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Namco also prepping for a big ATEI '08 – new Raw Thrills' title announced.

Shaggy January 9, 2008 0

We’ve already heard from Sega and Konami so it was only a short time before Namco threw their hat into the ring of what to expect from them at ATEI. From the press release

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ASI 08 to hold tournaments and be open to the public for 4 hours

Shaggy January 9, 2008 0

At this years Amusement Showcase International 2008 event (March 27th-29th in Las Vegas, NV) they are going to attempt something that they never have done before – allowing the public to take a glimpse

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One city mulls plugging plug on arcade permits due to bad wiring

Shaggy January 9, 2008 0

Ever since arcades became a business that people could make a decent return on, cities and operators have been at odds many times and because of the negative perception some people hold against arcades,

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Mainstream game rag talks about SFIV, ignores arcade version on purpose

Shaggy January 8, 2008 2

Thanks to The Stinger Report we learn that a certain magazine called Edge is running a feature on the new Street Fighter IV, even gracing the cover with either Ken and Ryu. There’s only

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Konami's ATEI 2008 line-up

Shaggy January 5, 2008 0

Konami has issued a press release regarding it’s presence at ATEI this year and while the line-up isn’t large in terms of how many games they will be showing off, they are still aiming

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Sega prepping for a huge presence at ATEI

Shaggy January 3, 2008 2

ATEI is fast approaching and with we’re beginning to see announcements of what to expect at the show. If Sega’s press release is any indication, this show is going to be huge and fortunately

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10,000 Stackers sold and rising

Shaggy January 3, 2008 0

(Press release via CoinOPToday.com) LAI Games, creators of Redemption and other skill-based coin-op titles has announced that they have manufactured their 10,000th Stacker Instant Redemption game. Instant redemption refers to a redemption title that

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Specular Interactive Update

Shaggy January 3, 2008 0

I decided to check up on Specular Interactive (who had signed a deal with Raw Thrills for the development of some new arcade titles) and they had an interesting update today. We still have

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Andamiro's Pump It Up NX2 released

Shaggy January 1, 2008 1

Well 2008 is here and what better way to start it than with a new game announcement. It looks like this was actually announced about a week ago but I only found out about

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Happy New Year Everyone

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

As this will probably be the last post here at Arcade Heroes for 2007, now is a good time to wish all of you a Happy New Year. 2007 was pretty good, it certainly

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King of Kong DVD pre-order available

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

I caught that Amazon has now listed a pre-order for the King of Kong Documentary DVD. For those that don’t know, The King of Kong documented some arcade players in their quest for the

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Arcade Heroes Battle of the Week (12/31-1/6): Fast and Furious Drift VS NASCAR

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

Last week’s Battle: DDR Vs Pump It Up! – DDR won by 1 vote (with 5 votes cast total). This week I figured let’s see how you feel about some newer titles. Racers and

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