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Darius Burst Another Chronicle location test reports

Shaggy August 7, 2010 4

Taito began the first public test of the new Darius Burst Another Chronicle in Akihabara yesterday and already the test is considered a great success. Between 140-200 showed up early to get a chance

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More footage of Raw Thrills’ Super Bikes 2

Shaggy August 6, 2010 6

Today is just brewing with arcade news to talk about! BMIGaming has posted a longer clip of their footage taken from the recent AAMA Gala and this time it’s from the new Super Bikes

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Racer by Sputnic

Shaggy August 6, 2010 0

Now here is a novel mixed reality idea for the arcade racing genre. Simply called Racer, a team called Sputnic has developed a game where a player sits down in an arcade racing cabinet,

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Super Street Fighter IV Arcade on location test

Shaggy August 6, 2010 0

Newsfeed 895 via Super Street Fighter IV Arcade is out testing and 4Gamer.net has pictures to prove it. The article mentions some fine tuning in the game with the health but beyond that there

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See Darius Burst Another Chronicle in action

Shaggy August 6, 2010 0

Newsfeed 894 via As promised, Taito had a live stream take place this morning/last night (depending upon your location) and in that video we got our first look at their upcoming Darius Burst Another

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The American Classic Arcade Museum and the nostalgia behind classic arcade games

Shaggy August 6, 2010 1

Newsfeed 893 via This subject isn’t anything new but it’s always nice to see an article from a large news organization throwing a positive light onto arcade gaming. This article in the Christian Science

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Space Race – the pinball game that dwarfs Hercules

Shaggy August 6, 2010 2

(Thanks to Gary S. for the tip) While Atari’s Hercules pinball has long held the title of the largest pinball machine ever manufactured for the public, I think that this Space Race takes the

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Big Buck World Championship qualifiers underway this month

Shaggy August 6, 2010 4

Hot on the tails of the 2010 DDR US Championship announcement comes another tournament that already has established it’s legs as an annual event with 2010 as the third year the event will be

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Sports Run by Belrare/Tecway Developments

Shaggy August 5, 2010 0

The makers of games like Pop Moto, Magic DJ and Happy Balance Ball have another game to grace the market with called Sports Run. As you can see above, the control scheme used is

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Video: Pac-Man Battle Royale production version

Shaggy August 5, 2010 7

After that burst of news we had earlier this week, suddenly things dried up. So that makes it a perfect time to embed some videos. BMI Gaming, who captured footage of several new games

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See the new Darius Burst in action Friday

Shaggy August 4, 2010 0

(Thanks to ECM for the tip!) If you are chomping at the bit to see Taito’s new Darius Burst Another Chronicle in action, then you’ll have the chance to do so this Friday. Taito

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2010 DDR US Championships going on now, finals in December

Shaggy August 2, 2010 0

Newsfeed 891 via Last year, Konami held tournaments across the US to find the best DDR player in the US. Those tournaments didn’t happen without some headaches but with those lessons learned, Konami is

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