Aucade.com keeps on rolling with another big round number. In 1 year almost to the day we've hit 5000 games, the 5000th title being the not completely unintentional Crazy Taxi. Thanks to all staff and contributing members for getting us this far, let's go for 10K !

Justin Wong is no stranger to the world of Fighting games. He's been declared the 5 time champ of Marvel vs. Capcom 2, taken on the world's best in Daigo Umehara in Street Fighter 3 : Third Strike, and has now become the U.S. National Champion in Street Fighter 4.

We here at Aurcade.com would like to commend Justin on his championship run, and hope to see more in the future. Hopefully a rematch against Daigo being one of them. And I'd love the chance to actually take him on in MvC2.



**Also, for those of you not aware, our own David 'Auric' Hernly and Justin had a little back and forth at last year's Funspot on Cheeky Mouse. Let's hope to see a rematch between these two this year.**

Tim McVey fell short of reclaiming his record last night. The final score was 945,939,420 in 39 hours and 6 minutes. There were over 250 people watching live over the internet towards the end, and we all felt the pain with you Tim.

It was an amazing run and we salute the effort you put forth. Your attempt being broadcast live was wonderful, with everyone able to be right there with you through the highs and lows. You have opened the door to the future of classic arcade gaming.

We'll be cheering for you when you make your next run Tim.

- David "Auric" Hernly and the Aurcade.com Staff

Thanks to the great members and staff at Aurcade.com we have now hit our 300 location milestone. Aurcade is now at 300 locations and over 4,300 games in the database. Aurcade wants to thank the members who help keep these locations up to date. So thanks again and keep sending us your locations!

Just wanted to let everyone know that we discovered that the Chat Room page had been broken for the last week or so. Thanks to one of our new members for giving us the heads up!

It's since been fixed so come on in and join us to ask questions or to just talk shop.

Darn grid bugs!

Twin Galaxies' newest Arcade referee and Aurcade.com Administrator Patrick Scott Patterson is seeking for champions on the hottest arcade games in the market today, especially the top two coin-ops on the market right now: Big Buck Hunter Pro and Big Buck Safari!

If you know of a player or location where the best of the best play, or you yourself think you have what it takes to be recognized as the official World Champion with Twin Galaxies and Guinness World Records on the following games, please contact Mr. Patterson directly and he will help get all submission guidelines set up to make this happen.

Here are the hot arcade titles now set up for tracking in the Twin Galaxies database, now only needing World Record Holders.

* Big Buck Safari
* Big Buck Hunter Pro
* Golden Tee Live 2009
* Golden Tee LIve 2008
* After Burner Climax
* Aliens Extermination

as well as the classic VS. Atari R.B.I. Baseball :)

All games will appear on the website's search function and the rules for each are posted.

Good luck!

We're a bit late in discovering and acknowledging this, as I was just catching up on back issues this evening when I stumbled across it, but Aurcade.com (formerly Arcade Finder) got a write up in Mitch Gerson's "GameRoom News" column in the September 2008 issue of the fabulous GameRoom Magazine, complete with a screenshot of Barcade's entry:

"It used to be easy. When you were a kid, you wanted to play a video game so you went to your local pizza place, arcade or grocery store and boom, video games lined up for your pleasure.

These days finding an arcade (or a video game machine) locally can be somewhat of a scavenger hunt as they are simply hard to find. Well your problems have been solved. David Hernley and Charles Gibbs have been frustrated enough times to have put their heads (and databases) together for the collective good of mankind and created the official -- Arcade Finder!"

Many thanks to Mitch and to editor and publisher Kevin Steele for the mention. They'll be glad to know that I just renewed my subscription yesterday, although that's just a happy coincidence :) By the way, congratulations Mitch on your bouncing new baby boy (mentioned in the December issue that arrived today)!

Hello fellow arcaders. Just wanted to let everyone know that Galaga has fought its way back to the popular list. Galaga kicked Tekken 5's title off the list and gained it place back onto the popular list. Here's how the list sums up:

Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga : Class of 1981
Ms. Pac-Man
Time Crisis 3
Fast and the Furious: Super Bikes, The
Centipede
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes
Galaga

Keep submitting gang. Thanks for the support!

Galaga, one of Namco's most popular titles of all time has fallen from the most popular games board. It was replaced today by the popular Fast and the Furious: Super Bikes. The current popular standings are:

Ms. Pac-Man / Galaga : Class of 1981
Ms. Pac-Man
Time Crisis 3
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age Of Heroes
Fast and the Furious: Super Bikes, The
Centipede
Tekken 5

Keep submitting gang, who knows maybe Galaga may make a return back to the top.

Just added a 'most popular' list to the main page showing the top games that are listed on Arcade Finder. Ms. Pac-Man, in the original and anniversary versions, leads the pack. Galaga is not far behind, still in the top 10.

So if you combine the anniversary cabinet with the originals, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga seem to have staying power in the arcades.

It's great to see the classics holding up so well.