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The least joyful amusement park in the world

The least joyful amusement park in the world

arcadehero November 5, 2011 0

There are great theme parks as well as some bad ones – then there is the Mangyongdae FunFair. The difference between this and an abandoned theme park is that this place occasionally serves a

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Leftover arcades wasting away at the Nara Dreamland

Leftover arcades wasting away at the Nara Dreamland

arcadehero September 23, 2011 8

Newsfeed 1115 via and GameSetWatch When an amusement park or other large FEC goes out of business,they often leave some stuff behind. Perhaps there wasn’t enough interest from buyers at the time or the

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China’s WoW wannabe amusement park + Sega arcade characters in concert

China’s WoW wannabe amusement park + Sega arcade characters in concert

arcadehero July 18, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1077 & 1079 via (Image via Shanghighiist) It wasn’t long ago we heard news of a World of Warcraft Amusement Park opening it’s doors in China but when we first heard about the

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World of Warcraft Amusement Park opening May 1st in China

World of Warcraft Amusement Park opening May 1st in China

arcadehero March 15, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1017 via Who knew that one day, the phenomenon known as World of Warcraft would move onto become a full-fledged amusement park. I guess it wasn’t much of a stretch considering how popular

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Disney offers up a look at ElecTRONica

Shaggy September 2, 2010 2

Newsfeed 917 via In March of this year Disney revealed that they would be recreating Flynn’s Arcade in the Tomorrowland part of their parks and today they offered up some concept art of what

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The Dragon Quest theme park

Shaggy August 27, 2010 0

Newsfeed 908 via While the popular Square Enix RPG series Dragon Quest has been known primarily as a console game, that hasn’t stopped the company from taking the series into the amusement realm. One

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Sega Republic celebrates one year of operations

Shaggy August 19, 2010 3

Newsfeed 903 via Of the many amusement-related attractions one can find in Dubai, UAE, few are as focused on arcades as the Sega Republic. With 76,000 sq. ft. of space, a wide selection of

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ParkR!, the amusement park finder

Shaggy July 3, 2009 4

I never get tired of spreading word of websites like Aurcade.com or ArcadeFly.com, where people can find an arcade near them. I bring it up often simply because too many people don’t know where

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Construction photos for the Sega Republic at the Dubai Mall

Shaggy January 26, 2009 5

I don’t recall how long ago it was that we heard that Sega was building some sort of amusement park in Dubai but either way one of the people involved in the construction of

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The Stinger Report – Record Number of Incidents in Amusements in August

Shaggy September 28, 2007 0

  [Via The Stinger Report] This last August was the worst month in history for the international amusement sector, not in terms of sales, but in injuries and deaths as is reported in the lastest

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