~Going Global~ Sparks Passport, an expansion of the Sparks Pinball Museum in Oakland Mall, will be having it's soft opening this Thursday, December 4th! With incredible community support and effort, a wide range of incredibly rare and unique import machines are waiting to be played~

edge magazine still having a little ghetto for new arcade games is a funny thing

Spent too much time editing this, but it's so worth it

We return with another amazing tale of video games past! This time: The international story of Taito. Learn about the colorful Ukranian founder, the origin of the modern crane game, and how a peanut vending company redefines the world of video games. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/p...

おはイトー👾✨ アミューズメントエキスポでの かわいいバブルンをご覧ください

Britain in the mid-1930s does not seem like a time or place of leisure innovation with the circumstances of war in Europe, yet it proved a fertile ground for the evolution of #arcade games. Today we'll look at one of the most fascinating games from this period: Spotlight Golf!

new fav video youtu.be/Bsrzg1xJtjo

Magazine advertisement for Air Trix, Sega and Hitmaker's 2001 successor to Top Skater, which shifted focus from downhill skating to tricking off half pipes.

This is the story of Sega's R360: The legendary arcade cabinet that spun players around and left arcade floors far too early. Exclusive interviews, developer quotes, and more! I'd appreciate not only everyone watching, but also sharing this post and the video! youtu.be/I-LnKFILB5I

Big feature on The House of the Dead in the arcade, including an interview with Takashi Oda, Kouji Ooto, Hiroyuki Taguchi and Masakazu Sanbongi from Sega AM1. Taken from Official Sega Saturn Magazine 23 - September 1997 (UK) 🧟‍♀️ 🎃 👻 🕷️ 🩸🧟‍♀️ 🎃 👻 🕷️ 🩸🧟‍♀️ 🎃 👻 🕷️ […] [Original post on retro.pizza]

google photos i hate to break it to you but that is most definitely not 25 Sept 2018

gamesoftrobo.ghost.io/in-animal-ka... "Video games" don't need to be for traditional “gamers” in particular or fall under our narrowly defined genres. Shit, they don’t even need “gameplay,” necessarily. And I’m not saying that as a negative. Just look at Animal Kaiser."

hot new scans: 1975 Sega's Jukeboxes and Amusement Machines & Sammy サミー February 1995 Lineup Catalog This Sega catalogue is rare and amazing, do not miss out. pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2025/08/scan... #retroarcade #sega #videogame #medalgame #electromechanical #arcade #pinball

nobody is a true UK arcade intellectual until they have read this book btw

You love them - Tekken, Pac-Man, Mr. Driller - but do you know Namco? www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/08/t... The latest in our Origin of Game series, how Namco was founded in Japan 70(!) years ago and became one of the most important video game companies! From Rocking Horses to...

i have so many pictures from the galloping ghost, but for now you must be content with armadillo freakin racing

Mighty, Ray AND... Honey the Cat?? 🕹️👾 Over the years, we've seen the return of many classic characters; it's a shame not all of them have the same luck. SEGA has a long history with arcade machines! It's basically a different world. #Sonic #fanart

throwback to that one time i went to see the last ever (?) ridge racer full scale in the world and suddenly saw the place with it had this (and this only) strapped to the ceiling beams for no apparent reason

1992

thinking about that one bit in Eat 'Em Up! on the Ridge Racer Type 4 soundtrack where hiroshi okubo does some great jazzy shit with the pac-man theme

not enough people seem to know that among all the ported tracks, the meh MD/gen port of outrunners had that good one original track by the composer responsible for all the good shit on knuckles chaotix youtu.be/zLgk42FomIs

you want slightly off-model Sonics ? we got ‘em !

