it is not a romantic matter. it is the unalterable truth: we used to make video games
I'm in a book! Specifically @lostincult.co.uk's fab Arcade Adventures anthology. I interviewed the founders of New York's Barcade®, Bury's Arcade Club and Melbourne's Bartronica about how arcade bars keep the past, and some particularly venerable cabinets, alive.
New article out now! All about the SEGA 1000 stereo jukebox, featuring some new findings I've recently unearthed! note.com/2tie/n/n80b5...
SEGA's Mysterious Jukebox [EN]｜2Tie
In many official coverages of SEGA's hardware history, an important machine often brought up is their SEGA 1000 Stereo Jukebox. In the 1950s, SEGA had been locked in a three-way battle in Japan over j...
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surreal to walk into a waterstones and see my words in a new @lostincult.co.uk book found there now (even if it's up three flights of stairs in a tiny gaming section!)
Starting at 9:00 PM Japan Time today, we’ll be streaming on the Game Center Mikado Channel. It’s a special feature on music from racing and driving games! We’ll be playing lots of tracks, taking requests from our international viewers into account, so stay tuned! 🏁 youtube.com/live/PitCRhM7WXM
【GMクロスラ】レース・ドライブ系ゲームミュージック特集【ゲームミュージック】
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Fantom Iris@fantomiris.bsky.social · 3mo agoHello! 🏁 This month’s #GMCrossLa kicks off on Sunday, June 21, on the Mikado Channel, starting at 9:00 PM JST! The theme is “Racing and Driving Game Music.” 🏎️ We hope you're looking forward to tomorrow's race~! Here’s a video of Yamaoh performing “BIG BLUE” from F-ZERO. What a rush!
AMOA 2001 was also the North American debut (and probably ONLY sighting) of Boong-Ga Boong-Ga and thankfully I got proof. I did not try it. Details in ALT caption.
![Boong-Ga Boong-Ga (Korean: 붕가 붕가, Japanese: 開ウン！ケダモノ占い), sometimes advertised in English as Spank 'em, is an arcade game developed by a South Korean company, Taff System. It is the first arcade game to simulate kanchō—a popular prank in Japan and Korea where the victim is poked with two fingers in the anus unbeknownst to the victim. ... While an initial contract was made for distribution of 200 units in Japan, only 5 units were ever actually distributed in the country. [Source: Wikipedia]
Interestingly, this version has a large "whack-a-mole" hammer attached to it. Was the game adapted for the US by making players spank the ass instead of poking it with your finger? Hmm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbcxrvk3wdlmzlsjn4tal5pn/bafkreibonv6e3fentqqjbo54tfduspqyizxtop3pcwxi4nex4og5qja6oi)
been obsessed over the past week with this incredible footage of both taito's cannonball city theme park *and* their R&D offices (for the love of god, turn the forced YT auto dubbing off though) youtu.be/JaT7CMaPTIA
1995（平成7年） キャノンボールシティーCannonball City
YouTube video by Film Archive of Japan
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Hey all It’s looking very likely that a Virtua Fighter-related announcement or showcase is imminent, so I’m putting out a friendly reminder that I have lived and breathed VF for ~30 years! Basically: let me write about Virtua Fighter, you will not regret it
said it before and i'll say it again: the mirage, mablethorpe is officially outrun 2 SP SDX's strongest soldier if your arcade isn't buying another location's entire machine just to part it out and keep theirs going, is it really even an arcade?
Namco's exercise bike-powered flying contraption is almost 30 years old, so we tracked down the game's director to look back.
How Namco built 1996's best arcade cabinet
We talk with the director of the bike-powered Prop Cycle about how the game came about, its international success, and sidelined sequel plans.
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there's something unsettling about arcade games screaming for help via seven segment
wonder who wrote the piece about rhythm games for this 👁️
Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk · 4mo agoShoot the undead between their rotting eyes, overtake your nemesis on the leaderboard and button mash your way to victory! Arcade Adventures in collaboration with @harpercollins.bsky.social is now available at the link below ⤵️
Arcade Adventures is a celebration of the hallowed halls, hardware and software that established the titanic gaming culture we know and love today! Journey through the cabinets that pushed boundaries and introduced immersive new trends. harpercollins.co.uk/products/arc...
Arcade Adventures: An Ultimate Anthology of Arcade Gaming
Arcade Adventures tells the story of video game arcades, from the pioneering technology of the 1970s and the golden age of the 1980s, to the modern experiences of today. Arcades were a true pioneer…
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ICYMI: Time Crisis design doc images from NAMCO were on display at the GAIME booth at PAX East 2026. G'AIM'E interviewed the original NAMCO staff involved with Time Crisis (Hirofumi Kami and Shinya Yamada). Read about development, CPU limits, game/character names here www.mygaime.com/post/intervi...
properly amazed to hear today how the one UK arcade that held onto an imported cool riders cabinet somehow still has it running, and have actually fixed several parts since i last went there c. 2019 (including the CRT picture and steering in this dodgy old clip of mine... youtu.be/BS_9H_34XL4)
just remembered that when i lived in Brixton in 2012 there was a fabric shop on Electric Avenue that used to be an arcade and it still had a Sega/Sonic the Hedgehog carpet
If you'd like to know more about the origins of the term ‘Game Center’ in Japan (spoiler: it was already in use in the late 1960s). ameblo.jp/nazox2016/en...
『ゲームセンターはいつからゲームセンターになったのか』
コイン投入式の娯楽機を設置した遊戯施設自体は昭和初期からありましたが、それらは温泉観光施設や百貨店などの付帯施設でした。日本初の独立した遊戯施設は、1960年…
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4Gamer 🔗https://www.4gamer.net/s/G094902.260306020 「BIOHAZARD RE:2」がベースのアーケード向けガンSTG，3月中旬よりロケテストを実施 筐体にはリアルなガンコンやエアー噴射，振動する床などのギミックが搭載されており，全身で恐怖を味わえる
「BIOHAZARD RE:2」がベースのアーケード向けガンSTG，3月中旬よりロケテストを実施
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I have another very rare, very expensive scan for you: another Sega Company Profile, this time from the early 1980s, likely 1983. Link inside.
as announced by online Sega history zine Beep21: Hideki Sato, the "father of Sega hardware" who stewarded the design of Sega's home consoles from the SG-1000 through to the Dreamcast & presided over the company from 2001~3, passed away on Feb.13 aged 77 🇯🇵 R.I.P.
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Hey, did you guys see there was an issue of Harmony up on Yahoo auctions recently? I wonder what happened to it... (spoiler: I bought it, scans in this thread)
the bounty i still have on this laserdisc used in the reception of segaworld london that somehow survived after it shut and very likely remains out there somewhere is genuinely astronomical
1971 - It's been 6 years since Nihon Goraku Bussan and Rosen Enterprises merged. And this then-new amusement company called "Sega Enterprises" would later become one of the largest arcade companies in the world. From the May 1, 1971 Sega Price List scanned by @thestacks.ca #sega #arcadehistory
I wonder if any of the old 1970's Sega service vehicles are around out there, somewhere...
The Galaxian 3 at Fun World, NH is reportedly operational again, having had one of its LaserDisc players replaced. Go play it while it still works (I hear they're open over the long weekend.)
