Where to find Arcade Games and Arcade Machines (2022)

Arcade Forums:

 

https://forums.arcade-museum.com/ 

https://www.arcade-projects.com/

https://forum.arcadeotaku.com/

https://www.neo-geo.com/forums/index.php

Arcade PCB Shops:

 

Here is a list of stores and their web sites that sell Arcade Games. Keep in mind that not all shops will mail items outside of Japan, so you may need someone to go that store for you, buy the item, and then ship it to you. Also note that some sites are not in English and you may need to use a online translator if you do not know the language. 

 

Ali Express - https://www.aliexpress.com

 

exA-Arcadia - https://exa.ac/en/games-list/?v=0f177369a3b7

HK Legend - http://www.hklegend.com.hk/?page_no=6&lang=0

G-FRONT - http://www.gfront.com/

Game Kanaya - http://www.game-kanaya.com/index.html

Japan Dealer - https://www.emporiumretrogamingshop.com/en-us/collections/arcade-games

Mak Japan - http://www.mak-jp.com/

 

TOPS -  https://www.tops-game.jp/

Try VIDEO GAME P.C.B. SHOP -  http://www.try-inc.co.jp/

 

Arcade Parts:

 

Arcadeshock - http://www.arcadeshock.com/

 

Amusement Game Services - http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/theshed/default.asp 

 

River Service - http://www.rs2006.co.jp/overseas.htm

 

Arcade Cabinets:

 

Coinopexpress - http://www.coinopexpress.com

 

Highway Entertainment - http://www.arcade-game-sales.com/

 

Shadaloo - https://www.shadaloo.eu/ 

 

Tessin Create Company - http://www.tsc-acnet.com

 

The Game Room - http://thegameroom.com/arcade-games.shtml    

 

Arcade Auction Events & Sites:

 

Arcade Auction Events - https://auctiongamesales.com

 

Arcade Auction Events - https://bid.captainsauctionwarehouse.com

 

Craigslist -  https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites

 

Ebay - https://www.ebay.com/

 

Yahoo Japan - https://www.yahoo.co.jp/

 

Rinkya Japanese auction bidding service -  http://www.rinkya.com

 

All in one Arcade Machines:

 

Arcade Maverick - https://www.arcademaverick.com 

 

Arcade 1up -  https://arcade1up.com/

 

iiRcade - https://www.iircade.com/

Useful Apps:

 

Google Translate - https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&text=http%3A&op=websites

 

Currency Exchange Rates - https://www.xe.com/

 

 

 

Tekken 7 System ES3

 

 Happy New Year!!! It has been a while since I updated the blog. After a very long wait I finally got a system es3 arcade unit. The videos below show some of my findings with the arcade unit:

 

Installing a Tekken 7 multi boot drive on the system es3:

 

 More arcade news to come...

VRITRA HEXA Update 1.1.0

 About the VRITRA HEXA update (Translated from: https://note.com/saddy575/n/n58c6dd7ebb51)

As announced at the "Shoo Festival" held at Game Center Mikado the other day, VRITRA HEXA will be updated soon to version 1.1.0. Basically, the main contents are addition of new Vajra / balance adjustment / bug fix.

This information is current as of June 12, 2021. Please note that there may be balance adjustments etc. again after the location test.

We have implemented the 11th weapon "Pink Vajra". It will be the first complete penetration weapon in VRITRA. It requires unprecedented operations, but I feel that it has become an interesting weapon that is easy to handle even for beginners and tricky for advanced players.
I think it will play an active role in HEXA mode, but there are some features that are especially useful in caravan mode, so please try it out.

New feature "Caravan Retry"

In caravan mode, we have implemented a function that allows you to retry only once within the first minute. If you make a mistake at the beginning, you can press the start button to restart the game from the beginning without throwing it away.

Capacity adjustment of existing Vajra

In version 1.0.0, the performance of Vajra, which was not very strong and the usage rate was low, has been revised upward and the balance of all Vajra has been averaged.

・ Increased boost attack power of Purple Vajra by 25%
・ Increased boost attack power of Brown Vajra by 15%
-Improved the normal attack power of White Vajra by 10% / Increased the attack power at boost by 40% / Fly in the lever direction (front and back) at the time of boost injection
・ Reduced Green Vajra's normal attack power by 25% / Reduced forward movement speed when boosting by 20%

HEXA mode adjustment
Adjusted the stress points to make it easier to play. Also, since the high score ranking is shared by the old and new versions, we have made fine adjustments so that the score is slightly higher in version 1.1.0.

