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Astro Ranger Re-Appears Out Of The Blue

Astro Ranger Re-Appears Out Of The Blue

arcadehero January 20, 2012 0

There are times where we hear about a game, it presents a cool or unique concept and then we never hear about it again. Namco’s Afrec! comes to mind. Then there are times where

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Namco’s New Dark Escape 3D on Location Test in Japan

Namco’s New Dark Escape 3D on Location Test in Japan

arcadehero January 9, 2012 0

UPDATE: We have the first look at the US version of the game here. Later this year Namco has a new horror-themed light-gun shooter on its way to arcades, similar to Deadstorm Pirates but

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen in the US

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen in the US

arcadehero December 9, 2011 7

Thanks to JJ Kam on our Facebook page, here is a picture of the new Tekken Tag Tournament 2 machine as seen at the Fun Works in Hawaii. They’ve just reused the Tekken 6

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Location Test Update

arcadehero December 7, 2011 2

Here’s an update for anyone close to the location tests on Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (as a reminder, The Next Level Arcade is no longer participating in that). On our Facebook page, a commentor

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Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade

Your Five US Test Locations for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade

arcadehero December 5, 2011 3

(Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Arcade as seen at a recent trade show in China) Newsfeed 1139 via We’ve know for a little while that Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which came out to Japanese arcades

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Location Testing Darius Burst Another Chronicle

Location Testing Darius Burst Another Chronicle

arcadehero September 26, 2011 10

I have a confession to make. For the past week or so I’ve had Taito’s Darius Burst Another Chronicle sitting at my arcade on location test and I didn’t tell everyone about it. That

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Namco considering location testing Tekken Tag 2 in the US

Namco considering location testing Tekken Tag 2 in the US

arcadehero August 30, 2011 11

(Thanks to ArcadeBelgium for retweeting this!) In an answer to a question from a fan today, Tekken producer Harada gave us some arcade news to talk about. The latest Tekken coming to market, Tekken

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Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan

arcadehero August 4, 2011 4

It’s that time of year again – the time for Konami to test out the latest version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania arcade music games. I’m sure it will include a variety of new

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Monday Variety Post: Reflect Beat goes Lime; Retro mini-cabs, New Arcade Book

Monday Variety Post: Reflect Beat goes Lime; Retro mini-cabs, New Arcade Book

arcadehero June 20, 2011 3

“It’s all of your favorite hits with more variety”, variety being the radio code word for “you are going to hate most of the schlock we play with a few decent songs you actually

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Japan location tests: DDRX3, Border Break 2.5 + more UPDATED

Japan location tests: DDRX3, Border Break 2.5 + more UPDATED

arcadehero June 3, 2011 7

The next arcade installment of Dance Dance Revolution, X3 is soon going on test in Japan, from June 8th-12th in Akihabara, Tokyo.  Suffice it to say that at this point nothing is known about

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From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

arcadehero May 19, 2011 9

First they gave us a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder and now Specular Interactive and Raw Thrills are testing out a new racing title that leans in the Offroad Thunder direction(or as the person

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World’s Fastest Drummer seen on location test

arcadehero May 6, 2011 1

We’ve been covering the progress of an independently made arcade game called the World’s Fastest Drummer for some time now. Most recently it was seen at the IAAPA 2010 show in Orlando this past

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