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Happy (belated) 5th Birthday to Arcade Heroes

Happy (belated) 5th Birthday to Arcade Heroes

Arcadian December 7, 2011 10

I swear I’m much better at remembering personal birthdays but for whatever reason I always think that the Arcade Heroes birthday is a few days later than it actually is. And to top off

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update

Arcadian December 7, 2011 2

Here’s an update for anyone close to the location tests on Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (as a reminder, The Next Level Arcade is no longer participating in that). On our Facebook page, a commentor

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Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe Launches at all Dave & Busters locations

Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe Launches at all Dave & Busters locations

Arcadian December 6, 2011 1

(Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe at IAAPA 2011) If you have a Dave & Busters location near you then you certainly have reason to be excited. In October, all 57 locations served as the launch

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Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade

Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade

Arcadian December 5, 2011 3

(Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen at a recent trade show in China) Newsfeed 1139 via We’ve know for a little while that Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which came out to Japanese arcades

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Square Enix’s New Arcade Game That Will Transform

Square Enix’s New Arcade Game That Will Transform

Arcadian December 4, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1138 via Robots that change into something else is a hot ticket item right now and as such, that’s bound to spill over into the arcade space to some degree. We saw a

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New reality TV show about arcades coming to a screen near you?

New reality TV show about arcades coming to a screen near you?

Arcadian December 4, 2011 9

Newsfeed 1137 via Reality TV has covered a seemingly never ending range of subjects so it was only a matter of time before arcades would become the major focus of one – or at

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German Arcade Chain Schmidt Gruppe opens 170th location in Oberhausen

German Arcade Chain Schmidt Gruppe opens 170th location in Oberhausen

Arcadian December 4, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1136 via What you see above isn’t the latest UFO sighting although it could almost be mistaken for such – it’s actually a new arcade entertainment facility that recently opened in Oberhausen, Germany

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Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver 2012 now out in Japan

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver 2012 now out in Japan

Arcadian December 2, 2011 6

If you know of an arcade in Japan that has Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, then as of today they likely have the latest (and supposedly final) update to the series, Ver. 2012.

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Transformers Limited Edition cabinets revealed

Transformers Limited Edition cabinets revealed

Arcadian November 28, 2011 1

(Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip) Stern Pinball has unveiled three cabinet designs for the new Limited Edition Transformers Pinball. As you can tell, Stern has gone down the unusual path

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Arcade Related: Brain Battle by Ars Electronica; Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios

Arcade Related: Brain Battle by Ars Electronica; Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios

Arcadian November 27, 2011 0

Way back in 1983, Atari promised to revolutionize game controls with a device they called the Atari Mindlink. Prototypes were built and tested, running on modified versions of Pong and Breakout, but ultimately it

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