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Shaggy's Weekly Review: Super Bikes by Raw Thrills
Time is hard to find these days so I find myself remembering to do a review but with little time to write a new one up. Fortunately I have this one that I had
Read More »'Joust' coming to the big screen and comic books
[Via Gamedaily BIZ] Not long ago I was reading about upcoming movies for 2008 and the rest of 2007 on imdb and I noticed a disturbing trend of video game based movies that are
Read More »Raw Thrills issues service update for machines due to potential hazard
[Via Coinoptoday.com] Fresh on the heels of the recent recall in Japan of Atlus’ Arm Spirit comes an announcement from Raw Thrills about a “service update” for their Fast and Furious, Super Bikes and
Read More »Token Sign Project
I found this on a blog called NoiseLandArcade. They talk about arcades on occasio among other things but in a post today he put up an interesting token sign that he designed based upon
Read More »Mid-Atlantic Coin Op Show 2007
If anything is an indication of the popularity of arcades being on an upswing, it should be the amount of arcade shows that are occurring this year. There was the Funspot tournament, California Extreme,
Read More »RaceTV by Sega
[Via The Stinger Report] A new arcade racing game by Sega, called “Race TV” has been sighted in a location test. It is expected that this is one of two big launches by Sega
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Namco’s Animal Kaiser Coming Soon To Japan
[Via The Stinger Report] Namco has released their first foray into the vending arena for kids, known as Animal Kaiser. We don’t know much about the game, but I have this 3D render of
Read More »One step closer to opening my arcade
This is just a small update but important one in regards to my own arcade business. Yesterday I received a Certificate of Registration from my state that indicates that my business is registered and
Read More »Arm Spirit recalled in Japan by Atlus
Here is one way arcades seem to get into the mainstream news these days, is by hurting people. The Japanese arm wrestling arcade game known as Arm Spirit is being recalled in Japan by
Read More »GlobalVR Updates Website – adds America's Army and NASCAR info
GlobalVR has updated their website with a slightly new look as well as information on their new releases NASCAR Racing and America’s Army. This includes the brochures for each title and a few screenshots.
Read More »2nd edition of Arcade & Pinball World Records book now available
Twin Galaxies has announced the 2nd edition of their book entitled ‘Twin Galaxies’ Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records’. It covers Arcades and Pinball machines only (which of course are totally
Read More »The King of Kong released today
The documentary about two arcade champions is being released in theaters today, although it appears that it will be hitting theaters in a slow wave instead of a braod release. According to the listing
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