Taito Unveils Music Diver & A New Version of GunArena This one in particular features more to do in multiplayer linked mode than I’ve ever seen and it can link up to 16 machines, so that’s a plus. Arcade basketball machines always do well (guaranteed winner in any arcade as far as I’ve ever seen) but I have to imagine that these versions with screens are doing even better, since there’s more to enjoy than just making baskets. Mentioned on the blog a little while ago, Sega’s foray into video arcade basketball is now available with Allstars Basketball. It’s not exactly a video game but it also is…it used 16mm film and changed what happened on the screen depending on your action. Since we’re speaking of old games, here’s some recently found footage of an extremely rare Nintendo EM arcade game called Sky Hawk. Unfortunately, the version leaked lacks the trackball code, since at one point Atari Games decided to remove that and go with joysticks instead (thankfully, they did remove the silly Marble Man character). If you’d like to read about how MM2 came around, then I’d recommend this article over at Ars Technica which gets into great detail on the history of the game as well as what we know about this new ROM popping up. Marble Madness II Now Playable In MAMEĪs with any discovered prototype, there are lengthy discussions about it to be found on forums, which I won’t get into here If you’re interested in the discussion behind this one then have fun reading through 20 pages about it on AtariAge. Not sure when they’ll get here though as I’m still trying to figure out shipping (mainly getting them palletized). If anyone is interested in seeing the games I’ve bought from Mr. Thanks to ex-Atarian Dennis Harper, I uncovered a little bit of info on both the arcade & pinball versions of the game to share with you: While no one really talks about that movie these days(I haven’t seen it in 20-25 years or more), growing up in the 80s it was unavoidable. The Extra-Terrestrial hit theaters, so it seemed fitting to share now. The reason I did so is because today is the 40th anniversary of when E.T. Speaking of editing video, here’s my latest, which I did to publish today. Although if you want to read about getting into the industry, there’s a new book out from my friend Rob Howard that tackles the subject). It’s been almost a month since the last one as the shorter bits of such news haven’t been available in abundance, and I’ve also been spending a ton of time on shooting & editing videos (I think I’ve re-recorded the audio for the game design video 4 times now but it’s finally set. Welcome to Newsbytes, a semi-regular post that curates news from around the world of arcades & pinball for your weekend reading & viewing pleasure.
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