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Arcade Games That Turn 20 & 30 This Year
Last year I ran a little article about some major classics that were having an anniversary. 1983 was a tumultuous time in video games as the home market bubble burst and the fallout from
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Ultracade Counterfeit Case Comes To A Close With A Prison Sentence
It’s been quite a while since this story originally broke – back in 2009 an indictment came down that David R Foley and another person had conspired to sell counterfeit game packs for the
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Videos: Crazy Speed 2 (UNIS); Vulcan EX (Yoony); Making Star Trek Pinball + More EAG
Here are a couple of quick arcade videos to fill in your Thursday. Just added a couple of pinball related videos as well. First is a new driving game that was first seen at
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Pics from the EAG Expo 2014
The first major arcade/amusement industry trade show of the year is now underway in London, UK called EAG Expo. When AH first started the event was called the ATEI Show but the results tend
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New Shots of InJoy Motion’s Allied Tank Attack
One game I was hoping to get some hands-on time with late last year was InJoy Motion’s brand new Allied Tank Attack. There haven’t been very many tank games in arcades this past decade
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New Media For Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Game
The Hobbit films have been a success for MGM and New Line Cinema so far, nearing $1 billion total in earnings with more to go on the 2nd part, The Desolation of Smaug and
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New Flyer And Screenshots For Bandai Namco/Raw Thrills’ Super Alpine Racer
The next couple of months are going to be a busy time for new arcade releases and with that I’ve been looking to get my hands on more media for these titles. Thanks to
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Chuck E Cheeses Agrees To a $950 Million Buyout Deal
(Above: Chuck in happier times) Interesting news among locations lately – while chains like Dave & Busters and Round 1 USA expand, a more famous arcade chain looks to be in some trouble. Chuck
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Poster For Konami’s Gundog Offers First Glimpse Of The Cabinet
Just a few weeks ago on Christmas Eve, we received news that Konami was testing out a brand new sniper arcade game in Japan called Gundog. From the descriptions it sounded like a follow-up
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Video: Namco America’s IAAPA 2013 Booth Tour
Just a somewhat quick post here – Bandai Namco America has just released a video to show all of their new products that were are IAAPA 2013. So this not only gives a look
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Dave & Busters Aiming To Open 7 New Stores in 2014
(Image from a D&B location in the Northwest, USA) There are not many big chains of arcades or FECs in the Western world but there are a few. One of those, Dave & Busters,
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Sega Amusements To Showcase Wahlap’s Storm Racer G At EAG2014
A new trade show, EAG Expo 2014, is approaching fast and with it our first confirmation of a game that will be showcased there. EAG will be held January 21-23rd in London; Sega has
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