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Brent Sales bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! and PUTT: Championship Golf to Europe

Shaggy September 15, 2009 6

Good news for our European readers, in case you were wondering when Namco would be bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! to Europe. Brent Sales has sent out a press release stating that they will be

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Catching up: Arcade Heroes Podcast #7

Shaggy September 12, 2009 0

The podcast is back and apologies in advance about the delay with that – for the past few weeks I have been in a transition phase moving my arcade from one location to another.

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Holy cow: Sega also doing a giant Tetris game (updated)

Shaggy September 11, 2009 7

From Kevin Williams of  The Stinger Report. The top game is Sega’s new Shining Force Cross RPG game. Beneath that – well it speaks for itself. This is obviously not the same thing as

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Another 10th anniversary to remember – the NAOMI

Shaggy September 10, 2009 0

While I missed yesterday’s celebrations around the net for the 10th anniversary of Sega’s Dreamcast console, Kevin Williams sends us a reminder of another 10th Sega-related and Dreamcast-related anniversary – the Sega NAOMI. I

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KOF goes all shmup-y with KOF Sky Stage

Shaggy September 10, 2009 0

KOF fan purists – brace yourselves. Or you might want to skip this post entirely but then again the damage is already done if you even noticed this. For everyone else – talk about

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Aurcade.com gets a revamp

Shaggy September 10, 2009 0

(Thanks to Doc @ Galloping Ghost for the tip) One of the websites that you can use to help find an arcade near you (in the US only, currently), Aurcade.com recently revamped it’s website

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Sega to release Tetris: The Grandmaster 4 The Masters of Round

Shaggy September 10, 2009 3

In the past I have lamented about the fact that we don’t really see puzzle games made for arcades anymore, despite the fact that such titles are a perfect fit for the arcade gaming

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Namco reveals more info on Tank!Tank!Tank! & a new pirate themed light-gun game

Shaggy September 10, 2009 3

With JAMMA fast approaching comes more information on various new arcade titles from the different game companies and today we have a little more information on some new Namco titles. First off Tank!Tank!Tank! (which

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Konami shows off Mocap Sports at private show (updated)

Shaggy September 9, 2009 4

So far we have not seen much on Mocap Sports other than a few static screenshots or 3D models but now thanks to KonamiTV, they have added a brief video onto that site which

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Sega shows off more Heat Up Hockey

Shaggy September 9, 2009 0

When I posted about the innovative Heat Up Hockey game a short time ago, there was one crucial piece of information missing on the game – who was releasing it? We happen to know

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Sega launches Patrol-Chaser & Battle-Police duo in Japan

Shaggy September 7, 2009 0

While we don’t see as many arcade titles that are created just for kids like we used to, there are still a few that are coming out to attract younger audiences. Sega in particular

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What games are best enjoyed in the arcade?

Shaggy September 7, 2009 0

So the headline here is sort of a rhetorical question – we all know what works best in arcades and what doesn’t, but we may as well discuss the subject thanks to this link

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