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Missing in Action: Puzzle Games

February 14, 2008, 7 Comments on Missing in Action: Puzzle Games

Missing in Action is an editorial mini-series we are running discussing genres that have all but disappeared in today’s arcade releases, taking a backseat to light-gun shooters or racers. We do not think that the arcade industry benefits from the lack of variety on the scene and would love to see some new titles »

Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary

February 8, 2008, 3 Comments on Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary

Cometh the Invader! The 30th Anniversary of ‘Space Invaders’ will play a major part in promoting the Taito empire over the coming months – the AOU show in Japan will be awash with celebrations. But before the corporate historians ‘whitewash’ the brand beyond recognition, The Stinger Report wanted to share the compiled time line »

Missing in Action: Space Games

February 6, 2008, 15 Comments on Missing in Action: Space Games

Over the next little while I am going to run a feature every now and then where I discuss genres which have been “lost” to arcades. Where these genres were once a proud part of an arcade line-up, they have all taken a back seat to the current primary genres of the arcade industry »

New Street Fighter IV characters to be revealed this Friday

February 6, 2008, No Comments on New Street Fighter IV characters to be revealed this Friday

  Spotted by The Street Fighter Blog, a new post by Project Manager Shizowa went up on the Street Fighter 4 dev blog saying (roughly translated)….. “ However, at last! February 8, the official site will update [Character]! For details, but I can not tell you yet, and ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ »

King Of Fighter XII @ AOU 2008?

February 5, 2008, No Comments on King Of Fighter XII @ AOU 2008?

Yet another game that we can look forward to seeing more of at AOU 2008 (Hopefully). As if Street Fighter wasn’t enough! You won’t hear me complaining though. Fingers crossed. [via Arcade Renaissance] AM-nethas updated its game profile for King of Fighters XII to include a presence at the AOU 2008 show later in February. Based »

Konami ATEi 2008 Impressions

January 31, 2008, No Comments on Konami ATEi 2008 Impressions

(More photos after the break)  Last of the big names is Konami. I have to say thier stand was a bit on the sparse side. Guitar Freaks  & Drum Mania V4 where present and attracting a lot of attention from players. Wacky Races also made an appearance on the stand, although, as I have said »

What Have We Been Playing…..

January 31, 2008, No Comments on What Have We Been Playing…..

  This post has become a bit inconsistent lately, so little time to play games these days. Although I did get to play a lot at ATEi, so I can’t complain too much. So this is what we’ve been playing….. Shaggy -Warlords (Arcade) -Commander Keen 5 (PC) -Earth Defense Force 2017 (Xbox 360) -Bomberman Live »

Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Impressions

January 28, 2008, 1 Comment on Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Impressions

(More pictures after the break)Next up in the ATEi 2008 round up is the Namco Brent stand, and of course as all of you will know they had two sequels to two of the most popular games. Now don’t get me wrong but I was a little pissed off as there was only one »

Global VR ATEi 2008 Impressions

January 27, 2008, 5 Comments on Global VR ATEi 2008 Impressions

(More pictures after the break) Global VR have impressed me of late. Not just because they appear to be emerging as one of the big amusements videogame developers, not just because of the variety of games that they have in thier stable now, but because of the price they are releasing thier games at. What ever the »

Sega ATEi 2008 Impressions

January 24, 2008, No Comments on Sega ATEi 2008 Impressions

(More pictures are after the break) Let’s start with the big guns, first up is Sega. The first thing that struck me was the variety of games on offer especially after the recent news that Sega had signed a distribution deal with Trio-Tech. This added some additional games to the blue hedgehog’s stand. Jett Rider and Mad »

Konami ATEi 2008 Videos: Wacky Races, Guitar Freaks V4 & Drummania V4

January 23, 2008, No Comments on Konami ATEi 2008 Videos: Wacky Races, Guitar Freaks V4 & Drummania V4

[Have now added Guitar Freaks & Drummania V4 videos submitted by  You Tube user “bigaloo”] Guitar Freaks V4 Drummania V4 Wacky Races   Now this one confused me. The game is made by Gamewax and Banpresto (Banpresto is owned by Namco, well that’s what I thought ?). However Wacky Races was on the Konami stand »

Global VR's ATEi 2008 Videos: Blazing Angels, Nascar & Americas Army

January 23, 2008, No Comments on Global VR's ATEi 2008 Videos: Blazing Angels, Nascar & Americas Army

So after a hectic day at the ATEi yesterday I am now faced with the daunting task of sorting through 5gb worth of photos and videos. I decided the best thing to put up first would be the videos, because I figure that’s what all you guys want to see right? Once all the videos »