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Sega’s new urinal game

Sega’s new urinal game

arcadehero December 20, 2010 3

Newsfeed 972 via I’m not really sure how to categorize this one – it’s not an arcade game but it is something that could be considered out-of-home entertainment. In Japan, Sega is testing out

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Gran Turismo 5: The Simulator

Gran Turismo 5: The Simulator

arcadehero December 18, 2010 4

Newsfeed 971 via Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report sent us along this photo of one of the new Gran Turismo 5 making it’s out-of-home debut as a simulator. Unfortunately we didn’t get information

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Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post

Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post

arcadehero December 16, 2010 0

As I need to catch up a little on updating the website here(updates might still be a little spotty over the next few days), I am going to combine a couple of Stinger Report

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The story behind a unique arcade game about Waffles

arcadehero December 13, 2010 2

The holiday season is always good for a heart warming story and Kotaku has one they published today that involves a waffle restaurant in Eugene, Ore., a unique arcade game made as a gift

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Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game

Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game

arcadehero December 10, 2010 2

Newsfeed 968 via Back in September of this year the Tokyo Game Show held a little surprise for arcade fans in the form of something called Astro Ranger. Developed by a South Korean company,

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Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

arcadehero December 10, 2010 0

We have known that the latest installment of Konami’s DDR series, X2, would be getting a December release in the US and that time has finally arrived. The software has reportedly been tweaked to

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Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade coming next week

Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade coming next week

arcadehero December 9, 2010 3

It’s been quite a while since we first heard about Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade (April 2009 is when the rumors began flying) and finally Konami will be bringing the game to arcades this next

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Daft Punk’s Derezzed music video goes to Flynn’s

arcadehero December 8, 2010 1

This official Daft Punk music video is full of vector arcade and TRON goodness with a little twist in the light-cycle arena as the two combatants joust. Now for someone to build a ‘homebrew’

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Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

arcadehero December 8, 2010 7

Since I first heard about Taito’s new arcade-based download service NESiCAxLive back in September, I’ve been eager to see the time when it would be in operation and how it would all work out.

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Fast and Furious Super Cars by Raw Thrills shipping this week

arcadehero December 7, 2010 3

The latest edition of Raw Thrills’ popular Fast And Furious racing series begins shipping this week and that means soon you might find it at a venue near you. I got some hands-on time

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More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

More details on Namco’s Maximum Heat

Shaggy December 5, 2010 0

Newsfeed 967 via We’ve already had some hands-on time with Namco’s latest racer, Dead Heat (see IAAPA coverage or search for Dead Heat here in case you missed it) but we haven’t seen much

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Capcom producing New Super Mario Bros. Wii medal game

Capcom producing New Super Mario Bros. Wii medal game

arcadehero December 5, 2010 1

Nintendo used to have a strong presence in arcades and even though it has waned considerably in recent years, occasionally we get some sort of Nintendo related product coming along in the coin-op sector.

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