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Dance Core Location Tests Spread Across Asia
A short time ago I had noticed that Wahlap Technologies -producers of such arcade titles seen in the US recently such as Storm Racer, Power Truck and a couple of others – had a new dancing game they had released in China called Dance Core. I didn’t think much of it because as far »
Get Inside Dragon’s Lair
Every arcade game has a story behind its release or the effects of its release years down the road but for the most part, those stories have only been told in brief interviews or maybe a memoir here and there. In the documentary world, Donkey Kong has soaked up most of the limelight but »
Amusement Expo ’12 Follow-up With Pics, Video and More UPDATED
Apologies for the delay in finishing up on this but assets do take some time to trickle down to my hands but better late than never, right? Here is the rest of what was seen at Amusement Expo ’12 in Las Vegas, thanks to Jordan Fredrick for allowing me to use pictures he posted »
New Trailer for 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience
It’s well-known that the arcade scene in Japan is a strong one, supported by a culture that fully embraces the arcade concept in all of its forms. But if you are like me and have never been to the country, you’ve only seen snippets of what that experience is like, usually through brief Youtube »
Amusement Expo Day 1: Tekken Tag 2, PIU Infinity, Koihime Musou
Amusement Expo 2012 officially opened up yesterday in Las Vegas and here is what was there to look over. Images thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. Compared to last year, there is a larger offering of new products for us to discuss as heading their way West and that is always a »
First Look at the Big Buck HD Launch Event From Las Vegas
(Pictures thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report) Amusement Expo officially kicks off today in Las Vegas but yesterday Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix held a special and unusual launch event for their latest game, Big Buck HD. Several representatives took to the stage to tout the latest features that this game offers, »
New Trailer and Release Date for Gun Lord
(Gun Lord running on an Egret 2 cabinet) The development of the Gun Lord for the NeoGeo MVS (and a few other platforms such as the AES and Dreamcast) is something that fans of Turrican style games have been waiting for through most of last year and if you have an MVS and a »
Newsbag: Real Steel Arcade; Sinistar Vacuum; Konami Game Engine
Time for another random general interest post, mixing in small pieces of news that probably aren’t worth a whole post to themselves. Amusement Expo is just a week away. Unfortunately as things have worked out for me, I can’t make it this year, too many bills to juggle between moving the arcade and the »
New arcade opens in Holladay, UT – Atomic Arcade
Here’s a new location story from my neck of the woods – Holladay, UT which is essentially SLC. The new business is called Atomic Arcade and they are offering a great selection of classic titles for people to enjoy. I’ve been following the development of the place for a few weeks now, although I »
Thinking Of Arcade Game Tie-Ins To Various 2012 Films
It’s still a relatively new year and that means that in the entertainment realm, there is still a lot of new movies and games headed our way. Movies and games have always had a strained relationship – when looking at the many movie-to-game attempts that have headed to the home they are nothing short »
News Round-Up: SpaceWar Turns 50, Namco changes, Capcom Restaurant
Time for yet another round-up of those sort of related news items that I just haven’t felt really needed a post all to themselves. All links brought to us by The Stinger Report. SpaceWar Turns 50 – The 1962 creation of SpaceWar was not a coin-op game but it was an important milestone in »
Cave unveils Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Arcades
The Dodonpachi series has created a strong following in circles of shmup players and while it had seemed for a time that Cave might give up on arcades in favor of developments elsewhere, that seems to have been put on hold from the news this morning. Cave has announced that this Spring they are »
