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Beacon passes new arcade law but it's too late for the Retro Arcade Museum

Shaggy September 3, 2010 3

As a final note in the story about the New York town of Beacon, the city council has came to their senses enough to pass a law allowing “vintage” arcades to operate within the

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Dekorobo War gives bi-ped robots a chance to play

Shaggy September 3, 2010 0

The possibilities that robotics can hold for the amusement sector still have barely been tapped but we’ve seen many examples: Marubot Football League, RoboGol, RoboBasho, Robo Catcher and Slambot are a few  that come

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Big Buck World celebrates 10 years of Big Buck Hunter this fall

Shaggy September 3, 2010 0

In the latest issue of Replay Magazine (September 2010), they have a cover story on the success of the popular arcade series Big Buck Hunter, along with a tribute to the game’s 10th anniversary

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Disney offers up a look at ElecTRONica

Shaggy September 2, 2010 2

Newsfeed 917 via In March of this year Disney revealed that they would be recreating Flynn’s Arcade in the Tomorrowland part of their parks and today they offered up some concept art of what

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Paperboy concept art and an MK9 arcade cabinet

Shaggy September 2, 2010 3

The two subjects of our headline have nothing to do with each other except that I found them both on the KLOV forums today. Yes, it’s a slow news day. So here goes a

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FTC subpoenas Chuck E. Cheese again for marketing food to kids

Shaggy September 2, 2010 4

Chuck E. Cheese is back in the news but this time it has nothing to do with how adults handle themselves at some CEC locations but with how the company does it marketing. The

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Namco brings Gundam Extreme Vs. to the Kyarahobi 2010 Show

Shaggy September 1, 2010 0

Newsfeed 917 via What better place to give the public their first chance to play a new Gundam video game than an expo dedicated to anime and the hobbies surrounding it(known as the Kyarahobi

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Konami Location Tests Reflec Beat in South Korea

Shaggy September 1, 2010 0

Newsfeed 916 via Alternate headline: “Konami strikes back in DJ Max Technika’s hometown”. The location test is actually over at this moment after Konami was able to gather player input over the period of

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Browsing the GTI Asia China Expo 2010

Shaggy August 31, 2010 0

The GTI Asia China Expo has come and gone and finally we are getting a first look at the many new products that were on hand. Some look like originals, some appear to be

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If Time Crisis were a movie

Shaggy August 31, 2010 0

Newsfeed 915 via I had thought that this was published sometime ago but the video poster has the date as Aug. 11th 2010 so perhaps it’s not as belated as I had though. If

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Belrare’s Pop Moto brings motorcycle racing to the Chinese market

Shaggy August 30, 2010 0

Newsfeed 914 via While we have mentioned Belrare’s Pop Moto/Dogfight Moto before, we haven’t really seen the game in great detail. It’s trying to make it’s mark into the growing arcade motorcycle racing market,

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Pics from the arcade at GarasuNoShiCon 2010, including Dark Presence's 1st public appearance

Shaggy August 30, 2010 3

The new fighter Dark Presence was recently shown off in public at the GarasuNoShiCon event in Ohio but we’ve been patiently waiting to see how that event took place. Galloping Ghost, who not only

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