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Polygon Looks at Behemoth’s PAX Arcade Cabs and The indie Killer Queen Game
(Pictured: Castle Crashers Arcade cabinet from a previous PAX event) The game news site Polygon.com is giving some love to arcades, albeit with a focus on some “indie” developments that have been going on
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16-Bit Bar+Arcade Opens In Columbus, OH; Asheville Pinball Musuem in Asheville, NC
Let’s keep the arcade location openings coming shall we? Once or twice a month is nice when that happens but with this post that will make three new locations opening their doors in August,
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Newsbag: Arcade Montage Videos, Winning Eleven 2014 loctest; Pixar Cars Arcade Release + More
UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM – GUNSLINGER STRATOS 2 ANNOUNCED Hello all and welcome to another weekend! In the Northern hemisphere now is the time we start looking towards the end of the summer and
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Route 66 Arcade Museum Now Open in Atlanta, IL
It’s been a little while since we had news of a new location opening the doors probably due to most places trying to get open at the beginning of the summer. For this location
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Andamiro’s Hit The Beat Combines Drumming & Slashing
In 2010 we ran a story about a game that combined elements of a fighting game with a rhythm one. If it ever was released then it was fairly limited to South Korea and
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Alterface Launches Vanguard For The 5Di Gamebox
In 2011 we ran a brief story about a “5D” multi-player theater called Alterface. They create interactive motion theaters and “dark rides” (usually interactive indoor roller coasters or rides). To try and summarize what
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Namco Holds Business Meetings in Japan, Sonic Storm Renamed to Mach Storm
The slow news period we’ve seen this summer may be starting to come to an end, at least where new game products are concerned. Japanese manufacturers are beginning to hold public “business meetings”, where
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Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is
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Monopoly Goes Videmption With Monopoly Arcade
The other day I was looking over the 2013 releases and upcoming list and one has to admit – it feels a little light compared to previous years. Given the time it takes to
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Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 2)
When I did the research for Midway’s unreleased arcade prototypes of the past, I had a feeling that there should have been more. Perhaps that is a tainted view as a company like Atari
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Newsbag: Missile Command History; Fantastic Arcade Spotlight; Persona 4 Arcade Updates
Once again this past week was even slower for news than usual but part of it is me getting sidetracked with numerous things(I meant to post this Friday evening and due to more sidetracking,
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The Veil Lifts a Little More on Jersey Jack’s The Hobbit Pinball UPDATE: FULL PLAYFIELD SHOWN
UPDATE: The full playfield was just unveiled. Since it’s so soon and this story from the other day is still in the top 5, I’m just going to bump this up. According to Joe
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