The third and final day of AAA 2024 (the Asia Attractions & Amusement Expo 2024) has come, and with that we can wrap things up as we look at the best of the rest at the show. This includes the most notable companies outside of the ‘big two’ of Wahlap and UNIS, and a wide [...]
They say that February is a month for lovers and when it comes to arcade releases, this particular February has been great for lovers of arcade games. As you could already tell from the headline, we have a couple of highly anticipated games which have begun to ship but in case you missed it, this [...]
Sega Amusements has published two teaser videos for their upcoming racing video arcade games, Drone Racing Genesis and Storm Rider 2. Let’s watch, then discuss! SEGA Amusements presents you with a brand-new entertainment concept with Drone Racing Genesis. A unique and thrilling racing experience for visitors at FEC’s and arcades. Drone Racing is a rapidly [...]
Those looking forward to Raw Thrills’ next racer can rejoice, as we have more details to share thanks to the launch of a product page on Raw Thrills’ main website. 100 units have initially been produced with a larger batch being produced next month; In discussing with Raw Thrills, we could say it’s officially out [...]
Given Screamer’s 1995 release date, comparison’s to Namco’s Ridge Racer — which came out two years earlier — were inevitable. And I doubt developer Graffiti (today known as Milestone) were complaining, either; their game being regarded as the closest thing it was possible to get to Namco’s PlayStation (and arcade) exclusive on an MS-DOS PC [...]
The Sheffield-based Gremlin Graphics put out some of the most fondly-regarded games of the 16-bit era — including some absolutely cracking racing games. Ask any Atari ST and Amiga fans to name some of their favourite racers and doubtless Gremlin’s Lotus series will be high on their list; likewise, Super NES petrolheads will likely count [...]
It’s not every game release where we hear about an arcade manufacturer officially launching a new game to the world – often games will just start showing up at certain places with zero fanfare to accompany them. There are times however that game launches are given some proper press releases, which is the case today [...]
As someone who enjoys both retro and modern games, there’s one retro title that I find myself returning to more often than any other — a game that I absolutely devoured back on its original release, and which I still play regularly now in a variety of contexts, both on original hardware and on emulation [...]
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone talk about Excite Truck for Nintendo Wii. And you’d think as a spinoff to one of the NES era’s most beloved games — Excitebike — more people would be aware of it. But nope, apparently not. Well, that all changes right now, ’cause I’ve been playing [...]
It’s IAAPA week, which means news for arcade games! Apart from what I talked about in yesterday’s preview, this will be the first “surprise” from the show, which you already know from the headline – Bandai Namco Amusements is updating Maximum Tune 5 to 5DX+ for existing North American machines. As we’ve mentioned, it’s been [...]