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Here’s an interesting little series of interviews with a crew of Westerners who live in Tokyo and play Street Fighter III, an 18 year-old arcade game they don’t really have regular access to back home.
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Fighting game matches can come in many forms, from quick blowouts to drawn-out bouts, but one Japanese arcade has…
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If you’ve ever wondered what a North Korean propaganda clip for arcade gaming looks like, well, it apparently looks…
No matter how upset you get, don’t punch arcade game machines. Please.
In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on.
There are four common ways players sit at arcade cabinets in Japan. Here they are.
It’s been over twenty years since a Bomberman title has been released in Japanese arcades. So, I assume, Konami…
Meet “VR Sense.” This is a Koei Tecmo’s dedicated VR arcade cabinet. It won’t only have VR headsets, but is equipped…
Today in Japan, the first location test for arcade game Attack on Titan: Team Battle kicked off in Tokyo. Previously, Kotaku showed off the game’s earlier controller, but now we get a close up look at the latest versions via Famitsu. They’re nice!
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Nibbler is a snake arcade game similar to Pac-Man where the player grows longer the more things they eat. In Nibbler…
As a kid, I remember the Chuck E. Cheese’s ball pit being fun. A new bar called Ball Pool Bar Dive in Osaka…
This week twenty-nine years ago, the first Street Fighter was released in arcades. There was Ken, Ryu, and some very…
What happens to their stuff when a big arcade collector passes away? This piece on The Arcade Blogger explores the legacy of Pete “Invadar” Davies, a British collector who owned a lot of arcade cabinets, and whose games suddenly needed new homes.
There is no competition, and no country is better. Japan is the unrivaled king of train games.
They don’t call sumo wrestler Tanikawayama “Drum Killa” for nothing.
Sounds like Daigo Umehara thinks Street Fighter V needs an arcade release in Japan. Event Hubs reported he wondered if the game will still be played next year. Umehara added that the lack of an arcade release was a problem for Japanese gamers.
Not just any game at that, but the Kantai Collection arcade game. Awesome!
Ever wonder how they get cabinets in and out from Japanese arcades’ upper floors? At Club Sega, with cranes!
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Last month, NeoTurfMasta bought an old Neo Geo test board for $750. After messing around with it for a while, he…