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Konami Europe embraces Electrocoin for distribution in Europe, Mid-East, Russia

Shaggy January 22, 2009 1

As part of Konami’s comeback strategy, they have partnered up with distributor Electrocoin to handle their distribution and after sales needs in Europe, the Mid-East and Russia. In the press release they mention the

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Upcoming Annual "Classic Arcade Gaming.com Tournament" to include classic game champions, King of Kong co-stars

Shaggy January 22, 2009 0

Details have been released on the upcoming Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com) Tournament, which is held on an annual basis and it sounds like it is going to be quite the competition for skilled

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New screens of Justice League: Heroes United (Updated with pricing info)

New screens of Justice League: Heroes United (Updated with pricing info)

Shaggy January 21, 2009 1

We have received a couple of new screenshots of GlobalVR’s new Justice League: Heroes United arcade brawler title, which you can see in full view by clicking on the thumbnails below. In addition to

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The Pinball Blog's "Pinball Heroes"

Shaggy January 21, 2009 0

They say that imitation is the finest form of flattery and Nick over at The Pinball Blog makes no bones about that when it comes to a new column which he has begun running

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Paul's Billiards and Arcade opens in Ocean City, MD

Shaggy January 21, 2009 0

A small new arcade has opened in Ocean City Maryland and even though it is still relatively small (with 2 pool tables and 19 arcade games total, which includes redemption and pinball) it has

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Namco Bandai mentions arcades in their plans for profitability

Shaggy January 21, 2009 3

This is a minor thing I know but it would be quite easy for Namco to gloss over their arcade division and say that they expect all their profits to come from console gaming

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Initial D5 website updated

Shaggy January 21, 2009 0

Sega Japan has updated the site for Initial D5 to include more info, screenshots and a promotional movie. It’s unclear exactly what is all new here (I am sure that hardcore fans of the

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Big SFIV tourney in Japan with a rumor on SFIV Arcade updates

Shaggy January 21, 2009 0

The console release of Street Fighter IV is fast approaching but in Japan the arcade version is not being completely overshadowed, with a big SFIV “convention” that included a huge arcade competition, a look

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Sega's ATEI game roster

Shaggy January 20, 2009 3

Sega has sent out a press release detailing their ATEI 09 line-up and in addition to a few games we already have seen info on previously such as HUMMER, Harley Davidson, R-Tuned Racing, Rambo,

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The Arcade Heroes GOTY 2008 winners were…

Shaggy January 19, 2009 5

Before we start to get hit with all the news out of ATEI I figured it would be good to ‘finalize’ the results of our GOTY 2008 polls. The polls remain open but I

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The Battle For California

Shaggy January 19, 2009 4

(Photo credit: James Glover II, Ventura County Star) For those who say that arcades have died off because they can’t match competing online with people you don’t see or have never met, I don’t

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Pac-Man makes the obligatory energy drink appearance

Shaggy January 17, 2009 4

Street Fighter got an energy drink recently so why not the other great arcade icon, Pac-Man? Well, I wouldn’t have cared had Pac-Man never been used in marketing energy drinks but since he has,

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