Games
[ Oct 26 2006 ]
Trials and Tribulations
The other day I had a hankering for some Street Fighter. I don’t actually have Street Fighter for any consoles, so my options were limited to emulation or dragging out some arcade gear and playing it for reals. I decided on the latter – emulation doesn’t compare to the real thing, and after all, I’m […]
Games
[ Feb 15 2006 ]
Blasts from Ye Olde Pasts!
These posts are really old, but it might be worth revisiting. They came to the fore again curing the conversion of the old archives. There’s some pictures (most with boobies) of the lovely new Psikyo Visualworks Poster Book. A Herzog Zwei review. Herzog Zwei was, if you didn’t know, the first ever Real Time Strategy […]
Games
[ Nov 3 2005 ]
A few new updates
I did a comparison of all three of Namco’s Galaga ’88 ports: PC Engine, X68000 and Arcade. If you like, you can click here. I picked up PacPix and Meteos for Nintendo’s DS yesterday, and there’ll be a review of both very soon. Initial impressions: PacPix is really well done, challenging and varied, but so […]
Games
[ Sep 3 2004 ]
Spriggan Powered JAMMA PCB
A very rare, possibly unreleased arcade game called Spriggan Powerd, was recently sold on Yahoo’s Japanese auction site, and it cleared a thousand dollars in bidding, making it one of the most expensive PCBs in the world. There are some pics of the PCB and in-game screenshots on the auction page, but you can’t view […]
Hardware
[ Aug 27 2004 ]
Capcom CPS Changer
I’ve recently acquired a Capcom CPS Changer system, a kind of bizarre Capcom console sold to a very few lucky souls. Have a look!
Games
[ Jan 3 2004 ]
EDY Cash Card for Arcade Use
Something I noticed at the AOU show last week but only recently put together with actual facts was the EDY contactless cash-card from Bitwallet. Launched in Japan in 2002 it’s a prepaid cashcard that users can fuel up at over 1,400 AM/PM stores in Japan, among other places. Based on technology from Sony the EDY […]
Games
[ Oct 5 2003 ]
A Day with the Arcades
Today I went to Shinjuku to meet up with Rayforce (from #shmups). He showed me a half dozen great arcades and I actually played some arcade games for the first time in too long. Here’s what I played and what I thought about ’em. Ketsui (Cave) – This game is the absolute bomb. Total kickass […]
Games
[ Aug 30 2003 ]
IGS’ PGM DoDonPachi 2
I’ve posted a smackload of screenshots for the as-yet unemulated DoDonPachi 2. Coming soon: a review!
Games
[ May 6 2003 ]
Current Goings on:
Found my old SNES JAMMA system under a pile of MSX hardware today. It’s ugly, but it works. Also here’s an early look at a WIP: Konami’s 3DO M2-based Polystars.
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