TIL makoto uchida of golden axe, altered beast, die hard arcade fame has quietly left sega (with his shanghai studio likely closed/reduced from where it was) after 38 years, to now work as a university professor... was hoping he'd do a few more years but what a run www.mgt.ous.ac.jp/staff/uchida/

#TTDArt #umamusume #ウマ娘

Now people are talking about umamusume I have to show my favourite promotional material relating to any horse game ever:

in retrospect the bomberman + contra video redemption games and castlevania marble pusher were like the first three horsemen of the apocalypse

During the developer Q&A stream for Ridge Racer's Arcade Archives release, a treasure trove of development materials and historical documents were shown off! It's truly wonderful to see all of these items well preserved after all these years. (1) #arcadehistory #coinophistory #namco

just noticed my videos tab on here is still only clips of takenobu mitsuyoshi being takenobu mitsuyoshi, and now fully intend to keep that streak going here he is singing the vocal virtua fighter 3 theme at the game's official japanese championship finals (sponsored by java tea!)

ナムコ #ドット絵

My attempt to restore the artwork of #F1Boy (aka Sunsoft Grand Prix in Europe) used on the cover of the Japanese #GameBoy release. Removed logo/text, taking few liberties and applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch process. No clue on the artist, any info let me know!

lot of food for thought in this, however i have to counter with the fact that i've just been hearing accounts from people saying how several of the oversaturated crane-only boutiques have already been closing down and selling off all their inventory on FB marketplace within months of opening lol

Something tells me these cabinets were very, very, very carefully wrapped shortly after this before being shipped home from the Lucca Comics and Games Convention in 2023. #Priceless #SegaArcade #YuSuzuki #Outrun #PowerDrift #SpaceHarrier

ANNOUNCEMENT: All donations are being matched at 100%! An anonymous donor is doubling all donations, up to a total of $6000. Our goal is to buy & digitize & share early Coin Journal (月刊コインジャーナル) issues, documenting a pivotal decade in Japan's arcade history pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2025/05/help...

they do not make magazine covers like this anymore and it's everyone's loss

So, this summer we'll be publishing a 3-part deep dive into Sega's pinball history. It's an area not well documented. Part 1 (Sega Japan in the '70s) is done and is 4500 words, and I'm working on part 2 (Spain) now. Part 3 (Sega Pinball 1994-1999) should be done this month. I hope you all enjoy it!

Next up, and my personal favorite of the month, is this series of "relay essays" from eight Sega developers in 1991. Featuring several Phantasy Star alums like Rieko Kodama, Toru Yoshida, and Toyonaka Ozaki, it's a very fun read with interesting tidbits throughout. shmuplations.com/segarelay/

Some of the characters designed by Shining series artist Tony Taka/Takayuki Tanaka for the unreleased sequel to Windjammers 2 developed by Data East in 1996 for consoles (presumably for the Saturn or PS1). These concept art are dated December 1996. www.gamekult.com/emission/ada...

still got it

As promised, here's the write-up of the Galaxian 3 repair effort: philwip.com/galaxian-3-p...

There's one binder among these that stands out the jewel of my collection... By a stroke of incredibly good luck and timing, I was able to obtain *sixteen* issues of Harmony, Sega's company newsletter, from right in that golden era of Sega's 16-bit Segasonic supremacy and arcade dominance.

actually the biggest announcement of the day

all current bandai namco amusement employees must be made to play this and understand what they can live up to

The Galaxian 3: Attack of the Zolgear at Fun World, Nashua, NH is up and running again with all six players! This is the only known working installation in the US. I’m very proud to have been part of the repair effort. Look out for the full story on philwip.com soon

某所でロケテ中のMAGIBRASTやってみたけれど、現状は難度控えめで悪くはないけれど、途中から作業感が出て来てしまうのが何とも難しい部分

Cabinet design concepts for Techno Drive and Gynotai from Namco's "Almighty Human Project" series of hybrid-electromechanical arcade games, by Minoru Sashida. Computer Space's retro-future style cabinet was cited as direct inspiration.

never thought i'd see the day segaarcade.com/games/maimai...

I've written an article about Taku Makino, a little-known Sega artist whose face and work you may be familiar with (notably his contributions to the Golden Axe, Sonic and Shinobi series). vgdensetsu.net/takumakino/ Article aussi dispo en français vgdensetsu.net/takumakinofr/

10 Amusement Journal 月刊アミューズメント・ ジャーナル issues from 2007 to 2009 pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2025/02/scan... please share widely #retroarcade #japan #scans #amusementjournal #amusementsangyo #arcade