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Wall Street Fighter IV

Shaggy April 23, 2009 0

[Thanks for the link Paul] It’s a little cheesy but it’s been a  little while since I had seen these fighter mock-ups between two people with a video game appearance. This one is about

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Converting a motorcycle shop into an arcade

Shaggy April 23, 2009 2

When it comes to opening up your own dream arcade, there are always a number of ways to go about it although if you wish to convert an existing business that you own into

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Gameworks Minneapolis wants to move

Shaggy April 23, 2009 2

We all know how important a good location is – I do especially as I have learned over time how my location stinks. And speaking of locations, there is a story out there about

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Guitar Hero Arcade "officially" lands in the UK with a release event on the 25th

Shaggy April 22, 2009 4

The new Guitar Hero Arcade machine has been making the rounds in the US for a few weeks already (in fact every time I have been to my distributor lately, I have seen several

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Sega reveals Shining Force Cross with lots of slashing and bashing goodness

Shaggy April 21, 2009 8

I don’t know what it is lately but there really hasn’t been a lot of arcade news going on. Of course I haven’t had a lot of time lately to sit down and scour

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How about a homemade Vewlix tournament style cabinet?

Shaggy April 17, 2009 2

If you really want to play something like Street Fighter IV in a proper arcade cabinet, you could buy the actual arcade unit or modify a standard Vewlix cabinet into something you could throw

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Timezone FECs testing out a new design, hopes to set standard

Shaggy April 16, 2009 6

As I have been working on a new arcade, my thoughts have turned towards developing a new theme. I liked the theme at my current arcade although admittedly it is lacking since I never

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Golden Tee goes to the lotto

Shaggy April 15, 2009 0

We all know that one of the best ways for a company to survive in a downturn is to keep your name and product visible to the public with effective marketing and there are

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Ground Kontrol presents the 1st annual Pinbrawl tournament

Shaggy April 15, 2009 4

One of the best things about an arcade is that they give you a great place to go and compete. You don’t have to set up anything at home and worry about strangers coming

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Videos from the Midwest Gaming Classic 2009 event

Shaggy April 14, 2009 0

[Thanks to John Norman for sending us the info] For those of us that couldn’t make it to Midwest Gaming Classic, we can always drool over videos taken by those who could. I am

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Virtua Fighter Vs. Tekken? Namco is talking about it

Shaggy April 14, 2009 12

Anyone familiar with fighters knows that some of the best games involve a crossover of two series of some sort. One of the most popular fighters out there today is Marvel Vs. Capcom 2

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Metal Gear Coming to Arcades soon?

Shaggy April 11, 2009 3

[Thanks to Jon Cox for the tip] First Konami gave us Silent Hill: The Arcade and then CastleVania – could Metal Gear be the next in Konami’s line-up of console to arcade releases? It

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