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Namco’s Dead Heat in action

Shaggy August 17, 2010 11

While we have posted numerous details on Namco’s newest racing game Dead Heat, which is due out this fall, we haven’t seen any in-depth video of the actual game in action, until now. This

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Article: The Player — Japanese Queuing for Arcade!

Shaggy August 16, 2010 0

Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has penned a new article just for us and this one takes a look at the growing interest in the amusement sector in Japan, despite the doom and

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Parent company of Intencity posts strong earnings

Shaggy August 16, 2010 2

Newsfeed 902 via For those unfamiliar with Intencity, it’s the amusement wing of Village Roadshow, an entertainment company based in Australia that deals with theme parks, cinema centers, music, DVDs and more. From the

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Test your tablecloth pulling skills with The Tablecloth Hour

Shaggy August 15, 2010 0

Last year Taito contributed a new game to the often quirky world of Japanese arcade games called Ultra Low Dining Table(scroll almost halfway down on the link for videos; it’s also pictured to the

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Castle Crashers The Arcade Game to be at PAX

Shaggy August 14, 2010 1

While scrolling fighters have all but disappeared in the arcade industry in recent years (with a few notable exceptions such as Oriental Legend 2, Justice League or Dynamite Deka EX), the genre has been

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If you build it, they will come and play

Shaggy August 14, 2010 11

When Aaron Auzins sent me this video from the opening of the Galloping Ghost Arcade (they are promising to send more media as well which I have added to our previous GGA post to

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Namco unveils Pac-Man's Arcade Party

Shaggy August 13, 2010 6

Namco has already shown their enthusiasm in celebrating Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary with Pac-Man Battle Royale (due next month) but you can now add two arcade titles to the ways of how they are celebrating.

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UK Pinball Party starts tomorrow

Shaggy August 12, 2010 0

Pinball junkies in the UK have a big event to look forward to, the UK Pinball Party. It begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday although they already have held a warming up event with

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More Guitar Hero cabinets from Brazil

Shaggy August 12, 2010 0

During my recent trip to Brazil I came across a number of Guitar Hero cabinets, produced by Brazilian game distributor Diverbras. I also came across a Rock Band 2 cabinet and a couple of

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The most impractical, yet cool Ferrari simulator of the day

Shaggy August 12, 2010 1

Newsfeed 899 via We’ve seen a number of racing simulators come onto the scene lately but none of them can make the claim that this one has. It’s controlled by a gigantic robotic arm.

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Galloping Ghost Arcade open Friday night in Brookfield, IL (UPDATED with launch photos)

Shaggy August 12, 2010 7

The new arcade facility headed by the group developing a new arcade fighter Dark Presence will be opening it’s doors tomorrow night @ 11:59PM and judging by the video they sent us, they have

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GRID, Let's Go Island launching soon

Shaggy August 11, 2010 0

Sega Amusements UK has sent out invites to an upcoming product launch event and Kevin Williams shared with us what the invitation looks like.  6 new products are being launched there, including GRID which

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