arcades »

Some Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in action

Arcadian November 8, 2010 3

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is still months away from an arcade release but while you wait it can’t hurt to see the game in action as it was shown this past weekend at a

Read More »
Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Arcadian November 6, 2010 1

To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right

Read More »
Mark your calendars: Arcade Heroes TV Live from IAAPA 2010

Mark your calendars: Arcade Heroes TV Live from IAAPA 2010

Arcadian November 5, 2010 0

The biggest amusement show of the year, IAAPA, is less than two weeks away and in addition to our usual in-depth coverage of the show we are going to be webcasting live straight from

Read More »
How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

Arcadian November 4, 2010 2

Konami has a couple of music games they are launching today – first is one more people are already familiar with, a Microsoft Kinect launch title called Dance Masters and the other is a

Read More »
Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Arcadian November 4, 2010 1

When you run an arcade, sometimes it helps to hold events to help bring new customers in or some old customers back and Ground Kontrol in Oregon, USA is doing something along those lines

Read More »
Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Arcadian November 1, 2010 1

Sega Amusements hasn’t kept Let’s Go Island as a big secret lately although  they have kept one of the cabinet designs under wraps until now. We knew that they had at least two versions

Read More »
Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Arcadian October 31, 2010 3

(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these

Read More »
Thoughts on TRON Night

Thoughts on TRON Night

Arcadian October 28, 2010 1

Tonight Disney held a special event for TRON Legacy, by giving audiences a 23 min. preview of the upcoming film for free in select IMAX 3D theaters. Being a big TRON geek, I made

Read More »
Andamiro’s Chaka Chaka Don Don

Andamiro’s Chaka Chaka Don Don

Arcadian October 28, 2010 1

Newsfeed 947 via Andamiro has a new game in the testing phase and it’s not a Pump It Up title. When you visit an Andamiro booth at any expo they generally have a virtual

Read More »
Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Arcadian October 26, 2010 8

Betson Enterprises has just issued a press release and it holds good news for US DDR fans. Japanese players have been enjoying the latest iteration of DDR since July this year and come December,

Read More »