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5th Arcadia Cup Tournament ends today

Shaggy August 13, 2007 0

[Via Arcade Renaissance] I missed this one last weekend, thanks to The Stinger Report for pointing me to it. The Tougeki Super Battle Opera is opening the festivities for its 5th Arcadia Cup Tournament

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Hacked Initial D4 cards?

Shaggy August 13, 2007 0

[Via The Stinger Report] It never ceases to amaze me the lengths at which some players will go to cheat at games because they aren’t good enough to get anywhere otherwise or they are

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New Crane concept – Robo Crane

Shaggy August 13, 2007 3

  [Via Kevin Williams @ The Stinger Report] Toy cranes haven’t changed much over the years but as of late they have been seeing some hard competition from the likes of Stacker titles.  In

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Starting my own arcade

Shaggy August 11, 2007 14

This isn’t news as we generally post – just rambling on. I am on my way to getting my arcade business started as yesterday I went up to the State Commerce department and registered

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Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers location tests

Shaggy August 11, 2007 0

Konami is currently testing it’s aptly named “Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers” arcade game in Japan. I’ll admit that I am not terribly familiar with the game as I have not had a chance

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Virtua Fighter 5 coming to USA arcades, looks to compete with Tekken 6

Shaggy August 10, 2007 7

Good news arcade fighting fans – Virtua Fighter 5 will be finally coming to arcades despite the fact that it is already available on consoles such as the Playstation 3. The cabinet will feature

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Arcades growing in Omaha Nebraska

Shaggy August 7, 2007 2

  [Via The Gateway, University of Nebraska] [Photo credit: Stacy Shea] This article I came across piqued my interest for a good reason – many people I run into will state that “The arcade

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Eternal Knights release from Konami; Sega's Initial D4 gets an update

Shaggy August 6, 2007 0

[Via Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report] Konami has released a new RPG for arcades in Japan known as Eternal Knights. It is a terminal based dungeon exploring game that unfortunately not see an

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Chasing Ghosts movie website update

Shaggy August 6, 2007 0

It’s been another slow weekend for arcade news(I think the Tilt review helps make up for it though, I hope you all enjoyed it), but that doesn’t keep me from keeping an eye out

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Movie review- Tilt: The Battle To Save Pinball

Shaggy August 5, 2007 0

[www.tilt-movie.com] [Tilt Preview Trailer] It had been a long time since I had played a pinball machine until recently, which coincides perfectly with the film I am about to review. It is easy to

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EA Sports NASCAR debuting at AAMA gala today

Shaggy August 3, 2007 0

  I believe I overlooked this press release with the America’s Army news. In addition to AA, GlobalVR will be showing off EA NASCAR at the AAMA Gala that has been going on this

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Vector games on a giant projector screen at Siggraph

Shaggy August 3, 2007 0

  [Via Gamasutra] [Picture Credit: Rosemarie Fiore] The SIGGRAPH technology conference will feature something interesting for classic arcade vector fans – they will feature a “vector graphics laser projection system” to allow for the

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