showing off, and Japanese arcade news site are picking up on the »

IGX 2009

February 11, 2009, No Comments on IGX 2009

As some of you may be aware there was another show going on the same time as ATEI. IGX, which took place just around the corner from Earls Court at Hotel Ibis, has been hailed as a success by exhibitors. Even though the show took place at the same time as ATEI, they still »

Missed news: Cecropia shuts it's doors

February 11, 2009, 1 Comment on Missed news: Cecropia shuts it's doors

(Thanks to Jarett Waite for the tip) I should have been on top of this a while back but somehow it missed my radar until now. Cecropia, the company responsible for creating the coin-op arcade title The Act closed it’s doors way back in September of last year. In case you didn’t missed The »

Insert Coin 2009 – UK public arcade expo launches!

February 10, 2009, No Comments on Insert Coin 2009 – UK public arcade expo launches!

It’s a great day for arcade gamers in the UK, as the Insert Coin 2009 expo has been announced! The show will run on July 18th and 19th at the Northampton Saints Conference CentreThe difference between Insert Coin and other arcade exhibitions is that the event is open to the public, with a great »

Jack Bauer comes to pinball with "24"

February 5, 2009, 2 Comments on Jack Bauer comes to pinball with "24"

The hit show 24 now has a pinball game to compliment the action-packed thriller that features counter-terrorist Jack Bauer in his quest to defend his country from evil doers and we have a cabinet image of the game to go along with it. We heard about 24 coming to pinball a while ago and »