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A look at an arcade in North Korea

Shaggy September 24, 2008 1

I’m glad I don’t live in North Korea for a host of reasons and here’s another one to chalk up on the list when you take a look at an arcade there. It’s a

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How the huge Golden Tee World Championship at AMOA went down

Shaggy September 24, 2008 0

One thing I did miss out on at AMOA was the Golden Tee World Championship that took place on Friday and Saturday there. It would have been fun to watch and participate – I

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Stinger Report Article: Very Large Arcade Show Shakes Consoles Confidence

Shaggy September 23, 2008 1

Here is a new article from our friend Kevin Williams at The Stinger Report, this time discussing the impact of the 46th AM show in Japan and the subsequent flurry of interest that has

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A new site for helping you find an arcade near you: Arcade Fly

Shaggy September 22, 2008 4

A new website dedicated to helping players find arcades near them as well as see what games are there and connect with other players is now available to the public. Known as Arcade Fly,

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Videos of BlazBlue, KOFXII, Tekken 6 BR, Gundam and more

Shaggy September 20, 2008 0

Sorry we haven’t posted many videos yet of all these new games being shown in Japan – we have to wait until they show up on a website WordPress allows embeding from, and there

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More stuff from the 46th AM show: Tatsunoko Vs Capcom, BlazBlue, Gundam NEXT, HOTD Ex & more

Shaggy September 20, 2008 2

There is more to talk about with the upcoming AM show in Japan as there are many Japanese game sites out there gathering information and photos on the many games to see at the show.  

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Dance Dance Revolution X USA location test report

Shaggy September 18, 2008 0

A few days ago I posted a location test report from one of our readers, Phil Arrington who got a chance to check out two Konami games on test in California. We already did

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Arcade Hunters check out Tokyo Game Action

Shaggy September 18, 2008 0

The guys from PressStartComic.com have made many arcade-related videos over the past little while and I realyl like their latest idea – “Arcade Hunters” where they go around and tour arcades. It’s a great

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The AM show (JAMMA) Mega Preview Post : Elevator Action, Razing Storm, KOFXII, Harley Davidson, CastleVania & more

Shaggy September 18, 2008 3

There is another arcade event about to take place next week and this time it’s in Japan. Known as the AM Show, also called the JAMMA show, it brings with it a lot of

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The Immersive Cocoon and thoughts on other technologies arcades can use

Shaggy September 18, 2008 0

The Stinger Report pointed us to a very interesting article about the future of computers and how we will interact with them via the Immersive Cocoon – think a possible prototype to Star Trek’s

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More coverage for ArcadeUFO in Texas

Shaggy September 17, 2008 9

We’ve discussed the opening of ArcadeUFO previously but it blows my mind how many blogs and other news sources I keep running into that are discussing it – so much so that it’s not

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SFIV attracts crowds at SJSU

Shaggy September 16, 2008 5

(Thanks to Slonie for the pic of the location) SFIV continues to attract crowds and as further evidence to that proof here is a story from the Spartan Daily, a newspaper by and for

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