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A look at arcade cabinets by Fun Company

A look at arcade cabinets by Fun Company

Shaggy January 14, 2009 3

When I was looking at some of the pictures we were sent from IAAPA, I noticed that some of the IT cabinets followed a different design than the ‘official pedestal’ cabinet followed. I liked

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GlobalVR @ AMOA 2008 – Need For Speed Carbon, NASCAR & talking with John Ray

GlobalVR @ AMOA 2008 – Need For Speed Carbon, NASCAR & talking with John Ray

Shaggy September 13, 2008 5

Sorry about the delay in completing my AMOA coverage – I just wasn’t at a proper computer to do so most of yesterday. But now getting back into it here is some information I

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Pay for your games by phone!

Pay for your games by phone!

Shaggy August 10, 2008 1

There are many ways to pay for your arcade experience – quarters, tokens, card readers, etc. and naturally quarters have been the staple for the industry for quite sometime now as we are referred

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The Octane 120: Hey, you've got a kegger in my arcade!

The Octane 120: Hey, you've got a kegger in my arcade!

Shaggy July 31, 2008 0

As there are many arcade cabinet builders out there, anyone who makes these sort of cabinets professionally needs to do something to set themselves apart. And in the case of this new setup by

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A New JVS multicabinet – the GBalance

A New JVS multicabinet – the GBalance

Shaggy May 24, 2008 4

I wish we would see more cabinets (that aren’t for MAME projects) being sold in the US. Perhaps I’m out of the loop on the subject of cabinets and I can’t speak for abroad

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Rambo has a flyer (cabinet shot and screenshot included)

Rambo has a flyer (cabinet shot and screenshot included)

Shaggy May 15, 2008 10

(Click on the image above to enlarge it) AM-Net has posted a flyer for Sega’s latest light-gun extravaganza Rambo and it gives us a first look at both the cabinet and the game. The

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Checking out a warehouse with games tomorrow

Checking out a warehouse with games tomorrow

Shaggy April 30, 2008 0

Tomorrow I have a golden opportunity to go and check out a warehouse with some games. The person with the games was going to throw the games out but fortunately  my distributor was on

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Peter Hirschberg interviews Tron cabinet designer George Gomez

Peter Hirschberg interviews Tron cabinet designer George Gomez

Shaggy April 7, 2008 0

If you’re a fan of classic arcade gaming you should find this interesting. Peter Hirschberg, the owner of the famous Luna City Arcade which is perhaps the finest home collection of arcades we’ve ever

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New arcade/video game auction website

New arcade/video game auction website

Shaggy March 26, 2008 0

A few years ago someone tried to create an auctioning website somewhat similar to eBay but it was completely dedicated to video games called BiDiots. I actually picked up a couple of cool items

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The Star Wars Arcade Simulator

The Star Wars Arcade Simulator

Shaggy March 19, 2008 6

When it comes to space combat games, few series have received as much arcade attention as Star Wars. The format for the space combat seen in the movies just translates so well into the

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