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Japanese Launches For Sega’s Maimai, Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos & Namco’s Dark Escape 3D
Starting today there are some products that being launched in Japan that should interest those of us outside of Japan as there is a good possibility on at least two of them officially showing
Read More »Namco’s Bhutto Burst for Kids In Japan
If there is one place where card systems combined with video games works, its Japan. That would be collectible cards moreso than data cards to save game progress (the latter of which has been
Read More »40 Years of Arcade Games – Part 2 (1990-2012)
So the 40 Years of Arcade Games post to celebrate Atari’s 40th anniversary had so much content on it that I had to split it up to keep the post from crashing. See Part
Read More »40 Years Of Arcade Games – Part 1 (1972-1989)
Today is Atari’s 40th Anniversary which also marks a good time to look over 40 years of arcade games in general. What is your favorite arcade game and why? Here’s something that I find
Read More »Namco Station in Manchester, UK undergoing major remodel, “21st century” version reopens July
If you are familiar with the Namco Station in Manchester, UK then you probably know already that the place closed down in May for a refurb. As we have just found out thanks to
Read More »First footage of Wizard of Oz Pinball from E3 + other arcades at E3
Jersey Jack Pinball has surprised us by taking a production Wizard of Oz Pinball machine to E3. As such, some videos are already out on the net showing the game in action (in narrowvision
Read More »Fighter News: Tekken Museum & New Guilty Gear coming to arcades on Sega’s Ringedge 2
Newsfeeds 1207 & 1208 via First off, Tekken news. Are you such a fan of the Tekken series that you would love to check out memorabilia for the game in a museum setting? Then
Read More »Videos of the games of GAGA2012
It’s been difficult to get more information on what was at the recent amusement trade show in China, GAGA2012. But enough time has passed that I’ve been able to scrape up a little more
Read More »Monday Musings: Links for KO Drive and WMMT4 Hong Kong Test; Rusty Quarters Arcade update
I’m out scouring for more GTI Asia Taipei news but that is slow going so in the meantime here are a couple of things to share. First off, Sega has really begun to push
Read More »First Snippets of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012
This past week, from Thursday to Saturday was an arcade trade show event that took place in Taipei, Taiwan. Not being able to make it there directly we have had to wait for news
Read More »Newsbits: Arcade from 1968; Rocky Mountain Expo; Star Castle on the Atari 2600; more Gundam Pilot videos; Retrocade Magazine
Earlier this week the news was quite slow but this latter half has improved a bit, where I have enough to do yet another multi-story post. First off is something I did see a
Read More »Namco to Open New Facility in Japan; tiny Star Wars Arcade playable cabinet; DNA US Conference Moved
Newsfeed 1195 & 1196 via Most of our location opening news comes from out West but the occasional news from the East doesn’t hurt either. Namco has a new facility that is opening tomorrow
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