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King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown

King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown

arcadehero September 20, 2010 2

If you still haven’t seen the documentary “The King of Kong” then you might not get why this story sprawls across the internet every now and then. Barring a recap of that film, let’s

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Taito's new Space Invaders themed game in Japan where button mashing = happiness

Shaggy July 19, 2010 0

Newsfeed 871 via While several other arcade classics have seen coin-op updates in recent times, including Sea Wolf, Elevator Action and Pac-Man, one glaring omission from the list is Taito’s Space Invaders. Taito has

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Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade wins Stride's Save The Arcades 2 competition

Shaggy June 17, 2010 2

And by the final tally, it wasn’t even close, with Ground Kontrol pulling in 624,871,000 total points, which were donated to them by players via the Cowbots flash game. Arcade Infinity came in second

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Reminder: Save the Arcades 2 competition ends Tuesday

Shaggy June 13, 2010 0

Just a friendly remind here for those who want to take an active part in helping out an arcade out there – the STRIDE Gum Save the Arcades 2 competition is drawing to a

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Konami announces a DDR US championship

Shaggy September 25, 2009 5

DDR fans, get ready to compete. Starting tomorrow in Dallas, TX, Konami will begin holding regional competitions at different GameWorks locations around the US, which will eventually lead to a final tournament in December

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Super Battle Opera 09 now taking place in Tokyo

Shaggy August 15, 2009 1

[Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info] Another big arcade fighter tournament is now taking place, this one the widely popular Super Battle Opera which is going on in Tokyo. Some of the games

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The Guitar Hero arcade CA Extreme 2009 Championship

Shaggy July 16, 2009 1

California Extreme has come and gone once again but with it are some lucky players who participated in some of the competitions that were held at the big event. One of those tournaments was

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Fans cheer on Steve Wiebe for his latest DK high score attempt at E3

Shaggy June 3, 2009 0

If you have seen the documentary “King of Kong” which portrays the ever lasting battle for getting the high score on a classic arcade title like Donkey Kong, then you know of the rivalry

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Some King of Fighters XII news

Shaggy April 8, 2009 3

April is the month that King Of Fighters XII finally arrives and with that there are a couple of things that are worth mentioning.  First remember to check out the official Japanese website for the game for

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EVO Championship Series 2009 Game line-up announced

Shaggy February 4, 2009 3

Everybody’s favorite arcade fighter tournament, the Evolution Championship Series (aka EVO) is slowly coming up (it happens in July in good ol’ Las Vegas) and as such they have revealed the list of games

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Upcoming Annual "Classic Arcade Gaming.com Tournament" to include classic game champions, King of Kong co-stars

Shaggy January 22, 2009 0

Details have been released on the upcoming Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com) Tournament, which is held on an annual basis and it sounds like it is going to be quite the competition for skilled

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Three Silver Strike Bowling players win big prizes in time for Thanksgiving

Shaggy December 3, 2008 0

This was meant to have been posted on Thanksgiving (last Thursday for the US) but I overlooked the mail then but figured that even though I’m almost a week late, it’s still worth posting.

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