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Actual Yahoo! Headline: “Arcades Making A Comeback”
(Thanks to Jarett for the tip!) Well this is a pleasant change – we get to discuss an article on a mainstream media site that paints modern arcades in a positive light and more
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Taito’s Densha De Go! Returns in 2012
(Via AM-Net Blog) Back in 1997, Taito released a coin-op “train simulator” video game called Densha De Go!. That basically translates to “Let’s go by train!”. It was successful enough in Japan to warrant
Read More »Stern Transformers Pinball in action
(Via ArcadeHunters on Twitter) It’s not the best video of Stern’s Transformers pinball being played but it is the first. I don’t have any commentary to add right now since it’s hard to tell
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Steve Jobs’ brief time in the arcade industry
I am sure that by now you have heard the news of Steve Jobs’ passing and with that there have been a number of articles out there covering some part of his personal history.
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Arcade Related Halloween Costumes
Now is probably a good time to get an order in for a Halloween costume if you haven’t done so already. If I ever consider it, it’s usually too late (such as a day
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Konami unveils World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Championship 2012
We’ve never had an abundance of soccer/football games in the arcade industry although there have been a few here and there along with a couple of series that give us something new on occasion,
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Another look at Robo Restle as it arrives for a release
So today a new film is making it’s way to theaters called “Real Steel”. I haven’t seen it yet, not sure if I will be seeing it but there are a lot of commercials
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Following up on the Trocadero closure – Where are some of the games now?
The unwelcome news of the Trocadero shutting it’s doors in London earlier this year continues to have repercussions as some other London locations pick up some of the games that used to occupy the
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Phase 2 Launching for Taito’s Darius Burst Another Chronicle EX
We already know that Taito is bringing Darius Burst Another Chronicle to Europe and the US – the game continues to do very well while on test at my location – but one thing
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Changes for Gamewax’s Go Go Grand Prix
(Thanks to Joe for the tip!) You might have thought it never went anywhere but Gamewax‘s unique coin-op slot racing title Go Go Grand Prix has changed hands. It is no longer being carried
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Another look at Sega’s Let’s Go Island 3D
After Sega re-launched their arcade/amusement website, one game they’ve had up on their “Coming Soon” page for a while now is Let’s Go Island 3D. The game was already released in Japan this summer
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Golden Tee LIVE 2012 now available
As we end September we’ve got one more game release to get to – the annual release of the latest version of the Golden Tee series, Golden Tee LIVE 2012. If you want full
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