Episode #795 – Atlantic Records, Pt. 2 – 1949-50
Air Week: July 28-August 3, 2025
New Arcade Releases From East To West – UNIS, Ace, Superwing & More
RAS2025-07-27T15:13:53+00:00We’re a little ways past the Chinese amusement trade show AAA 2025, and the question that always comes with the new games shown at events like it is whether they will come out West. As it turns out, quite a few should be doing just that, although as a disclaimer, some of these remain up-in-the-air with only a few fully confirmed to be shipping through a Western outlet, while others are potentially being sold through the manufacturer directly into...
Open Sauce 3: The Ultimate Evolution in Retro Arcade Cabinets
RAS2025-07-26T10:20:42+00:00Open Sauce, the irreverent engineering convention founded by YouTuber William Osman, took over the San Mateo Event Center last week with an electrifying mix of robots, games, and skeletons — plus 150 featured creators. The event was a blast, blending creativity and surreal fun in equal measure. Though we tried our best, we couldn’t catch everything. Still, here’s a curated selection of many—though not all—of the standout exhibits from the show.
Metalmancy Arcade Cabinets
Experience retro gaming like never before with...Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar
RAS2025-07-24T17:45:32+00:00While indie developed arcade games have reduced in numbers since 2020, they haven’t gone away, and today we’re excited to share that a new title called Speglar, which has been available for venues to grab since last year. Let’s see what this one is about.
Speglar – The Game
Speglar is a fast action single-screen video game, designed by Dexter Gramfor in GODOT engine that started out just for arcades, then it was made available for...Introducing the Arduino Nano R4: small in size, big on possibilities
RAS2025-07-24T14:11:43+00:00We’re excited to welcome a new member to the Arduino Nano family – the Nano R4. Powered by the same RA4M1 microcontroller that’s at the core of the popular UNO R4 boards, this tiny-yet-mighty module is here to help you take your projects from prototype to product, smoothly and efficiently. If you’re already prototyping with UNO R4, Nano R4 is your perfect ally to move on to production with minimal adjustments!
So many features, in such a...
July 24, 2025RASUncategorizedAnnouncements, Arduino, Arduino Nano R4, Featured, Nano R4, RA4M10 Comments
Will Robots Do What We Want?
RAS2025-07-23T16:00:00+00:00Editor’s note: this article is republished from Make: Volume 93. Pick up a copy in the Maker Shed.
Welcome
A South Park special episode, “Joining the Panderverse,” makes fun of how “people can’t do shit anymore,” to quote Randy Marsh, the earnest character who is a geologist by training and a father of two kids. He gathers his kids to show them that the oven door is falling off its hinges. They don’t know how to fix...This robot picks locks using brains instead of brawn
RAS2025-07-22T23:59:52+00:00Arduino Team — July 23rd, 2025 A physical lock, like what secures your front door, has a finite and calculable number of combinations, just like a digital keypad does. There are a set number of pins in the lock and each can be one of a set number of lengths. Each of those numbers varies based on manufacturer and model, but that information is easy to find. As a result, it is possible to brute force...
Taking A Close Look At Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot On Test
RAS2025-07-22T16:34:55+00:00Last week, we were the first to break the news that Bandai Namco were testing out a brand new Resident Evil 2 Remake-based arcade shooter, Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot. At that time, all there was to go off of was a single shot quietly posted to social media, but now there is considerably more out there previewing this title. Longtime site friend and reader Toby Na Nakhorn has since captured the first detailed photos and videos of the...
Made in SF – Manufacturing Electronics, Locally
RAS2025-07-22T16:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol 93. Subscribe for more great projects. My career never prepared me for electronics manufacturing. In 2011, I had time on my hands after leaving a biotechnology company I had helped start, and my daughter’s head of school asked if I’d help set up a new makerspace in their 6–12 grade school. As a lifelong tinkerer who believed in the importance of making in education, I jumped at the chance. I ended...
Sega Amusements Ships Alpha Ops VR Strike
RAS2025-07-21T20:25:59+00:00Arcade virtual reality is getting a shot in the arm again, as Sega Amusements have begun shipping their latest major release to use the technology – Alpha Ops VR Strike. We have the full details for this new VR on rails shooter below.
