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An update to the Galloping Ghost Arcade, with an opening date and video

Shaggy July 14, 2010 3

(Thanks to Shane Muir and Aaron Auzins for the info) A short time ago we revealed that a new arcade location was in the works in Brookfield, IL USA. You can read that initial

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Sega's Giant Tetris gets a new, slightly-less-giant cabinet; HUMMER MDX released

Shaggy July 13, 2010 5

One of the nicer game surprises in recent memory was Sega’s release of Giant Tetris(or Tetris Giant – it can go either way) – Tetris with huge joysticks and giant blocks. The game could

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Flynn's Arcade Returning to Comic-Con next week

Shaggy July 13, 2010 0

Last year the TRON Legacy viral marketing campaign started off with a bang as they recreated (to an extent) the arcade from the movie TRON, Flynn’s Arcade, at Comic-Con 2009. In addition to a

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Sega opens a new arcade in Yoyogi, Japan

Shaggy July 12, 2010 1

Newsfeed 865 via Sega has another arcade location they are adding to the roster, at least in Japan, with Sega Yoyogi (located in a district called, Yoyogi of course). There are 134 machines occupying

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"The Arcade 80's Trunk" brings some class to your 60-in-1 PCB

Shaggy July 12, 2010 0

Newsfeed 863 via Not content with running your 60-in-1 PCB in an old cabinet you picked up off of Craigslist? Then you can shell out the cash for one of these high-quality cabinets by

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Yoshinori Ono reveals more details on upcoming arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV

Shaggy July 11, 2010 0

Newsfeed 862 via An editor for the Japanese game magazine Famitsu sat down with the producer of Street Fighter IV and it’s Super update, Yoshinori Ono. Thanks to a translation of the article by

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Coin-op amusement industry predicted to exceed earnings of $10.5 billion in the US by 2015; $1.6 billion in Germany

Shaggy July 11, 2010 4

Newsfeed 861 via While obtaining earnings reports as well as earning expectations reports in the console and PC sides of the video game industry can be fairly easy, finding similar documents for coin-op amusement

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EVO Championship Series 2010 ends today; Updated with pics

Shaggy July 11, 2010 0

I have to apologize for forgetting about EVO – it’s only the world’s greatest tournament for fighting games out there – but better late than never so here we go. If you want to

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Banpresto's Wacky Races reappears on location test in Japan

Shaggy July 11, 2010 3

Chalk this up to the big surprise of the month (so far) but way back in 2007 a new kart-style racing game appeared on location test at the Trocadero in London called Wacky Races.

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Update on Metal Gear Arcade from the Japanese location test

Shaggy July 10, 2010 0

We have a few new details on Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade, which we reported just a couple of days ago would be getting a location test this week. The most significant change to the

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Now on eBay: Williams 1983 Joust head-to-head pinball machine

Shaggy July 9, 2010 0

Back in 1983, Williams produced an innovative pinball table that sadly didn’t make any waves in arcades at the time. That game was Joust (based upon the video game of the same name) and

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The DIY Mini-Daytona USA cabinet

Shaggy July 8, 2010 1

Newsfeed 860 via Today the wonderful world of DIY projects gives us a mini-cabinet based upon a standup Daytona USA cabinet. By running an emulator, the creator of this cabinet can not only play

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