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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift landing in some US arcades

Shaggy December 8, 2009 0

There are plenty of fighters to choose from these days and one fighter that has been turning heads all year long is BlazBlue. Released to arcades last year, the game soon saw a console

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The Arcade Heroes Game of the Decade poll

Shaggy December 5, 2009 20

As we are seeing a close to the decade, it’s only logical that we see what people think was the best game of the decade. I have compiled a list of games that are

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Bones takes on the King of Kong

Shaggy December 4, 2009 1

I have never really watched the Fox TV show “Bones” but here is one episode I would probably check out as naturally, it deals with arcades and the rivalries that can happen with them.

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Changes come to Stern Pinball as a new investor develops a new plan for the company

Shaggy December 3, 2009 7

We all know that Stern Pinball is the only manufacturer of new pinball games on the market but a question for everyone for sometime now is where is the company headed? To be honest,

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An investor report from Sega Sammy

Shaggy December 3, 2009 0

Whether you are an investor in companies like Sega or not, sometimes the reports they put together for said investors are interesting to look at anyways. In a report just release by Sega Sammy

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The Arcade Heroes Pinball Game of the Year 2009 poll

Shaggy December 2, 2009 1

In conjunction with our coin-op video arcade GOTY poll, we also like to see how people are feeling about pinball games. Obviously the number of games is far lower than the coin-op poll but

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The Arcade Heroes "Arcade Game of the Year 2009" poll

Shaggy December 2, 2009 38

It’s that wonderful time of year again where we see what you the readers consider to be the Arcade Game of the Year in 2009. We have had some excellent games come to arcades

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Looking back at General Computer Corp.

Shaggy December 1, 2009 2

When you think of influential companies in the arcade industry from the 80’s, you might not have GCC come to mind right at first, unless you are a classic game buff. But whether you

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