Entries from The Asian Power Hour tagged with 'Arcade'
DJ Format's music video "Gets on da Mic"
After a few bouts of SFIV and Melty Blood with Rick "The Trick" Nelson down at the 'ol arcade, I had the good fortune of having this wonderful little music video presented to me. It's a bit old, but...
World's first "Unclonable RFID" created.
Another RFID post, this time in regards to the company "Verayo" claiming to have build the world's first unclonable RFID chip. This is done by imprinting each chip with it's own unique "DNA" while retaining the core function of...
Battle Fantasia: An Arcade 2D Fighter/RPG From the Makers of Guilty Gear
Ever wondered what Odin Sphere would feel like as an arcade style fighter? Well, Arc System Works is porting over their arcade version (Released April 2007) of Battle Fantasia to both the PS3 (Thank you Region Free!) and XBOX...
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam Vs Gundam releases in arcades...console port will probably sell oodles of PS3 units.
Being a big fan of the Gundam: Rengou vs Zaft arcade (wonderfully ported to PS2 and PSP) series, I had known about a new Gundam mash-up game that was a combination of a multitude of characters from 00 to...
Square-Enix makes a stand in the RFID arena
"> After acquiring the more arcade heavy portfolio of Taito a while back, Square-Enix looks like it's setting it's eyes on the new, but growing trend of RFID card games in the Japanese arcade sector. Besides the paper rock scissors...
Konami launches test location for a new Bemani game
So it seems there's finally going to be a new product in the Bemani line after years of waiting. Apparently this one is called Ju-Beat. There's apparently one test location and here's what we know so far: 1. It's...
The Revival of the Arcade in Taiwan
So this is really exciting news for me personally, and I apologize for the extremely text heavy post. I'm a firm believer in the Arcade as a gaming institution that shouldn't fade into obscurity. As you may have read...
Sega brings 2Spicy and Let's Go Jungle to the US.
Two interesting games I stumbled upon during a recent trip to Gameworks in Long Beach. 2Spicy, a new Sega arcade shooter that is really trying to get the player into the sense that they are really in a 3D space,...
Guitar Freaks V3 Hits US Shores
Well...this makes me extremely happy. I waltzed by Arcade Infinity in Diamondbar the other night hoping that their Guitar Freaks V2 machine would actually be working, and lo and behold, V3, the newest installment of Konami's long running Guitar...
Recent Trends in Japanese Gaming: Part 5; Arcades
Some other interesting arcade trends to come out in Japan in the past few years that have been ramping up include: Quiz based games, such as Magical Quiz Academy. Recently even Konami has come up with their own version. It’s...
Recent Trends in Japanese Gaming: Part 4; Arcade CCGs
I’m really interested in all those RFID CCG card games in Japanese arcades and it was a pleasant surprise for me to find out that they’ve only grown in popularity since I’ve last been arcade hopping. Three of my favorites...
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