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Geometry Wars home arcade cab for sale on ebay
If you own an Xbox 360 then chances are you have heard of Geometry Wars. GW is based upon a couple of classic arcade titles, like Tempest and Robotron 2084 and graphically pulls some
Read More »ArtCade – new magazine uses an arcade cabinet to show off their 1st issue
Starting a new magazine and need a way to capture people’s attention? Why not try using an arcade cabinet with a specialized interface to get the word out? That seems to be the idea
Read More »Yoshihisa Hashimoto leaves Sega for Square Enix
The man who was the director of Sonic Unleashed and the main brain behind the Hedgehog Engine has left Sonic Team (which had been known as AM8 at one point where they created arcade
Read More »Insert Coin this weekend!
Just a reminder, this weekend is the first ever “Insert Coin” event which is being held at the Rodber Suite at Northampton Saints. This brand new show is certainly offering a lot to see
Read More »Street Fighter IV PC Dilemma
So I picked this up on release a few weeks ago. I’d been waiting for the PC release because I have an X-Arcade stick and was looking forward to having the “arcade experience” at
Read More »Arcade Heroes Week-in-review Podcast Episode 5
This week on our podcast, Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report joins me again as we discuss not just the news of the week but some other aspects of the arcade industry as well,
Read More »Headed to CAX 2009? Let us know!
One major arcade event I would love to attend one day is California Extreme (or CAX for short). I probably say this every year that we post about it, but I figure I should
Read More »Alleged Ultracade counterfeiters indicted
While piracy in the arcade sector is not as common as it used to be, it still occurs here and there. In the most recent case, the man who created the Ultracade setup is
Read More »More details on Taito’s new FPS Cyber Diver
Most of the news this week seems to be revolving around Japanese releases but that’s OK – even if you don’t live in Japan some of these games could make their way to a
Read More »Stern says: "We're never quitting"
(Photo via the Chicago Tribune) After news came out that Stern Pinball had to layoff a few people, I began hearing rumors about the imminent closure of the company. Some felt that with a
Read More »Interesting new shmup now location testing in Japan – Exception
A new and interesting shmup is now on location test in Japan and seeing efforts like this makes me long for seeing some good shmups in arcades outside of Japan again. Called Exception, this
Read More »Another location test for Konami's Mocap Sports
(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info and translation) Konami’s Wii Sports look-a-like, Mocap Sports is on location test in Japan once again and with it we get just an extra detail or two
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