・ Stage 1A: Don't let the flame dragon shoot back
・ Stage 3A: Reduced floating time of sea grapeshot by 2 seconds
・ 10% wider range of enemy normal bullets
・ Change of boss defeat point (stage destruction 3,000 → 5,000 / defeat 10,000 → 15,000, etc.)

Caravan mode adjustment
For the caravan mode, we have improved the feeling of exhilaration and adjusted the parts that were very tight so far. I think that the balance is just between the PC version SET SUNA mode and v1.0.0.

・ Increased Indra's boost power by 30%
・ Improved the power of Blue Vajra by 50% / Increased vertical collision detection by 20%
-Delay the timing of the first bullet launch of twin laser enemy aircraft that appear in large numbers from behind

Bug fix
We have fixed the problems as follows.
・ Prevent the falling bullets of the stage 4D boss from slipping through the boss body
・ Unification of stage 4C boss names (DEMON EYE)
-Adjusted left and right loop processing when Vajra is selected
・ Only active players can operate the menu
・ Correct boss conditions
The above "Make the true boss condition correct", but in version 1.0.0, there was an implementation mistake that "Rank 7 conditions from stage 1 to 3 do not have to be met" ... As a result, even if you do not do your best in stages 1 to 3, you will be able to challenge the true boss if other conditions are met.

With this update, HEXA mode is easier to play, more weapon choices are available, and caravan mode is more exhilarating tuning.

Outriders - Loot Drops So Far

Been playing a bit of Outriders. I really like the game. Here are drops I have so far:

 

 

Evga FTW3 RTX 3090 Unboxing and Benchmark Testing

So I got a Evga FTW3 RTX 3090 for use with World Builder 2 and Unreal Engine. The system should be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 when it is released as well :-)

 

Parts in the PC:

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 

 

Asus ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming

 

Evga FTW3 RTX 3090

 

G.SKILL 128GB (4 x 32GB) Trident Z Royal 

 

Seagate FireCuda 520 M.2 2280 2TB PCIe Gen4  

Seagate Barracuda 120 SSD 2TB 

CORSAIR iCUE H115i RGB PRO XT

EVGA SuperNOVA 1600

Corsair Crystal Series 680X RGB CC-9011168-WW Black Steel

Windows 10 Professional 

 

Evga RTX 3090 size compare against a Zotec RTX 2080 TI:

All installed:

System On:

Unboxing Video:

 

Benchmarks (No Overclock Applied):

 Port Royal-

 Crysis Remastered - 4k (Can it run Crysis Mode)

Blender 2.90:

 

DLSS Test:

 

PCI Express Test: 

Time Spy Extreme:

 

Valley:

 

Heaven 4.0:

 

Superposition:

Benchmarks with a Overclock:

 Port Royal-

That score put me number 5 on the Port Royal "Hall of fame". My placement will not last long, but nice to see none the less. :-) FYI anyone new to my blog, I go by the handle of CDMAN on overclock.net (Its a long story, lol.)

 

 

Aka & Blue Type R Day 2 gameplay on exA-Arcadia

Still getting the hang of the game. Below is game play of the Blue ship:

exA-Arcadia and Aka to Blue Storage

Was thinking a good way to protect the exA-Arcadia hardware and Aka to Blue when they are not in use. Here is what I came up with. If you have ideas, be sure to let me know.

Exa-Arcadia

So my 1st new arcade kit for 2020 has arrived: The Exa-Arcadia. The best way to describe the Exa-Arcadia is to think of it as a current gen Neo Geo MVS. The arcade hardware comes with four open slots where four different games can be loaded at any given time.

Pre orders for the Exa-Arcadia and games went on sale mid November of 2019. My kit came very well packed. Their was a box for the  Exa-Arcadia and a different box for the game I bought (Aka & Blue Type R)

 

The actual size of the Exa-Arcadia hardware is not large at all. Here is a shot of it next to a Sega Ring Edge 2:

Another shot of the Exa-Arcadia with the game installed:

Here are some day one game play videos of the Exa-Arcadia and Aka & Blue Type R.

 Unboxing:

 

 Exa-Arcadia startup and Aka & Blue Type R score attack day one:

 

     

 Exa-Arcadia and Aka & Blue Type R arcade mode day one:

Exa-Arcadia Games List:

chaos-code
the-fallen-angels
cosmic-digger
vritra-hexa
alien-field
rival-megagun
gimmick-exact
bayani
akyrios-exa
fight-of-gods-ae
shikhondo-red-purgatory
axel-city-2
psyvariar-delta
blazing-chrome-ac
strania-ex
lightning-knights
infinos-exa-2
nippon-marathon-turbo
super-hydorah-ac
the-kung-fu-vs-the-karate-champ
aka-blue-type-r