History of Shoot 'm Ups

A Detailed History of Shoot ‘Em Up Arcade Games

June 17th, 2013 by Chris Jordan Barrish - Posted in Arcade Flashback, Arcade Machines

It’s you vs. an entire alien army and the odds aren’t looking too good. But in shoot ‘em ups, the original and most popular video game genre, the right ammo and a couple of extra lives just might get you to the end.

Smash TV

The Most Difficult Arcade Games – Ever!

May 22nd, 2013 by Steve Sawyer - Posted in Arcade Flashback, Arcade Machines, Retro

Arcade games, or Coin-Ops were designed to punish you, and be insanely brutal. These games were designed like this for the sole purpose of eating as many of your precious pennies as possible. While all Arcade games bear this mark, some of the games were exceptionally or unreasonably hard; making them virtually impossible. Here we’re going to chronicle the most heinously impossible Arcade Games of all time. That way we can all re-live the crippling shame and defeat that we experienced when we first played these games.

SEGA Racing Games

The Complete History of SEGA Racing Arcade Games [Infographic]

February 26th, 2013 by Stuart Kerr - Posted in Arcade Machines

Following up on the success of our blog post on SEGA racing games, we thought it might be a good idea to take the best bits of that post along with some more of our arcade knowledge and come up with this cool infographic!

SEGA Racing Games

The Complete History of SEGA Racing Arcade Games

January 2nd, 2013 by Samuel Jones - Posted in Arcade Machines

When thinking of arcade based racing games, for most people, only one company comes to mind: Sega. From the domination of early title Out Run through Virtua Racing, Sega Rally and other evolutions of perfecting the genre, Sega have been there every step of the way, not forgetting what many predict to be the highest grossing of all arcade titles ever, Daytona USA.

Jukebox long play

Jukebox Long-Play – 10 Songs to Get Your Money’s Worth!

September 18th, 2012 by Stuart Kerr - Posted in Jukeboxes

We’ve all been in a bar with a jukebox and decided we’d like to make everyone listen to our music for a change, you take the walk up there, make your selection under the disapproving eyes of the locals then sit back and enjoy your music, prepared to defend your musical tastes against any nay-sayers. Then what happens? The tracks end before you know it, and you’ve only got beer money left.

Angry birds outdoor actions

Angry Birds Outdoor Action Game – Coming Soon!

January 26th, 2012 by Stuart Kerr - Posted in Arcade Machines, Outdoor

Calling all Angry Birds fans! Those pesky pigs are back, but this time they have leapt out of the digital world and into your garden!

Rock Ola Title Cards

Rock-Ola Jukebox Title Cards to Download

January 24th, 2012 by Stuart Kerr - Posted in Jukeboxes

Ok for you Jukebox fans out there here is an answer to a question we get quite a lot – Where can I get some blank title cards for my Rock-Ola Jukebox ? Answer – Right Here!

Pool coin mechanism

How to make your pool table free-to-play or change the price of play ?

June 27th, 2011 by Stuart Kerr - Posted in Accessories, How To, Pool Tables

Ok so here’s a question we hear being asked fairly often in the pool table market : I have a coin-op pool table, and I want it to be free-play. Simple request but as many pool tables don’t come with any instructions, one which can be quite difficult to answer!

Royal pool table

Wills & Kate Royal Wedding Pool Table ? Just one way you can customise!

April 5th, 2011 by Stuart Kerr - Posted in Customization, Pool Tables

With the upcoming royal nuptials we’re sure everyone is getting very excited about the wedding of the year! Ok maybe excited isn’t the right word for everyone, but certainly the royal wedding has lead to a large number of souvenirs bearing Will’s & Kate’s face on, and we thought what better way to show off our custom pool table cloth service!