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Namco’s AOU Line-Up Unveiled

Namco’s AOU Line-Up Unveiled

arcadehero February 8, 2012 0

Next week is the AOU show and now it’s Namco’s turn to draw attention to some of the products they will have there. There are a couple of games which are no-brainers – Tekken

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Namco’s Virtual Arcade App for iOS

Namco’s Virtual Arcade App for iOS

arcadehero February 1, 2012 0

Newsfeed 1161 via  News in the real coin-op space has been a bit slow for the past week so this leads us into the territory of something related to the business. Namco has not

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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

Later this year Namco has a new horror-themed light-gun shooter on its way to arcades, similar to Deadstorm Pirates but with some twists of its own. We have covered it to some degree already

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Namco updates UGSF Special Site with New Space Order details

Namco updates UGSF Special Site with New Space Order details

arcadehero January 4, 2012 3

(Thanks to Bryan A. for the tip!) Just a little background on this before we get too far into it – back in 2007 we ran a story about a unique new arcade game

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Correction on Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe at Dave & Busters

Correction on Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe at Dave & Busters

arcadehero December 28, 2011 5

A short time ago Dave & Busters locations landed a deal to get the new Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe edition of the game. We covered that along with the Pac-Man Power Girls showing up

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Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada Details Fan Support and Arcade Business in Tohoku Quake Aftermath

Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada Details Fan Support and Arcade Business in Tohoku Quake Aftermath

arcadehero December 21, 2011 0

Newsfeed 1146 via When natural disasters hit, the immediate concern for the survivors is to keep on surviving and to make the best out of a terrible situation. It’s not just your physical side

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Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today

Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today

arcadehero December 12, 2011 0

More arcade news from Japan today, first from Sega. This is an unusual case – originally back in 2009 Sega first debuted a new concept called Sega Card Gen MLB 2010 at a US

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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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News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release

News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release

arcadehero December 9, 2011 4

There were a few different arcade news items coming out of Japan today so I figured it would be useful to combine them into one post. Let’s start off with the quick stuff, both

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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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IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

arcadehero November 17, 2011 4

Continuing the IAAPA 2011 trade show coverage with twice the pics and half the salt! In case you missed it, pictures of games like Bejeweled can be found here. All of these pictures are

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