Noitu Love 2

When it comes to gaming, I’m somewhat jaded. I look at the majority of new games being released today and I say to myself “they are the same shit different story.” Half the time, I am right, and the other half the story hasn’t even changed. I guess this means that my interest in new games isn’t exactly high, and I don’t really get excited for most new releases like I used too.

Now, when I simply cannot deal with the harsh realities of mainstream gaming anymore, I turn to my good old friend indie games. Indie games usually go where big corporate games wont because there is much less money to be had. Sadly, a plethora of indie games these days have also began to feel either stagnant, or so caught up in making a “artistic statement” that they forget they are even a video game.

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DMitsuki Games, PC, Review, arcade, independant

After Burner is… a game I never played originally. Yeah, even when I was a kid, arcades weren’t very big around here, and as a result I never got to play After Burner. But in more recent years I did end up playing quite a few games in the series, and loving it. Well, except for the NES version, but that’s a topic for another day.

After Burner Climax came out in the arcades in 2006. Since there’s no arcades around here (the ones we DO have are just those ticket game things), I never got to play it… until now. When I found out the game was coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360, I knew I had to play it, because videos of the arcade version looked so damn awesome.

So is the game as awesome as it looked in the videos of the arcade version? Read on and find out!
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jobocan Console, Games, PSN, Review, XBLA, arcade, ps3, xbox 360

This is a strange little package by Capcom. It includes one of the most classic Beat ‘Em Ups ever, Final Fight, and the largely overlooked Magic Sword. Rather than remakes or upgraded ports, those are basically just the ROMs from the arcade version, with  addedonline capabilities and a few visual options.

So this will be a rather short review, but it’s still a game I want to comment about a bit.

So read on!
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jobocan Console, Games, PSN, Review, XBLA, arcade, ps3, xbox 360

Well, while I’m still in Ghostbusters mood, let’s talk about an arcade game based on them! I’ve been slow making new Arcade Center posts, but what better way to bring a new edition than talking about the Ghostbusters?

Okay, there might be a better way, but hey, why not?

Read on!

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jobocan Games, arcade, impressions, jobocan's arcade center

If you’re an arcade game fan, it’s more than likely that you also really love shmups. They’re a big genre in the arcade market, and there’s tons of them. And most of them are really good.

Here’s one that I really like: DonPachi. It also has a few sequels, including DoDonPachi, DoDonPachi 2, and some console releases. From my experience, the sequels share the same basic gameplay, so here I’ll only talk about DonPachi.
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jobocan Games, Review, arcade, jobocan's arcade center

Well, with an arcade cabinet with TONS of games in my basement, I knew I’d find crazy stuff. But… I mean, just look at this game’s title… you know it’s gonna be weird. Just seeing the title in the frontend, I knew I had to try it out, and I wasn’t disappointed.

So read on for the first game in my Arcade Center posts.
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jobocan Games, Review, arcade, impressions, jobocan's arcade center

Hey everyone!

Recently I’ve been interested in a fun little project. I always wanted to have my own arcade cabinet, to have something similar to the arcade experience. Sure, I could just download ROMs and use MAME playing with a keyboard, but that just doesn’t cut it. And an actual cabinet with a game in it is… usually pretty expensive and not THAT easy to find.

So I set my goal to have my own upright arcade cabinet. And I found that the best and most cost-effective way was to make one myself. That’s how my quest to make my own arcade cabinet started.

And as you can see this is the #1 of my Arcade Center “series”, so I’ll have much more to talk about. I’ll start with my cabinet that I’m building right now.

Read on, there’s a bunch of info after the jump.
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jobocan Games, arcade, jobocan's arcade center