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IAAPA: Guitar Hero, American Idol, Justice League, more

Shaggy November 19, 2008 10

OK, we have finally got some stuff from IAAPA thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report and it looks like it’s been a great show so far. Here are a bunch of pics for Guitar

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BlazBlue now available for arcades in the US

Shaggy November 18, 2008 4

While a certain company may feel that arcades are dead and so there is no use selling their fighter arcade title in the US, a different company known as Aksys has eschewed the logic of the

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Target Toss Pro: Bags heads to the Wii

Shaggy November 18, 2008 0

I found this as a little bit of a surprise as Incredible Technologies hasn’t taken many games over from the coin-op market to the home market (they did do a GT game for cell

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IAAPA: Guitar Hero and American Idol seen, some details

Shaggy November 18, 2008 0

The information is starting to come out of IAAPA and first are the anticipated Guitar Hero and American Idol arcade games, we have been discussing for a little while now. This info comes to

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Capcom: No SFIV Arcade for the US

Shaggy November 17, 2008 13

I figure it’s good to get this out of the way before the main page is flooded with IAAPA info.  Capcom has come around and made it official – SFIV will not come to

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IAAPA news: Guitar Hero to be at the show (UPDATED)

Shaggy November 17, 2008 7

Here is a very interesting rumor to start off with some IAAPA coverage: Guitar Hero will be at IAAPA and there will be a twist in who is involved in the game. According to

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Pre-IAAPA thoughts and guesses

Shaggy November 15, 2008 0

IAAPA is just a few days away and this is unfortunately one event I will not be able to go to. But we will have information pouring in straight from the floor as our

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Someone had a bad uWink experience (eegads!)

Shaggy November 15, 2008 0

One of those things you have to deal with as a business operator is that many individuals may come and go to your place of business and have a pleasant experience but if one

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R-Tuned site reminds us that the game is coming soon

Shaggy November 15, 2008 0

It’s been a little while since we heard something about R-Tuned but Sega’s latest arcade racer that seeks to overcome what happened with RaceTV is almost out in Japan and the teaser site has

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25 years and still standing – the Asteroids High Score

Shaggy November 14, 2008 0

I’m sorry I missed this one yesterday but being a day late doesn’t hurt. Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Scott Safran setting the still unbroken high score record on Atari’s Asteroids, setting the

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New images from Stern's CSI Pinball

Shaggy November 14, 2008 1

[Thanks to IcePagoda for the tip] Pinball News has the first images of the new CSI pinball machine by Stern and after looking at them I have to say that I am far more

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Worried about the economy? Advertise

Shaggy November 14, 2008 0

The AAMA has created a very interesting document that is of value to arcade operators and soon-to-be operators alike – something that deals with making money during a recession. Can such a thing be

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