Monthly Archives: May 2008 »

Behind the scenes at Sega

HeavyElectricity May 31, 2008 4

While I was at the Sega Rally 3 launch last week, I got to see a little bit of what goes on at Sega Amusements Europe. It is a fun place! The developers from

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Racing news: Sega testing Hummer Extreme; another RaceTV update; NFS Carbon converted cab

Shaggy May 31, 2008 4

Thanks to a tip we have found out that Sega is currently testing another new racing game, this time in the US that is based on Hummer’s. From what we know the game is

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DoDonPachi Dai Fukkatsu released

Shaggy May 31, 2008 2

[Image via Killercabs Forum] I am a little late on this as i wanted to research it a little if I could find the time but forum member Molloy pointed out that the new

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Another update on my arcade (5/28)

Shaggy May 29, 2008 2

The city inspector came by today and unfortunately we didn’t pass – we have to fix a couple of minor things and get it rescheduled. I hope that it won’t take long to get

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Beat The Pro heads to the Midwest this summer.

Shaggy May 29, 2008 0

Via Betson & Raw Thrills/Play Mechnix’s Beat The Pro Tour continues to bring the latest version of Big Buck Hunter Pro Online to players across the US and this June between the 2nd and

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Father & daughter trapped inside a coin-op flight simulator for 20 min.

Shaggy May 28, 2008 6

The headline basically says it all – in Long Island New York at an FEC called Fun Zone Amusements(link to a video of the arcade on youtube) a father and daughter were trapped in

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Location Review : Phoenix Arcade @ The Summit

SaraAB87 May 27, 2008 3

Here in Niagara Falls, NY there is a mall called The Summit and in addition to the Krow’s Nest with the bowling machines there is another arcade called Phoenix arcade. They have 2 storefronts

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Poll: Would you rather play Street Fighter IV in arcades or on a console @ home?

Shaggy May 27, 2008 9

It’s pretty straight-forward – where would you like to play Street Fighter IV? At the arcade where you can show off your mad skillz for people to gawk at or at home by yourself

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My Arcade Update 5/26 (w/video)

Shaggy May 27, 2008 8

Even though it was a holiday in the US today that didn’t keep me from going in and working on the arcade. This week is the final push to get everything ready and I

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Rambo UK location test: video, impressions

HeavyElectricity May 26, 2008 9

Please note that this article refers to an unfinished version of Rambo – content may substantially change before the game receives a general release! It was only a couple of days ago that I

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Robot Boxing returns to Japan with "GearRobo"

Shaggy May 25, 2008 1

I never played with a Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em robots game as a kid, it seemed ok but too static for my tastes. Now here is an arcade game coming out this summer in

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A New JVS multicabinet – the GBalance

Shaggy May 24, 2008 5

I wish we would see more cabinets (that aren’t for MAME projects) being sold in the US. Perhaps I’m out of the loop on the subject of cabinets and I can’t speak for abroad

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