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The top 5 games of arcade champions

April 15, 2008, No Comments on The top 5 games of arcade champions

While I do try to set some high scores on some classic arcade titles from time to time, I certainly haven’t made it to the level that world record holders for many different classic arcade titles have. It’s really something to watch one of these guys play their favorite game – they make it »

"Post ASI Seminars & Spotlight show" at Betson

April 12, 2008, No Comments on "Post ASI Seminars & Spotlight show" at Betson

(Click on the image above to enlarge) If you live in or near Bensenville Illinois and you wanted to check out ASI, Betson is giving people a chance to get a taste of what their booth was like at the show with their Post ASI Seminars & Spotlight Show on April 24th. In addition »

Hundreds attend the public opening of ASI

April 11, 2008, No Comments on Hundreds attend the public opening of ASI

One new aspect of this year’s ASI convention was that they opened the show up on the last day of the event to the public. While I wasn’t there on the Saturday when this happened, this press release I received from the AAMA says that it was a success overall with a few hundred »

Where did we use to play arcade games?

April 10, 2008, 11 Comments on Where did we use to play arcade games?

One of our forum members RJAY63 started an interesting new topic the other day; Where did we use to play arcade games. Now I’m really going to have think hard to remember all the places I’ve been to because I have a shocking memory. Why don’t you think back and tell us about the arcades you used »

What have we been playing…. or not in my case

April 10, 2008, No Comments on What have we been playing…. or not in my case

As you can see Shaggy’s been a busy playing all sorts of great games at ASI, unfortunately I have had very little time to play games or do any posts for the website for that matter. I won’t drone on too much about how busy I am, but basically I won’t be about that much »

Starting an arcade of your own (Part 1)

April 6, 2008, 34 Comments on Starting an arcade of your own (Part 1)

While I have been working on getting my own arcade started I have dealt with the problem where it is difficult to come by useful information on arcade business statistics. I know that many of you have also encountered the problem of finding good information on arcades or just working on getting your arcade »

A look at Eugene Jarvis' work, past and present

April 3, 2008, 2 Comments on A look at Eugene Jarvis' work, past and present

In the arcade world it’s hard to miss mega-hits like Defender, Robotron 2048, Smash TV, and Crusin’ USA and while many designers of classic arcade games have moved on to different things, the designer behind the aforementioned games is still making arcade games through his own company known as Raw Thrills’. That man of »

What have we been playing…..

March 27, 2008, 6 Comments on What have we been playing…..

I hate it when I don’t have much time for gaming, but you can be damn sure I’ll be making time for GTA IV when it comes out! At least Shaggy’s making up for my lack of game playing. Shaggy  -Blazing Angels (Arcade) -Paradise Lost (Arcade) -Tetris (Arcade) -Grand Prix (Atari 2600) -Checkered Flag (Atari »

Missing In Action: Tanks, Planes, Mechs and more

March 24, 2008, 6 Comments on Missing In Action: Tanks, Planes, Mechs and more

Missing in Action is an editorial series that discusses the kinds of games that at one time were prevalent in arcades or the types of games that would make great arcade games but aren’t being made as the industry prefers light-gun, racing, standard fighting titles, etc. Previous articles have taken a look at Space »

Awesome 3D arcade game art

March 16, 2008, No Comments on Awesome 3D arcade game art

[via Technabob] Want to jazz up your game room, then look no further these funky 3D arcade pieces by Melissa Jones. Melissa creates original wood carvings of classic arcade characters, then creates a resin casting of the original and hand paints each one with bold acrylic colors. Her pieces cover all the favourites including Donkey Kont and »

Next week my arcade makes its start

March 15, 2008, 21 Comments on Next week my arcade makes its start

I got some great news today that I will be signing the lease on the store lot where I will be placing my arcade sometime next week, possibly Monday or Tuesday. Once that happens expect frequent updates (with pictures) on this site about the progress I’ll be making in remodeling the place to fit »

What have we been playing….

March 10, 2008, No Comments on What have we been playing….

Do you ever get that feeling when you put a new game in your 360 and play it for an hour or so and then regret. Regret it because you wish you’d never put that game on your games played list? Well that’s the feeling I got with DMC4 and Frontlines, now don’t get me »