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Lightspace to Demo Three New Games at IAAPA

November 8, 2007, No Comments on Lightspace to Demo Three New Games at IAAPA

  Players Rock Creative Moves with Athletic Video Games BOSTON–(November 7, 2007)–Lightspace Corporation announced today the introduction of three new games for its interactive gaming system, Lightspace Play. The games will be showcased in Booth 4229 at the upcoming International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo 2007 (IAAPA), in Orlando, November 13-16, 2007, »

What We Have Been Playing This Week……

November 6, 2007, No Comments on What We Have Been Playing This Week……

To clarify from the off, one of the names I use as my initials on arcade games is RAT which is just one of my many nicknames. So it was a regular Friday night up the pub, and I figure I’ll have a quick bowl. What I did not expect was to smash my previous »

Raw Thrills announces a rebate for The Fast and Furious Drift, dedicates $25 mil. to new arcade games

November 6, 2007, No Comments on Raw Thrills announces a rebate for The Fast and Furious Drift, dedicates $25 mil. to new arcade games

Raw Thrills just announced that the 3500th unit of The Fast and Furious Drift came off the line and to celebrate they are offering an instant rebate for operators who purchased the game for $500 off per game. The promotion goes from Nov. 5th to the 30th and can be received from any Raw »

Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap

November 4, 2007, No Comments on Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap

It seems that Gizmodo is really picking up on a lot of arcade-related stuff these days. Which is fine with us, the more attention brought to arcades, the better. The latest thing I have seen on there is a custom MAME cabinet that includes 187 games pre-loaded onto it (certainly not with legal permission) »

Pac-Txt : The Text Based Version of Pac-Man

November 3, 2007, No Comments on Pac-Txt : The Text Based Version of Pac-Man

  Pac-Man has been in a lot of things but this is decidedly the first time I have heard of him having his own text adventure. According to the site, this game came up out of a joke suggesting a cross between the classic text adventure game Zork and Pac-Man. And now it’s a »

Global VR Updates NASCAR to allow for linking up to 10 cabinets

October 26, 2007, 1 Comment on Global VR Updates NASCAR to allow for linking up to 10 cabinets

[Via The Stinger Report] It’s not often you find a game that will link more than four cabinets together, much less 10. Too bad I wouldn’t be able to afford that many cabs for my arcade! The newest update to the game (known as Ver 1.1) is free and also allows operators to shut »

Crazy: VF2 Simpsons Vs Family Guy

October 25, 2007, 7 Comments on Crazy: VF2 Simpsons Vs Family Guy

Some crazy people took the parts of the VF2 PC game  and using a “Make Your Own Fighting Game” engine called M.U.G.E.N. threw in Homer and Peter Griffin! Also note the Sega mascots in the character select screen. Video uploaded by SonicX14 but listed as : “Lion Rafale’s Great Wall Mugen Location Test” – amazing »

Sega R360

October 23, 2007, No Comments on Sega R360

  After the post a few days ago about Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield, one of readers sent us this picture of Sega’s R-360 taken back in the nineties at Skylon Tower and whoever is playing it seems to be enjoying themselves too. For anyone not familiar with game check out this little »

What Have We Been Playing This Week….

October 23, 2007, No Comments on What Have We Been Playing This Week….

I’ve not been able to get that much gaming in recently, too busy watching England suck at sport!  But Shaggy has more than made up for it! Shaggy -Warlords (Arcade) -Halo 3 (Xbox 360) -Orange Box: Portal (Xbox 360) -Alien Vs. Predator (Atari Jaguar) -Power Drive Rally (Atari Jaguar) -World Tour Racing (Atari Jaguar) -Iron »

Positive Arcade Coverage

October 23, 2007, No Comments on Positive Arcade Coverage

This makes for a nice change from the usual doom and gloom that we have to read about the state of the arcade industry.  [via LTW]     [Thanks to The Stinger Report]  Editor’s note: John Gaudiosi, an internationally published reviewer and reporter about the video games industry, writes the Gaming Guru blog for WRAL.com. LAS »

The Stinger Report : 'Exer-Gaming' Gaining Traction In Europe

October 20, 2007, 7 Comments on The Stinger Report : 'Exer-Gaming' Gaining Traction In Europe

[via The Stinger Report, #590] One of the latest Stinger Reports take a look at the influence of physical gaming in the fitness industry that can have some applications in the amusement industry and with it of course are a number of new ideas that might be making their way to an arcade near »

Another arcade opens up near me

October 17, 2007, No Comments on Another arcade opens up near me

This was a little surprising to me, but welcome as I find news that a new arcade is opening up in a city not too far from where I live. This makes about 9 arcades that are within a 25 mile radius from where I live (not counting the one I plan on opening »