Sega Racing Classic is a bland, widescreen Daytona

Wow, I haven’t been this disappointed about an arcade game since… I dunno… Thundercross 2?

Sega Racing Classic is the new driving game coming from Sega, and as the flyer suggested, it’s an update of the famous Daytona USA. Yes, the 1995 title that still keeps it’s value; still keeps on earning at locations around the world.

SRC had the potential to be the most amazing/successful arcade update since Outrun 2. All Sega needed to do was…

1. Keep the Daytona name
2. Keep the Daytona song
3. Upgrade the graphics using the Sega Rally 3 engine

And according to the location test (& gameplay videos) at 1UP.com, Sega have managed a Failsational™ 0/3.

More arcade art for your wall

2009 seems to be the year of “2D classic gaming sprites turned into 3D”.

A few months ago, we brought to your attention some great golden-era arcade-themed artwork (resin castings) by Melissa Jones.

Sevens Heaven also produces some similar 2D-to-3D transformation artwork, except their medium is raytraced posters on canvas.

Armalyte PC remake – more screenshots released…

You may remember JOMG’s exclusive interview with the creators of the upcoming PC version of Armalyte.

This remake of the classic Commodore 64 shmup has been sanctioned by the original rights holders AND it’ll come out in a proper CDROM box.

We must be edging closer to a release date now, with publisher Psytronik releasing a big batch of screenshots. Here’s a few of them…

My baby Galaga

I’ve been enjoying a great week off in Melbourne, showing off “player 3″ to the relatives, enjoying the coffee, but sadly not having much time for gaming.

Don’t worry, I’ll be back home next week, so your irregular JOMGy goodness will continue!

Now, as promised, here’s some closeup shots of my baby Galaga cabinet, unwrapped last week, and built by modelmaker Justin Whitlock.

It’s time… to open the box!

Hope you enjoy this very rough, debut video..
…on the JustOneMoreGameTV Youtube channel!

What’s in the box?

Here’s a nice looking box, just arrived from America.
It doesn’t weigh much, and yet… I’ve really been looking forward to its arrival.

Things to ponder…

• Why’s the package so light?
• Are there bugs in the box?
• Will the contents capture my attention?

These are just a few of the mysteries I’ll be solving on the weekend.

ASCIIpOrtal Launch-day interview – part 2

Welcome to part 2 of JOMG’s ASCIIpOrtal launch-day interview with programmer Joe Larson. We’ve still got lots of things to cover, including Slashdotting, level editing, ASCIIpOrtal Online & more…

(If you haven’t already read part 1, you’d better do that first.)

Here it is: ASCIIpOrtal Launch-day interview – part 1

It seems a long time ago, that I first spotted a thread about ASCIIpOrtal, and broke the news. A few months later, an early video triggerred an internet stampede, and now, we’re less than 90 minutes from the release of ASCIIpOrtal.

(EDITORS NOTE: It’s now available to download. The link is at the end of Part 2)

Welcome, to JOMG’s ASCIIpOrtal launch-day interview, with its creator, Joe Larson.

Retroaction – issue 3 – out now

OK, the tease is over. Retroaction 3 is out now.

And what a great issue!

PREVIEW: Retroaction – issue 3 – out this Monday!

If you haven’t seen it before, Retro Action is a quarterly fan-made PDF magazine, with high quality content and excellent visual design.

It makes the most of the PDF format too, treating it not as “a way to make printing easier” but a way to make magazines interactive, by including working WWW links wherever possible.

Issue 3 is out this Monday, and I’ve just had a look through it.
Superb!