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Dave and Busters looking to reduce debt and exploring a sale?
Fox Business reports that the arcade restaurant chain Dave and Busters has retained Jefferies & Company to reduce it’s debt and explore a possible sale of the company. According to the CEO of the company Steve King “The decision to engage Jefferies & Company and reduce debt is a direct result of our continued »
Flynn’s Arcade as it is now
I love the movie Tron. Sure it’s far from a perfect film but it’s hard to resist the combination of video games and other computer stuff. In fact it’s Tron that has influenced me to open up my own arcade. If you have seen the film then it’s hard to forget Flynn’s arcade seen »
What have we been playing….
A game I wish I was playing is Street Fighter 4, but hey I can’t have it all so I’m staying focused and working my way through my pile of shame. Shaggy on the other hand is definitely hooked on Earth Defence Force. Shaggy -Earth Defense Force 2017 (Xbox 360 – almost have all the achievements) »
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
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
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
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?
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
(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…..
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 »
