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Galloping Ghost relaunches site, adds more pics of Dark Presence; also launches Support Your Local Arcades effort

Galloping Ghost relaunches site, adds more pics of Dark Presence; also launches Support Your Local Arcades effort

Shaggy June 25, 2009 2

In March of 2008, we found out about a new arcade fighter called Dark Presence that was in development by an indie dev studio known as Galloping Ghost. We have followed the progress of

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Fascinating interview with Rusty Dawes, ex-Atari Games employee

Fascinating interview with Rusty Dawes, ex-Atari Games employee

Shaggy June 25, 2009 1

If you are like me and you enjoy delving into stories of what creating arcade games is like, then this interview is for you. Coinopspace has posted a raw transcript of an interview they

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Sega and IGS working together to build arcade hardware for the Chinese market

Sega and IGS working together to build arcade hardware for the Chinese market

Shaggy June 25, 2009 2

The makers of coin-op games like Oriental Legend 2, Pirate Revenge, Speed Driver 2 and Battle Stations is teaming up with Sega to develop arcade machiens specifically for the Chinese market. All of those

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Screens from Taito's online racer Top Speed look snazzy

Screens from Taito's online racer Top Speed look snazzy

Shaggy June 24, 2009 8

Taito has published some screenshots from their upcoming online coin-op racing title Top Speed and overall I’d have to say that so far they look pretty good, and it will be even better if

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The Museum of Soviet Arcade machines

The Museum of Soviet Arcade machines

Shaggy June 23, 2009 2

A long while back, I recall a story showing up on the blogs where someone had come across several arcade games that had been made in the Soviet Union back in the late 70’s/early

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If Danger Zone were made today

If Danger Zone were made today

Shaggy June 23, 2009 3

If we take a trip on the wayback machine to 1986, the industry crash has begun to pass and while it hurt arcades, companies were still churning out a lot of games and sometimes

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New vid of Demon Bride and the Demon Bride Tour

New vid of Demon Bride and the Demon Bride Tour

Shaggy June 23, 2009 0

The upcoming 2D fighter Demon Bride is starting to ramp up the hype machine in Japan, which will include a tour of the game around the country through various cities next month. With the

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MoCap Sports makes another public appearance with more features

MoCap Sports makes another public appearance with more features

Shaggy June 22, 2009 0

Konami’s return to the motion capture arena is back in Japanese arcades again, testing out the concept to see how players take to it in a post-Wii Sports world. Last time we saw Mocap

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Street Fighter IV Sequel?

Street Fighter IV Sequel?

Twisted Supreme June 22, 2009 0

According to a Capcom Japanese Q & A Blog, some hints were dropped that could mean theres a sequel on the cards to the popular arcade and console beat-em up. Check out the translation

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SEGA and Namco sign up to EAG Expo

SEGA and Namco sign up to EAG Expo

Twisted Supreme June 22, 2009 0

This story took me by surprise, although when I look back to this post about the re-shuffling of ATEI 2010, it makes sense. By the looks of it, there could be a complete switch

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Do you like to Big Buck Party?

Do you like to Big Buck Party?

Twisted Supreme June 22, 2009 0

This ticks all the boxes for me. Beer, pretty ladies, prizes and Big Buck Hunt. If it ticks all your boxes too, then why not try and get down to one of these Big

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The Sega Honeymoon

The Sega Honeymoon

Twisted Supreme June 22, 2009 0

My good lady ain’t in to the games. I’ve tried to convert over the years, but she won’t have it. But there are some men out there in the world who’s other halfs are

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