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In Real Life

This Space Invaders Watch Is As Expensive As It Is Stylish

In the event that you have an extra $US20,000 or so lying around, you probably wouldn’t want to spend it on a watch. But on the off chance that you do, boy, have I got a treat for you.

21 November 2012

Mobile

One Of The Greatest Mobile Music Games Goes Free-To-Play

Experimenting with new ways to make folks pay for their iOS games, Square Enix releases Groove Coaster Zero, injecting new songs and adapting a free-to-play model to Reisuke Ishida’s original musical masterpiece.

8 August 2012

Retro

Taito’s Love Affair With Old Jackie Chan Movies

What kind of developers have the peanuts to rip off Jackie Chan not once, but twice, at the same time? Taito have the peanuts, that’s who.

28 June 2012

In Real Life

The Feel-Good Fighting Game Story Of The Season

The fighting game community gets a bum rap. Sometimes it’s deserved. Often it’s not. There are good people in the fighting game community. People like Daigo Umehara. People like Osamu Ichikawa. And people like the folks at Shoryuken.

31 May 2012

Nintendo

A Fascinating Look At The Factories Where Old Video Games Were Made

Mommy, where do video games come from? They come from factories, dear, factories like these, from the 1980s.

22 May 2012

Retro

Now You Too Can Play The Terrible Akira Video Game!

In 1988, Taito released Akira, cash-in on the hugely-popular animated film of the same name. Just in case you were wondering if Japanese developers somehow made better movie adaptations in the 1980s, no, they did not. The game was terrible.

31 January 2012

Mobile

13 Bucks Is A Lot For An Old Game

Rayforce was first released in Japanese arcades in 1993 — when I was 15. The game is now out on the iOS. For $12.99.

10 November 2011

In Real Life

So Many Wonderful Arcade Prizes. Which Do You Want?

The 26th Prize Fair recently wrapped up, showing off prizes available in arcade redemption games during the first half of 2012. Companies including Taito, Banpresto and Sega were on hand. Ditto for their prizes.

10 October 2011

Retro

The Only Things Missing From This Model Spacecraft Are Lasers

RayStorm, the classic 1990s shooting game, always felt like it got somewhat overlooked compared to the spate of shooters released that decade.

20 September 2011

In Real Life

The Games, The Girls And Prizes Of Japan’s Amusement Machine Show

The 49th Amusement Machine show wrapped up recently in Japan. The show played host to new arcade games like Sega’s Operation G.H.O.S.T., new medal games for Monster Hunter and Pokémon, and a bunch of prizes.

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