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A closer look at Trans-Force 5D interactive theater

Shaggy January 20, 2010 5

This is The Stinger Reports 700th newsfeed to Arcade Heroes. Anytime you see the Stinger graphic above it means that it’s a SR newsfeed. – thanks guys! Visit The Stinger Report to sign-up for

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The "Next Generation World Hobby Fair" Winter show in Japan shows off more games catering to kids UPDATED w/ Transformers card game

Shaggy January 20, 2010 3

As AH contributor Kevin Williams pointed out in his recent crystal ball look into 2010, KidTainment will grow to play a larger role in the arcade industry and in Japan, several companies are already

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Popular Japanese voice actor Yoshio Nagahori found dead

Shaggy January 20, 2010 2

A popular voice actor who has an impressive resume, voicing a number of characters in anime programs like Dragonball Z, Cowboy Bebop, Pokemon and many others as well as characters in some popular arcade

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Marble Madness designer Mark Cerny to be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame

Shaggy January 16, 2010 0

It seems that more and more classic game developers are being recognized for their contributions to the game industry, both past and present lately and the most recent developer to get a nod who

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More game release news: Pump It Up Jump now available; Silver Strike LIVE coming Feb. 15th

Shaggy January 14, 2010 0

It’s always a good thing when we have more arcade game releases to discuss and to help keep track of that, I have created a page for all arcade game releases for 2010. I

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First full look at the indie arcade game Friction

Shaggy January 14, 2010 24

It has been a while since we first teased about a new arcade light-gun shooter coming to arcades from an independent game studio known as Friction Game Studios and today, we can reveal quite

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Brief update on indie arcade titles Dark Presence and Friction

Shaggy January 10, 2010 2

(click on the images to enlarge them) It has been a little while since we’ve posted updates on a couple of upcoming arcade titles that are in development by a couple of independent game

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Terminator Salvation Arcade now testing in Japan UPDATE: UK too

Shaggy January 9, 2010 6

It looks like Raw Thrills/Betson is really beginning to make a push into the Japanese arcade market. First we heard of them testing H2Overdrive in the region, then Chicago Coin/Betson’s PUTT: Champion Golf was

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Sega developing a Let's Go Jungle sequel, but is it for arcades or consoles? UPDATED – Arcade game only

Shaggy January 9, 2010 16

The battle of the sit-down turret light-gun games might be heating up a little more as Siliconera is reporting that Sega has trademarked the name Let’s Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics

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Actor Willem Dafoe plays some Big Buck Safari @ MTV

Shaggy January 9, 2010 0

Arcade machines aren’t just for arcade venues – they can be great for offices too. The people at MTV Multiplayer certainly think so and they not only have a Big Buck Safari onsite, they

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PMT Sales now running big tournaments for Textminator across the UK

Shaggy January 8, 2010 0

If you live in the UK and you are good at texting, then this is for you. UK distributor PMT Sales has let us know about some big competitions they are currently running on

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Big Buck Hunter Open Season pushes 3000 units in 90 days

Shaggy January 7, 2010 0

If there was any question about how popular the Big Buck Hunter series continues to be, then look no further than the latest sales numbers released by Betson. They are reporting that the game

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