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Sega Sammy makes some management changes

Sega Sammy makes some management changes

Shaggy April 5, 2009 6

Sega Sammy has announced some management changes to their company, and they have created a new R&D department for creating strategies with their pachinko machines. Since I am not familiar with who was in

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Own the fabulous "Game Carry" Model Car

Own the fabulous "Game Carry" Model Car

Shaggy April 4, 2009 4

[Thanks to Oga Shi for the tip!] Kids everywhere can never get enough of the ice cream truck, assuming they have money for it. But what if someone made a car that offered other

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The Redemption Report – a news service for redemption

The Redemption Report – a news service for redemption

Shaggy April 4, 2009 3

We don’t focus a lot of attention on redemption here at AH but we do understand that it is an important (and extremely profitable) part of the industry. As part of an effort to

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A History of Star Trek at the arcades

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 7

With important dates, new movies and a TV show coming along based on Star Trek, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the history of Trek in arcades. I’ve long been

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"[Online] Multiplayer Can't Replace an Audience"

"[Online] Multiplayer Can't Replace an Audience"

Shaggy April 2, 2009 0

One fact of gaming life these days is online multiplayer. All three consoles push it to their own degrees (with the Wii lacking behind the others in quality by far) and many PC games

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Street Fighter IV invades London Arcades

Street Fighter IV invades London Arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 1

I finally got a chance to play SFIV the other day as my brother had purchased it for the Xbox 360. It was fun, especially when I beat Seth with Blanka on Hardest after

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The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

Shaggy March 31, 2009 0

Betson has announced a schedule of events for the 10th annual Turning Stone Expo which is going to be held April 17th & 18th at the Turning Stone Casion/Resort in Syracuse, NY. While I

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Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system

Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system

Shaggy March 28, 2009 3

JAMMA (also known as the Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association) announced today that testing will begin on April 1st, 2009 for the use of a universal cashless e-payment system. The test will last for

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There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

Shaggy March 28, 2009 0

Not many arcades have some of the good old classics on-site anymore but for those who do, there is one great advantage that comes out of it – those games easily attract older players

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More boat racing coming to arcades with Aquarace; also a video of Sega’s Storm-G

More boat racing coming to arcades with Aquarace; also a video of Sega’s Storm-G

Shaggy March 28, 2009 4

It looks like H2Overdrive won’t be alone for long when it comes to frantic boat racing – Korean game maker Simuline has their own boat racing title ready to go called Aquarace, which from

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