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Videos of the games of GAGA2012

Videos of the games of GAGA2012

arcadehero May 25, 2012 0

It’s been difficult to get more information on what was at the recent amusement trade show in China, GAGA2012. But enough time has passed that I’ve been able to scrape up a little more

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Monday Musings: Links for KO Drive and WMMT4 Hong Kong Test; Rusty Quarters Arcade update

Monday Musings: Links for KO Drive and WMMT4 Hong Kong Test; Rusty Quarters Arcade update

arcadehero May 14, 2012 0

I’m out scouring for more GTI Asia Taipei news but that is slow going so in the meantime here are a couple of things to share. First off, Sega has really begun to push

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First Snippets of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012

First Snippets of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2012

arcadehero May 13, 2012 2

This past week, from Thursday to Saturday was an arcade trade show event that took place in Taipei, Taiwan. Not being able to make it there directly we have had to wait for news

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Newsbits: Arcade from 1968; Rocky Mountain Expo; Star Castle on the Atari 2600; more Gundam Pilot videos; Retrocade Magazine

Newsbits: Arcade from 1968; Rocky Mountain Expo; Star Castle on the Atari 2600; more Gundam Pilot videos; Retrocade Magazine

arcadehero April 27, 2012 1

Earlier this week the news was quite slow but this latter half has improved a bit, where I have enough to do yet another multi-story post. First off is something I did see a

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Namco to Open New Facility in Japan; tiny Star Wars Arcade playable cabinet; DNA US Conference Moved

Namco to Open New Facility in Japan; tiny Star Wars Arcade playable cabinet; DNA US Conference Moved

arcadehero April 26, 2012 1

Newsfeed 1195 & 1196 via Most of our location opening news comes from out West but the occasional news from the East doesn’t hurt either. Namco has a new facility that is opening tomorrow

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Amusement Expo ’12 Follow-up With Pics, Video and More UPDATED

Amusement Expo ’12 Follow-up With Pics, Video and More UPDATED

arcadehero March 21, 2012 14

Apologies for the delay in finishing up on this but assets do take some time to trickle down to my hands but better late than never, right? Here is the rest of what was

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Amusement Expo Day 1: Tekken Tag 2, PIU Infinity, Koihime Musou

Amusement Expo Day 1: Tekken Tag 2, PIU Infinity, Koihime Musou

arcadehero March 15, 2012 2

Amusement Expo 2012 officially opened up yesterday in Las Vegas and here is what was there to look over. Images thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. Compared to last year, there is

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New Trailer For Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited; Western release for Sega’s MaiMai?

New Trailer For Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited; Western release for Sega’s MaiMai?

arcadehero March 5, 2012 4

Namco America has uploaded a new trailer to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited, which in a way confirms what I reported on just a few days ago that this is coming to arcades in

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited Coming to US Arcades

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited Coming to US Arcades

arcadehero February 29, 2012 9

Just a couple of weeks ago at the AOU Expo in Japan, it was unveiled that Namco already had a major update on the way for their latest fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. We

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Happy AOU Day! New arcade games from Japan

Happy AOU Day! New arcade games from Japan

arcadehero February 17, 2012 4

The slow early year news cycle has had us counting down to this event in Japan, the AOU Expo where different amusement companies get together to show off some of their latest ideas and

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News Round-Up: SpaceWar Turns 50, Namco changes, Capcom Restaurant

News Round-Up: SpaceWar Turns 50, Namco changes, Capcom Restaurant

arcadehero February 15, 2012 0

Time for yet another round-up of those sort of related news items that I just haven’t felt really needed a post all to themselves. All links brought to us by The Stinger Report. SpaceWar

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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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