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Project DIVA Arcade cabinet revealed as the game goes on location test in Japan (updated)

Shaggy January 6, 2010 1

Last October we found out that Sega Japan was planning on bringing a PSP music game known as Project DIVA over to arcades, and after a short time of hearing little about the game,

Pat Laffaye smashes the "Costanza Score" on Frogger

Shaggy January 5, 2010 2

We have spoken of the Costanza Score before – the mythical score on the arcade game Frogger that was shown in an episode of the comedy TV show Seinfield back in the 90’s. When

The Stinger Report's gaze into the crystal ball for 2010 (updated)

Shaggy January 5, 2010 3

As 2010 in finally upon us, it’s a good time to take a look further into trends we can expect to see throughout the rest of the year. Thanks to Kevin Williams of The

NYC eases up on arcades (a little)

Shaggy January 2, 2010 2

One major hurdle for people looking to get into the arcade business are the local laws which often restrict the use of coin-operated video games in certain venues. Because of that, it is always

And the winners are…

Shaggy January 1, 2010 8

While it is not quite 2010 yet where I am right at the moment, for the website the timer has passed onto the new year and so our Game of the Year/Decade polls are

Play Belgium now open, offers an interactive look at the history of video games

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

There have been a couple of instances in the past where we have covered touring museums which cover the history of video games and the latest exhibition that I am aware of is Play

Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult

H2Overdrive Motion version now testing at a Gameworks in Illinois

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

(Thanks for the tip Sam!) Amongst the surprises at IAAPA this year was the revelation that Namco was teaming up with Tsunami and Universal Space to produce a motion based version of Specular Interactive’s

An arcade themed after the backstreets of China

Shaggy December 30, 2009 2

Like arcade cabinets themselves, sometimes the arcades where you play the games can be a work of art too. Take this Japanese arcade in Kawasaki which features eight stories of arcade goodness for those

The Atari flight yoke controller returns

Shaggy December 29, 2009 14

One of those things that I hate to admit is that I have never had the pleasure of playing the original Atari Star Wars on the original hardware. Only once did I ever come