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Getting the kids into the arcade and Mario Kart GP 3?
In our youth many of us played the classics such as Asteroids, Pac-Man or Defender. But what do the kids these days get out of the arcade? That is an interesting question that is tackled in the latest Stinger Report. It seems that arcade manufacturers across the board have become very interesting in the »
Preview Space In High Demand
[via Coin-Op News] Space is at a premium at this year’s Preview 2008. Organisers Howard & Wikberg have been inundated with requests for larger stands, with some companies increasing their presence at the industry-leading show by up to five times!In the Champagne Suite the most obvious changes to visitors will be that Crown Direct »
Spotlight: Unique Arcade games made in Taiwan by IGS
IGS (International Games Systems) has been developing unique arcade video games since 1991 primarily for the Chinese game market which is understandably huge. They are in the news right now as they plan on developing online RPGs in addition to their line-up of arcade titles. They are probably best known at the moment for the »
The Last Starfighter Arcade Final Version available (for PCs)
It’s no secret that Atari had planned on creating an arcade game based on the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter. They were the ones who created the graphics for the arcade game people gawked over back in the day, wishing they could play it themselves. It was too bad that Atari never completed the »
Consumer Media's Arcade Coverage U-Turn!
This was an interesting read, and some of the points raised have been bugging me for quite a while. Like when having a search on google for “arcade” all you get is Xbox Live Arcade, Arcade Fire, crappy arcade game rip off downloads and not actually much on real arcades. Hopefully we will »
Twin Galaxies Official Video Game and Pinball Book of World Records available
In case you are unfamiliar with Twin Galaxies, they happen to be the standard setters for record high scores when it comes to not only console games but primarily coin-op video games. As such they have just published a huge 758 page book “containing arcade world records from players in over 50 different countries »
Arcade Industry Finally Looking To Do Something About Poor Media Coverage
If there is one thing the arcade industry has not been blessed with for a very long time, it’s the marketing gene. But according to the latest Stinger Report, that may be about to change. Thanks to some positive media coverage online through various websites and other online resources, morale is improving among industry »
Three New Attractions at Sega GameWorks
Good news for all you Outrun lovers out there, the Outrun 2 SP Super Deluxe is now out and about and waiting to be played, read on…… [via GameDaily Biz] Casual dining brand adding OutRun 2, Virtual Bowling and UFO Catchers GameWorks, the casual dining brand of Sega, today announced the installation of three »
Asteroids T-Shirts
To many cool T-shirts these days and not enough funds! [via Retro To Go] One for the retro gamers – this classic Asteroids t-shirt from Airside. Designed by Chris Rain for Airside, it’s all in the detail. Vector graphics just like the original arcade machine and a spaceship hidden as the letter “A”. But »
Two King of Fighters MI Reg. A videos now available for download!
You might remember that there is an official website out for the next KOF arcade game and they have just updated the site with two videos of the game in action! Personally I could do without the in-game narration, but to each his own. They also posted a layout of the control scheme with »
The Classic Computing and Gaming Show
I do love a gaming expo, there’s nothing quite like it. Shame that this one is a little too far for me to go to. Any of you readers out there that get the chance to go why don’t you drop us a line or head over to the forum and let us know »
