Monthly Archives: July 2012 »
Round-up from California Extreme 2012
This past weekend, fans of arcade gaming wanted to find themselves in Santa Clara, CA for the annual California Extreme show. For those of us who couldn’t make it, here are some highlights to
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World of Warcraft Gets An Arcade Cabinet – In China
Newsfeed 1233 via Just how popular is Bilzzard’s WoW in China?I could flip that around and also ask, just how popular are arcades in China these days? Either way the answer is somewhere around
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Ideas Caught In Time #001 – Zero Hour
This post will mark the beginning of a new feature that we will run on the site in conjunction with The Stinger Report called Ideas Caught In Time. Over the many years arcades have
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Difficult or A Cheat? Thoughts on Arcade Game Difficulty
A recent article from a mainstream gaming site claims that arcade games were cheating players out. Here's why that's naive and absurd
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Newcastle Pinball Fest Coming to Newcastle Australia in September
(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) While it has been difficult to quantify, it seems that pinball has been having a resurgence of late. With more developers jumping into the pinball manufacturing pool,
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Fighter News: Rumble Fish Revival, Street Fighter 25th Anniversary site
Newsfeed 1229 & 1230 via This morning I caught some news that a fighter released by DIMPS back in 2005 for the Atomiswave arcade platform was coming back, but details were sparse. Then Andriasang
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Trailer for Taito’s Block King
Taito has a new arcade game based on Legos (or something really close to them) out in Japan. Details inside!
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Time Masheen Arcade Open in Chehalis, WA
Back in May this year, a new vintage arcade opened its doors in Chehalis, WA. Details inside!
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Chuck E. Cheeses Celebrates 35 Years With a New Direction, Mascot Design
A history of Chuck E. Cheese's, including a look at their future plans. Click for more details!
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Sega’s Tokyo Joypolis Reopens With New Design, Attractions, New Facility Smell
Newsfeed 1224 via Out West Sega might be better known on a facility level through Gameworks which they used to own but in the Eastern Hemisphere, their Joypolis facilities are where its at. If
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Multi-Interest Post: Fighting Tournaments, BattleBlock Theater Arcade, Speed of Light goes to FB
There are a few Stinger Newsfeeds I’ve been neglecting so let’s wrap them up into one little fuzzball of a post. Newsfeed 1220-23 via Fighting To the Top – An article found on The
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First Trailer for Namco’s Dark Escape 3D
Namco has released a trailer showcasing their newest co-op light-gun game, and a return to horror gaming, Dark Escape 3D. Click to see it along with more details!
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