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Videos of Konami's GuitarFreaks v6 and DrumMania V6 in action

Shaggy September 22, 2009 0

Tis the season for game shows in Japan and while the Tokyo Game Show does not focus primarily upon arcades like JAMMA did, we still get the chance to see some of the journalists

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French player group working to build a classic game museum

Shaggy September 22, 2009 1

With nostalgia for classic games stronger than ever, what better way to satisfy the need to play such games than with a museum built in their honor? In France, a group of gamers are

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Video interview with Fukio "MTJ" Mitsuji

Shaggy September 22, 2009 2

You’ll have to chalk this up to “better late than never” but last year on Dec. 11th 2008 Fukio Mitsuji passed away.  He created some very memorable arcade titles at Taito so it’s good

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SFIV sequel in the works? Most likely

Shaggy September 22, 2009 3

If you know anything about the history of Street Fighter then you come to expect that Capcom will release an update or two for the game which adds more characters, moves and other items

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Videos of Sega’s Heat Up Hockey

Shaggy September 19, 2009 14

[Via AM Net and Gigazine] One game I have really been wanting to see in action from the recent JAMMA trade show would be Sega’s new Heat Up Hockey.  Fortunately after a short wait,

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Round-up from the JAMMA show (updated)

Shaggy September 17, 2009 4

Since I don’t have the opportunity to visit the JAMMA show in Japan, we have to rely on what other sites are showing us in regards to what is going on over there. Thanks

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More articles on the perceived state of the arcade industry

Shaggy September 17, 2009 0

It’s been a slow couple of days for arcade news but amongst the slowdown there are a few articles worth noting that deal with the “arcades are dead” consensus. As you know I personally

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Raw Thrills'/Play Mechanix unveil Big Buck Hunter: Open Season

Shaggy September 17, 2009 1

While a vast majority of news about new arcade titles has been coming out of Japan lately, AMOA is almost here and that means some game news from outside Japan for a change. This

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SFIV Vewlix cabinet on eBay – how "real" is it?

Shaggy September 15, 2009 4

Not satisfied with building your own arcade cabinet for SFIV and you want the real, “official” thing? Then this auction on eBay is for you. The seller apparently won this through Gamestop/Capcom’s sweepstakes by

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Brent Sales bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! and PUTT: Championship Golf to Europe

Shaggy September 15, 2009 6

Good news for our European readers, in case you were wondering when Namco would be bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! to Europe. Brent Sales has sent out a press release stating that they will be

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Catching up: Arcade Heroes Podcast #7

Shaggy September 12, 2009 0

The podcast is back and apologies in advance about the delay with that – for the past few weeks I have been in a transition phase moving my arcade from one location to another.

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Holy cow: Sega also doing a giant Tetris game (updated)

Shaggy September 11, 2009 7

From Kevin Williams of  The Stinger Report. The top game is Sega’s new Shining Force Cross RPG game. Beneath that – well it speaks for itself. This is obviously not the same thing as

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