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Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

arcadehero May 16, 2011 5

We haven’t really done an ‘Open Thread’ before, where you talk about pretty much anything in the comments (still prefer arcade/pinball discussion) but today I feel like starting one, along with some various pieces

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Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei ’11

Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei ’11

arcadehero May 14, 2011 0

Just a short time ago we found out about IGS’s new 2D beat ’em up, Knights of Valour 3. IGS published a teaser site for the game and left it at that. Fortunately, a

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Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

arcadehero May 13, 2011 5

One aspect of modern gaming that we have all become used to is the game update. We have come to expect them  these days as issues are discovered in games and improvements are made,

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Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

arcadehero May 13, 2011 7

A San Diego real estate agent has decided that because she feels that the redemption games her kids played at a local Chuck E. Cheese (after several visits to the location mind you) didn’t

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Digital Out-Of-Home Interactive Entertainment Conference coming to London, July 14th

Digital Out-Of-Home Interactive Entertainment Conference coming to London, July 14th

arcadehero May 13, 2011 2

A new conference that focuses on digital out-of-home entertainment (a fancier way of saying what we do in the amusement industry) is coming to London this July, where trade experts and professionals will gather

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Pinball news: Teaser videos for TRON Pinball; Wizard of Oz witch toy + more

arcadehero May 11, 2011 1

Let’s kill a few birds with one stone here by combining a few bits of recent pinball news into one post. First, the one I’m a little surprised by – Stern hasn’t released anything

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Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

Taito introduces Kickthrough Racers

arcadehero May 11, 2011 1

Taito appeared to have some decent success on their unusual Hopping Road arcade game, a title where you raced along on pogo sticks and now they are taking the concept to the next level

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A closer look at Tecway’s Dino Survivor

A closer look at Tecway’s Dino Survivor

arcadehero May 11, 2011 0

We’ve heard about Dino Survivor before, a mounted light-gun dinosaur shooting by Taiwanese company Tecway Development Co.. But until now, we hadn’t seen the game in action. Tecway sent along the video below and

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Looking at Chinatown Fair’s last night in operation

arcadehero May 10, 2011 3

(Thanks for the tip Foxx!) We all heard about the closure of Chinatown Fair, a popular arcade in NYC earlier this year. It came at about the same time as the closure of Arcade

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From the Floor of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

From the Floor of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

arcadehero May 9, 2011 3

The GTI Asia Taipei Expo that took place this past week gave us some interesting news in terms of new games and now we have a few videos and some pictures to share of

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World’s Fastest Drummer seen on location test

arcadehero May 6, 2011 1

We’ve been covering the progress of an independently made arcade game called the World’s Fastest Drummer for some time now. Most recently it was seen at the IAAPA 2010 show in Orlando this past

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Stern releases TRON Pinball Limited Edition details

Stern releases TRON Pinball Limited Edition details

arcadehero May 6, 2011 2

Stern Pinball has announced what is different about the limited edition version of their upcoming limited edition TRON Pinball machine and here is a summary of the additions: Multi-colored Fiber Optic light tubes. Motorized

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