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The Fast & The Furious Tokyo Drift Conversion Kit Officially released
At ASI it was confirmed that Raw Thrills’ would release a conversion kit for their racer Tokyo Drift and now we have the official word that the kits are now available. As we have stated before, the kits will go for a little over $2000 (price depends on the distributor but expect between $2200 »
Distributors or direct, a Stinger Report special
We are at an interesting crossroads in the arcade industry at the moment. The argument about the role of the distributor in the industry is nothing new, as proof Play Meter Magazine asked operators the question of if they would prefer to go completely direct or not a couple of years ago when gathering »
Shaggy's Review – Sea Wolf by Coastal Amusements
I am going to try and review all the games I had a chance to play at ASI over the next few weeks – just as long as I can find the time to write all of my thoughts down. This week we’ll start off easy with Sea Wolf and go from there. ————————————————————————————— »
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
(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
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?
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
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)
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
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…..
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
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 »
