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Here's another school project arcade – Bionic Roshamo

Shaggy October 7, 2008 1

We’ve got nothing but love for arcade games that came out of a school project this week. Seriously – if you have one out there then send us a link to info on the

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Another school project arcade game – Starcell XF-1

Shaggy October 5, 2008 3

I’ve stumbled across another homebrew arcade school project and maybe it’s just me but it seems like these are becoming more common lately. This particular project, called Starcell XF-1 is an original game running

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First look at Dark Presence's prototype cabinet

Shaggy October 5, 2008 3

It’s been a little while since we looked at the new and upcoming fighter Dark Presence as they have been working on putting the finishing touches on the game as well as working on

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Another console based coin-op machine, PlayCoin

Shaggy October 5, 2008 0

Well it hasn’t been long since we saw the demise of the Xbox 360 powered “Arcade Station T2” and here is another console-powered coin-op system, this time out of Greece and based upon the

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The Stinger Report visits Preview 2009 in London

Shaggy October 4, 2008 3

Preview 2009 has now come and gone and thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report we have a look at what went on there. In addition to demonstrating a number of games we

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A theft where the machines are stolen

Shaggy October 2, 2008 6

  With all the work, money and risk I am putting into my own arcade business, I can really feel for the owners in this bizarre theft story where the owner arrived one morning

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More information on the US release of Arcana Heart 2

Shaggy September 29, 2008 3

I did a follow-up with Satinder Bhutani, Executive Vice President at Andamiro USA and I was able to get a little more information on the US release of the Japanese girl-on-girl fighter, Arcana Heart

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Mario Just Wants an Arcade

Shaggy September 29, 2008 0

Thanks to Pushing Play for sending us this video, it’s Mario’s (aka Mike Long) protest about the Funland Arcade in Toronto closing down. With all the frustration I’ve heard about this Funland closing, I

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Dance Challenge, a new arcade game from India

Shaggy September 29, 2008 4

It’s always a good thing when we see someone new join the arcade game creation business, and it’s just as cool when you see them come out of a country not yet known for

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Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom running on Wii-based hardware?

Shaggy September 27, 2008 8

I was a little surprised when I heard that the home version of Tatsunoko VS. Capcom was announced just for the Wii – I figured that it would have come to something else as well. Perhaps

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Power Putt Golf released today

Shaggy September 25, 2008 1

It’s not often when we have an exact release date for an arcade game which leads to a lot of guessing (of course when a game begins shipping usually means that it’s still a

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Flyer for Jet Ball

Shaggy September 24, 2008 0

A few days ago I was sent some pictures of a new game called Jet Ball by The Stinger Report which reminded me that I played the game at AMOA and I also picked

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