The crane machine—also known as claw machines, crane games and, in Japan, as “UFO catchers” due to their proclivity for aerial abductions—first gripped the public imagination in the early 1900s. Even ...

Taito has issued a press release as it looks for a crane game from the 1960s that it produced, but promptly forgot about.

Looking to bone up on your arcade crane game strategy? (You know the game I’m talking about — the one with the claw and the plush toys crammed all up inside it.) Well, we’ve got some sad news. It ...