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Sega location testing Let's Go Island at Club Sega in Akihabara

Shaggy April 10, 2010 2

The only disappointment I had at Amusement Expo this year was I went in expecting to see an actual cabinet of the new Sega shooter Let’s Go Island and instead they only had a

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Arcade oddity of the day: Walk the Dog by Sega

Shaggy April 7, 2010 0

(Thanks to Rjay on the forums for bringing this up) As news has been a tad slow, why not do a post about another arcade oddity again? Today I’ll cover something I have heard

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Gameworks restructuring plan means seven locations will close, some may reopen in the future

Shaggy March 30, 2010 5

Via It’s never a good day when we have to report about arcade locations closing – we always prefer times like last week where we reported on several new places opening around the US.

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Transformers rolling out for Japanese arcades this summer

Shaggy March 27, 2010 0

Via Back in January, Sega Japan made an announcement that they would be producing a new arcade title based upon the cartoon favorite Transformers. No details were given about the nature of the game

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eBay oddity of the day: Sega Flash Beats

Shaggy March 21, 2010 9

Long, long ago when Arcade Heroes first started, Matt (the owner of the site) used to post regular updates about cool arcade related stuff he would find on eBay. I have been terrible in

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Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

Shaggy March 15, 2010 25

  Via We’ve provided a bit of video from Amusement Expo but there were a couple of things that I wasn’t able to grab with my camera but Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report

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Amusement Expo 2010: Sega booth

Shaggy March 13, 2010 1

Prior to Amusement Expo 2010, one manufacturer we were hearing a lot about was Sega as they threw a few press releases out there regarding some new products they would be showing off at

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Sega shows off the new Rambo cabinet

Shaggy March 6, 2010 5

As I mentioned yesterday, the upcoming Amusement Expo is certainly turning out to be the place where light-gun game fans have a lot to look forward to as nearly every company which produces coin-op

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More Sega news: in-depth look at Club Sega; new Shining Force Cross version; more Let's Go Island

Shaggy March 4, 2010 0

Via As a sort of follow-up to the news from Sega about their line-up at the Amusement Expo next week, we have several pieces of news about the company that we’ll just going to

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Sega announces Amusement Expo line-up: Let's Go Island cabinet, new Hummer and Rambo cabinets

Shaggy March 3, 2010 0

As we soon approach the Amusement Expo next week in Vegas, we are starting to hear about the games we will be seeing there and today Sega unveiled the games that they will feature

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More AOU stuff – Robo Catcher, more Metal Gear, Gaia Attack 4, Stomper DLX, Sega

Shaggy February 20, 2010 0

Here’s a few more things out of AOU in Japan (links via various sources, including AM Net) and The Stinger Report Robo Catcher – showing other applications our future robot overlords can have in

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Sega opens flagship arcade in Akihabara

HeavyElectricity February 19, 2010 5

Ah, Akihabara. How I have longed to visit this mythical location, in order to peer into the heart of Japanese arcade gaming (well, also to stage an homage to Densha Otoko, but that’s another

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