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Tecmo Koei Re-Entering Arcade Market With Dead or Alive 5 AC and Sega’s Help
(Scroll down for updated details) Bomb Jack. Solomon’s Key. Ninja Gaiden. Rygar. Tecmo Bowl. Dead or Alive. These titles are familiar to many gamers and among them are some commonalities. One, they were made by Tecmo. Two, they were all released as arcade titles originally. It also has been quite a while since Tecmo »
High Scores Arcade Relocates To Alameda, CA
(Thanks to Dave. K for the tip!) In the reporting of new locations opening their doors, it’s not too often that we come across one that makes a move from one side of the country to the other. Such is the case with a location called either High Scores Arcade or High Scores Interactive »
The Brief Life of Arcade First Person Shooting Games
I hope that everyone is having a happy summer if you are in the Northern hemisphere and if in the Southern, an acceptable Winter. Arcade news has been relatively slow for the past little while so I’ve been thinking of cooking up more of these articles about arcades as opposed to just waiting out »
Backstage Retro Arcade Now Open in Ludington, MI
Among the many points I made in my book about arcades, one was that arcade machines are not limited to being placed just inside of facilities called arcades. Just about any business can find a way to use them as long as they can afford the equipment, have some space dedicated to them and »
The Place Retro Arcade Opens In Cincinnati, OH
A new retrocade type facility has opened their doors in the US, this time in Cincinnati, OH. Called The Place Retro Arcade, they celebrated their grand opening on June 8th (the same date as my own place opened actually) with 25 arcade games and”over 500 console games on 16 different gaming systems” for players »
Sega’s Wonderful Simulation Games Over The Years
On June 6th 1964, Sega began selling arcade games. They had been in business prior to that dealing with vending machines but they recognized the value of electromechanical amusements at the time. This path set the company up for what they would become and given that was 49 years ago today, let’s take a »
Boardwalk Arcade To Be Open July 6th-Sept 8th in Rochester N.Y.
(Image Source) Newsfeed 1313 via The Strong Museum of Play is in the news again, this time they will have an exhibit that appeals to the nostalgic feel of a boardwalk with retro games – although retro now includes various titles from the 90s (in case you don’t feel old already when that is »
Private Events Show Off New Product for Sega and Taito in Japan
Newsfeeds 1310 & 11 via With Summer just about to start (I do wonder, given that the heater in my house kicking in this morning with as cold as it was), its time for companies like Sega and Taito to hold some “private” product meetings. I put it like that because these are special-invite »
Open In Ohio – Arcade Legacy
(Thanks to Matt for the tip) UPDATE: The owner contacted me and gave some corrections. They actually opened three years ago under the name of Arcade Legends and moved to the new location in February of last year. We like to keep track of new location openings as much as possible but sometimes they »
Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 1)
UPDATE: Part 2 can be found here. It’s been a long while since we did an arcade prototype overview in regards to a single company and with news all but dried up this weekend due to the first major traveling holiday in the US this year, I figure why not take a look at »
Extra GTI Asia Taipei 2013 Videos – Allied Tank Attack, Overtake, Muzibox, More
It was curious that out of the different Game Time International expos that have been held over the past few years that is seemed like 2013 wasn’t getting much attention in the way of videos. But all it took was some waiting and here we are. These come from Highway Entertainment. Allied Tank Attack »
GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2013 Arcade Bonanza
It took a few extra days but here are more pictures of the arcade games found at last week’s GameTime International (GTI) Asia Taipei Expo 2013. For previous coverage of the GTI Asia Taipei event, click here. Keep in mind, while all of these games are certainly destined to stay out East, some will »
