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AOU 2008 info site – Street Fighter 4 for arcades on the list
AM Net has posted their AOU 2008 site and with it some interesting information. Probably one of the big ones: Street Fighter 4 is expected to be exhibited at the show. AFAIK, Capcom has
Read More »Battle of the Week Reminder
Just a reminder that today is the last day to vote for the Arcade Heroes Battle of The Week: T-Mek vs. Tokyo Wars. Anyone have any suggestions for next weeks battle? Vote now if
Read More »Defend Earth Arcade Shooter Project
Here is a video of some college students that made their own arcade game! Everything was built from scratch including the game circuit (so no PC hardware) – almost like it was an arcade
Read More »A pinball players wish granted
[Via Barcade.com and Play Meter Magazine] It’s always great to hear stories that come out of wishes granted by the Make-A-Wish foundation. This particular one deals with Ryan (last name not given), a 10
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Review – 1942 by Capcom
This week I’m going with a true arcade classic, which also happened to be the first arcade game I purchased for my own collection. Images via KLOV. —————————————————————————————– 1942 by Capcom Players: 1-2 (not
Read More »GameWorks Announces Half Price Holidays
If you live anywhere near a GameWorks entertainment facility then this is good news for you. Gameworks has issued a press release detailing their half-off special for the holidays, where players can go and
Read More »Virtual Racer X simulator
While this doesn’t look like the type of unit that was made for an arcade environment, it certainly would make a nice addition to the game room (if you can afford it) By combining
Read More »An unexpected surprise in Sunday's paper
(Click to enlarge) While I don’t bother getting a newspaper at home (I have the internet so not much of a need) my parents do and when I stopped by their home as I
Read More »Tempest heads to XBLA
(Click to enlarge) As you may already know, I hold a soft spot for anything Atari so when I see some updates of their awesome arcade classics, I find it hard to resist mentioning
Read More »A family in Rapid City, SD opens a NASCAR themed arcade
(Photo credit: Dick Kettlewell of the Rapid City Journal) I came across this new article today detailing the opening of a new arcade in Rapid City South Dakota USA that discusses a family switching
Read More »When your game addiction goes too far
I just caught this story of a single father in Hong Kong who was arrested for child abuse of his 7 year old daughter. How did he abuse his child? By leaving her alone
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