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Stern says: "We're never quitting"
(Photo via the Chicago Tribune) After news came out that Stern Pinball had to layoff a few people, I began hearing rumors about the imminent closure of the company. Some felt that with a
Read More »Interesting new shmup now location testing in Japan – Exception
A new and interesting shmup is now on location test in Japan and seeing efforts like this makes me long for seeing some good shmups in arcades outside of Japan again. Called Exception, this
Read More »Another location test for Konami's Mocap Sports
(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info and translation) Konami’s Wii Sports look-a-like, Mocap Sports is on location test in Japan once again and with it we get just an extra detail or two
Read More »Another look at why beach arcades are awesome
One additional indicator that summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere (in case you didn’t know already) are the number of articles highlighting beach arcades. I posted about one recently and here
Read More »DDR X at Japan Expo 2009 in Paris
In case you were wondering what players would think of the new DDR X in Europe, then the recent appearance of the title at the Japan Expo 2009 in Paris France should answer that
Read More »Take a virtual tour of Michael Jackson's private arcade
Remember all of those awesome arcade games Michael Jackson owned that were in excellent condition and a few months back were going to be put up on the auction block? Now you can see
Read More »The unofficial Nintendo DS arcade cabinet
There are a lot of cool things you can do with arcade cabinet mods but I have to admit that the idea of hacking apart a Nintendo DS so that an arcade cabinet could
Read More »The making of Defender
Defender is a well-known arcade classic and if you have ever wondered about some of the details involved in how the game came about, one site has interviewed Eugene Jarvis to get the rundown
Read More »Arcade Heroes Week-in-review podcast #4
Another week another podcast, I did this one solo and in addition to discussing the news we saw this week on AH, I also discuss the Midway purchase by Warner and the release of
Read More »ParkR!, the amusement park finder
I never get tired of spreading word of websites like Aurcade.com or ArcadeFly.com, where people can find an arcade near them. I bring it up often simply because too many people don’t know where
Read More »Tekken chief says unlockable characters are outdated
Some interesting news related to the Tekken franchise – the guy in charge of Tekken stated in a recent interview that “unlockables are outdated”, primarily due to the nature of online play. Unlockable content
Read More »Who wants a Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade for several thousand dollars?
When someone famous dies, you can expect to see sites like eBay flooded with memorabilia that carries the deceased person’s name/image/autograph etc. on it. And naturally, some people hope to milk their item for
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