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Konami releases Dance Dance Revolution X2 in Japan; begins testing new Pop N' Music Tune Street tomorrow
It’s another great day for Bemani fans as Konami Japan keeps rolling out new games. First the latest DDR title, DDRX2 was released in Japan today. In addition to new modes of play, new
Read More »Taito’s new trailer for Gaia Attack 4
It’s been a few months since we first saw Taito’s newest foray into the realm of light-gun shooters, Gaia Attack 4 and today they released a full trailer for the title on their Japanese
Read More »"Vulcan-X" looks to steal Vulcan-M's thunder
Via It wasn’t too long ago that we first heard about Vulcan-M, a new light-gun title by Korean company Rassen. It already has a competitor with Vulcan-X by ChinaAmuse. Like Vulcan-M the game has
Read More »The wayback machine videos for today are…
It’s Sunday so in lieu of news, we have videos to point out. I’m not sure why it seems like we’re getting a lot of videos of arcades from the early 80’s showing up
Read More »Discuss: What effect/influence could Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's new motion controller have on arcades? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Sony has also announced another motion control scheme for the PS3 today, which combines a camera with handheld controllers, which brings the motion craze to all three consoles. So I could probably change
Read More »Videos from the Midwest Gaming Classic 2009 event
[Thanks to John Norman for sending us the info] For those of us that couldn’t make it to Midwest Gaming Classic, we can always drool over videos taken by those who could. I am
Read More »Article: "When the arcades lost their fire"
One great thing about arcades are the memories they create. I think that all of us has a story or two from times we spent at the arcade ‘back in the day’ and the
Read More »Michael Yum of PM Studios discusses DJ Max Technika & more (including possible European release)
PM Studios has not kept a tight lid on their new arcade title known as DJ Max Technika and this means more information for us to enjoy about the game. In an interview with
Read More »Go Go Golf from Sega – junk the Wiimote, play with a real club!
I remember not too long ago when Bill Gates was asked about the motion-sensing controls of the Wii he mentioned that he saw the day when you could do something like pick up a
Read More »Konami's HorseRiders – an interesting twist on the card-based video game
Of the games I had been hoping to catch at ASI this year was Sanguozhi War 3 by Sega. It had been tested in Chicago but had since disappeared on the US scene. The
Read More »Incredible Technologies gearing up for their largest coin-op sweepstakes ever
One aspect about coin-op game creator Incredible Technologies that I have always liked are the sweepstakes that they run with their various games, from Golden Tee to Silver Strike Bowling and even to Bags.
Read More »Upcoming game from Namco – AFREC!
[Via Oga in Japan] While Namco had hinted at some interesting developments going on for their arcade division, they didn’t specify what it was that they were working on and honestly I didn’t expect
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