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DJ Max Technica coming to the US
(Thanks to Phil on the forums for the tip!) We first talked about DJ MAx Technica a few months ago but we had not heard anything about it since so I wasn’t sure what
Read More »9 year old drives familiy car after some practice on an arcade racer
Are racers more realistic in the arcade than at home? Usually, thanks to the built in steering wheels and pedals that are far more realistic and less clumsy to handle then you generally see
Read More »Konami testing GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 "Blazing" in Japan
Konami is location testing the next version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania games in Japan (the original use-a-music-instrument-as-a-controller games) and it seems like it wasn’t long ago that they were doing the same with
Read More »Namco demonstrates a modded version of MaxiTune 3 that lets users play in a wheelchair
Now this is really cool – we’ve discussed how arcades have been made to be user-friendly for someone with a physical disability, and at least since SF Rush 2049 a lot of racers in
Read More »Cool arcade badges
When it comes to fashionable wear and design that involves something arcade related, usually you get something based upon iconic arcade characters like Space Invaders or Pac-Man. But that’s not the only place where
Read More »SFIV console & arcade version shows up together at event & more.
More SFIV goodness is out and about, first with a link to a video of SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono discussing the game (my gripe: he talks about how arcades in the Us & Europe
Read More »Outcome from the Big Buck Hunter Pro World Championship
I meant to get to this a couple of days ago but unfortunately I’ve been a little tied up and there is a lot of news to post all of the sudden. But that’s
Read More »Happy Halloween!
It’s Halloween and so naturally it’s time to look for frigtening stuff. Arcades themselves have released a few games with a Halloween related theme to it (Splatterhouse, Chiller, House of the Dead, Carnevil, etc.)
Read More »Namco sets up a Razing Storm website
Among the new game revelations last month was Namco’s light-gun shooter called Razing Storm and in Japan it is going on location test and it has a website set up to describe the game
Read More »A little more on Castlevania: The Arcade Game
It will be nice when they develop transporters – then when some new game comes out in Japan I can just head over and give it a hands-on look. Of course so can everyone
Read More »Video Review: House of the Dead 4 by Sega
It’s been a little while but I found the time to do another game review, this time for Sega’s House of the Dead 4. I have been having a number of problems with the
Read More »Boy gets hand caught inside coin door outlet, almost loses hand
In the time that I have worked in an arcade (not just my own but also another local arcade I managed a couple of years back) I have seen a few injuries where people
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