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Stern says: "We're never quitting"

Shaggy July 9, 2009 0

(Photo via the Chicago Tribune) After news came out that Stern Pinball had to layoff a few people, I began hearing rumors about the imminent closure of the company. Some felt that with a

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Interesting new shmup now location testing in Japan – Exception

Shaggy July 9, 2009 4

A new and interesting shmup is now on location test in Japan and seeing efforts like this makes me long for seeing some good shmups in arcades outside of Japan again. Called Exception, this

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Another location test for Konami's Mocap Sports

Shaggy July 9, 2009 0

(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info and translation) Konami’s Wii Sports look-a-like, Mocap Sports is on location test in Japan once again and with it we get just an extra detail or two

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Another look at why beach arcades are awesome

Shaggy July 9, 2009 0

One additional indicator that summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere (in case you didn’t know already) are the number of articles highlighting beach arcades. I posted about one recently and here

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DDR X at Japan Expo 2009 in Paris

Shaggy July 9, 2009 0

In case you were wondering what players would think of the new DDR X in Europe, then the recent appearance of the title at the Japan Expo 2009 in Paris France should answer that

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