Primeval Hunt is a shooting arcade game which is developed and published by Sega and runs on their Sega Lindbergh hardware. It comes in both standard and deluxe models, with the deluxe version featuring a 62" HD Screen. Released for arcades in early 2008, players in the game must hunt 10 species of dinosaur over 12 levels and 3 Bonus stages using light guns styled after pump action shotguns with speakers mounted for the first time in the 'butt' of each gun. The game also utilizes a unique touch screen interface to give a free-roaming element to the gameplay. It is similar to the Big Buck Hunter arcade games.
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX is the first major update to Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3. Based on the Wangan Midnight manga, this game marks the fourth installment in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series and the sixth entry in the overall Wangan Midnight arcade series, which also includes Wangan Midnight R and the 2001 Wangan Midnight video game.
Pump It Up NX Absolute is the final of the NX series by Nexcade and Andamiro. Featuring a revised WorldMAX with new songs but a few songs removed, it was released in 2008.
Pentavision's first arcade music game features Ouendan-style gameplay using a touchscreen HDTV. It was first released in South Korea in 2008, followed by a worldwide release the following year.
On October 30th, 2008, this major update had been released to further balance the game and fix some bugs. It also came with some design changed, like new character illustrations, an additional stage, the playable debut of Akane and Nazuna Inuwaka alongside their respective Arcana, new color palettes, and a training mode.
R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing is an arcade racing game released by Sega on 23 October 2008 in Asia and North America, and on 17 April 2009 in Europe. The game focuses on the import scene and illegal street racing. The game runs on the Sega Lindbergh platform, and uses Virtua Fighter 5's character model engine.
Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride is a combination of an arcade game and a collectible item game featuring the protagonists of the Kamen Rider Series. The game is being released as part of the 10th anniversary of the Heisei run Kamen Rider Series by Toei, TV Asahi & Ishimori Productions and features heavy tie-ins with the television series Kamen Rider Decade, whose protagonists use cards similar to those used in the game. It is played in a similar fashion to Sega's Mushiking and Dinosaur King games, and uses special Data Cardass cards released by Bandai.
Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa is a special Fantasy Zone game first seen in the Sega Ages 2500 series entry, Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection. It is a remake of Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa running on emulated Sega System 16 arcade hardware. As of MAME version 0.146u2, the game is currently available to play in an emulator.
Fantasy Zone II DX was re-released with additional features in 2014 in Japan and 2015 worldwide as 3D Fantasy Zone II W on the Nintendo 3DS.
Virtua Fighter 5 R was an update to Virtua Fighter 5, released on July 24th 2008 to Japanese arcades. This revision featured brand new stages and a new character named Jean Kujo, who practices Karate. Also included was the return of the sumo wrestler Taka-Arashi from Virtua Fighter 3, which brought the fighter count up to twenty (counting Dural).
A "Version A" update was released on December 16th, 2008. The version added various improvements to the game, as well support for the "Bingo Festival - Bingo Days!" event for the month of December 2008.
Version B of Virtua Fighter 5 R was officially released in the Japanese arcades on May 21, 2009. This version featured changes in the animations of moves on all the characters, as well as changes to enhance the gameplay modes, and an improved camera system.
Version C was released on November 25, 2009. However, this particular version mainly added new team items for the character's outfits.
Jubeat (pronounced you-beat) is a rhythm game based on the properly timed presses of squares on a 4x4 grid. The game became a breakout hit in Japan due to online multiplayer, tons of unlockable extras, and a songlist filled with variety and popular licenses.
Sega Rally 3 for the arcade is one of the finest and most fun arcade racers out there. Features include 6 player multiplayer races , a championship mode and a remake of the classic Desert '95 track.
The fourth entry in Sega's MJ series of arcade games. Most notably, this installment adds a Sanma (3 Player) league, a training mode, and an improved 16:9 Live terminal. It received numerous minor updates, with features such as a customizable narrator and a visible tile wall when spectating being added, before eventually receiving a significant upgrade in 2010 called Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ4 Evolution.
Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny follows a young European girl named Suzu, rescued from a sinking ship off Japan's coast, adopted by the Amori Clan and raised as Princess Suzu. A decade later she saves Takechiyo, a self-proclaimed master of martial arts, after his ship sinks and he ends up washed on the beach; soon after this chance meeting, the tables turn when Princess Suzu mysteriously disappears and Takechiyo pledges to find his missing rescuer.
The fourth entry of the arcade machine series, where you fight with dinosaurs with a rock, paper, scissors enhanced system.
This version brings a totally new story, where apparently Alpha gang stop being a menace to the dinosaurs, but now, the D-Team has to face a new enemy, Zanjark, space pirates who want universal dominance.
This entry has the habitual new dinosaurs and moves introduction, but also, added the first power up/gimmick to the series, Armored dinosaur, Dinotector for the heroes, and Jark armors for the enemies.
Arcana Heart 2 is the sequel to Arcana Heart. It was the first game in the series to be developed and published by Examu after the rights of the franchise had been transferred to the company from Yuki Enterprise. It was also the first game for Examu's proprietary eX-Board, an arcade board based on Windows XP Embedded that would become the standard platform for the rest of the series and other arcade games published by Examu. The game was unveiled at the AOU2008 Amusement Expo. Andamiro demonstrated the original version of Arcana Heart 2 in the US at the 2008 Amusement Expo conference from September 10 to September 12, 2008. The game was running in a Japanese "candy" cabinet but with English gameplay and artwork. It was released in the US in October 2008 as a conversion kit to change other arcade games into an Arcana Heart 2 arcade game.
The game features 6 new fighters, each with their own unique Arcana. New techniques were also included, such as the Arcana Blast, allowing the player to become temporarily invulner