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.

Today Arcade Finder proudly adds its first locations outside North America.

To serve you better we're branching out and accepting worldwide location submissions directly from the public. Members can simply use the Submit Location button and our staff will input any coin-op spot you wish to share. Membership is free and painless!

Want to be an administrator for your part of the world? Reach us via the About Us page.

We look forward to working with you!

Hey everyone!

I'm still trying to get PM and Forums up, but I took a few hours and added something else: Personal Score Tracking. This allows anyone with a registered account to keep track of their own scores and goals for any game. Trying to get 1 million on Donkey Kong and want to keep a log of your progress? That's what it's for!

If you have an account, you can view and track your own scores here:

Personal Score Tracking

Cheers,

Auric

Arcade Finder and Hyperspace Arcade Entertainment owner Patrick Scott Patterson wish to welcome The Game Grid arcade of West Valley City, UT to the Arcade Finder list!

Game Grid Arcade features over 2 dozen arcade video game and pinball machines, including classics such as a Warlord cocktail table, Asteroids Deluxe, Crystal Castles, and 1942 and modern machines such as Stern's Shrek and Indiana Jones pinballs and The Fast and the Furious!

Game Grid also has 6 PC LAN setups with several games.

Check out Game Grid Arcade's website at http://gamegridarcade.com/ and be sure to check out their list of machines right here on Arcade Finder.

Yesterday I discussed adding locations, today we will discuss adding games to those locations, and if necessary, adding games to the database.

First of all we'll talk about adding games to a location.

1) Click on "Locations" in the table on the left.

2) Select the location you want to add a game to, for example, Auric's Arcade.

3) Under the description of the loaction you should see two links : "Edit Location" and "Add Game", click on "Add Game".

4) The Location should be pre-selected, in the next drop-down, select the game you wish to add to your location, add in the type (upright, deluxe, etc.), any comments you wish to make about the game (i.e. playability, cupholders, etc.), and the last 3 boxes are for the condition of aspects of the game : Controls, Screen, and Cabinet, based on a 5-point scale.

5) Once you have set these, click on "Save Changes", and there you have it, you've added a game to your location.

Now I know that it's possible that a game you are looking for is not in our database. Yes, we know it's incomplete, that's why we rely on you, the user, to help us complete it, and here's how :

1) In the left toolbar, click on "Games"

2) On the right-hand side, under the "Search" button, click on "Add Game".

3) The only necessary information is the Name of the game, the Manufacturer if it's known, and whether or not the game is Pinball. The rest of the information is entirely optional, but do feel free to enter the Genre of the game, year released, KLOV (Killer List of Videogames) ID, the TG (Twin Galaxies) Link, and a description of the game.

Once you have done this, click on "Save Changes" and return to the top of this list to add the game to your locations.

I'm going to break this down into a couple of categories :

For starters, let's talk about the Add Location functionality. If the arcade you are looking for is not currently in the Location list, click on Add Location (It's right next to the go button, in green letters). Next you want to declare the name of the location. Is it a Chuck E. Cheese in Guadalajara, or a Namco Arcade in some mall in a town called Scrshy?

1)Specify what it is, put the name of the location in the first space.

2)Declare the type of location, i.e. amusement park, arcade, laser tag, etc.

3)Include any general information about the location, for instance, "this arcade includes a bowling alley, a full service bar, and a place to lay your head." Anything you think would be interesting should go here.

4)Does the location have a website, if so include it here.

5)Physical location information, address, phone number.

6)If you have entered in physical location information, click on "Set Geocode", this will get the exact latitude and longitude for this location, to show the difference between your current location, and your destination's exact position.
**Note** If you have not included any physical location information, clicking "Set Geocode" will not do anything, as it has nothing to pull the coordinates from.

7)After you have input all this information, you want to click "Save Changes" to add this location to our database of accessible gamerspots. If you were testing, please click "Delete" to rescind your changes.

That's it for adding a location, the next FAQ will be to add a game to the database.

If there is anything I can help you with, please PM me, I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,
Charles