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Co-op gaming in arcades, past and present

Shaggy January 7, 2010 0

Our friend Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has penned an interesting article discussing as aspect of coin-op gaming that has had a strong history and is starting to resurge once again – co-op

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Microsoft bringing virtual arcade game rooms to Xbox Live and Windows

Shaggy January 7, 2010 0

By now you have probably heard of the news that Microsoft will be bringing virtual arcades to Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live. In these virtual game rooms players will be able to

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Project DIVA Arcade cabinet revealed as the game goes on location test in Japan (updated)

Shaggy January 6, 2010 1

Last October we found out that Sega Japan was planning on bringing a PSP music game known as Project DIVA over to arcades, and after a short time of hearing little about the game,

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Pat Laffaye smashes the "Costanza Score" on Frogger

Shaggy January 5, 2010 3

We have spoken of the Costanza Score before – the mythical score on the arcade game Frogger that was shown in an episode of the comedy TV show Seinfield back in the 90’s. When

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The Stinger Report's gaze into the crystal ball for 2010 (updated)

Shaggy January 5, 2010 3

As 2010 in finally upon us, it’s a good time to take a look further into trends we can expect to see throughout the rest of the year. Thanks to Kevin Williams of The

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NYC eases up on arcades (a little)

Shaggy January 2, 2010 0

One major hurdle for people looking to get into the arcade business are the local laws which often restrict the use of coin-operated video games in certain venues. Because of that, it is always

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And the winners are…

Shaggy January 1, 2010 9

While it is not quite 2010 yet where I am right at the moment, for the website the timer has passed onto the new year and so our Game of the Year/Decade polls are

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Big Buck Hunter pinball revealed

Shaggy December 31, 2009 1

We heard about Big Buck Hunter Pro coming to pinball ages ago (in fact that is something we discussed on the most recent podcast) and finally we have a look at the game, via

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Play Belgium now open, offers an interactive look at the history of video games

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

There have been a couple of instances in the past where we have covered touring museums which cover the history of video games and the latest exhibition that I am aware of is Play

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Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult

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Looking for some arcades to buy in the San Fransisco area? Check out the TILT

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

So it’s not really news that a TILT location has their games on sale – every time I have visited a TILT location, they always have something on sale. But things are slow enough

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H2Overdrive Motion version now testing at a Gameworks in Illinois

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

(Thanks for the tip Sam!) Amongst the surprises at IAAPA this year was the revelation that Namco was teaming up with Tsunami and Universal Space to produce a motion based version of Specular Interactive’s

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