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Electric Theater Vintage Arcade coming to Kansas City, MO this year

Electric Theater Vintage Arcade coming to Kansas City, MO this year

arcadehero January 23, 2011 14

Another classic arcade is in the works, and this time it will be found in the Kansas City, Missouri area.  Too be known as the Electric Theater Vintage Arcade, the operator Mike Freeland is

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The Arcade Street in Paris

The Arcade Street in Paris

arcadehero January 12, 2011 3

Newsfeed 986 via If you’re in Paris and you want to enjoy playing some arcades from Japan, then you’ll want to find your way to Arcade Street. This location is near Nation subway station

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How the year went at my own arcade

How the year went at my own arcade

arcadehero December 30, 2010 22

As long time readers of this site are aware, I own and operate my own arcade in Utah. I opened up back in June 2008 and it’s been a wild ride but I have

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Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2

arcadehero December 8, 2010 7

Since I first heard about Taito’s new arcade-based download service NESiCAxLive back in September, I’ve been eager to see the time when it would be in operation and how it would all work out.

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Who plays at the arcade in Japan and why? (UPDATED)

Who plays at the arcade in Japan and why? (UPDATED)

arcadehero November 30, 2010 15

(UPDATED: thanks to one of our readers who translated a couple of the charts for us into English, they are posted below). Market data for the amusement industry is sometimes hard to come by,

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Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

arcadehero November 6, 2010 3

To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right

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Sega posts improved profit projections

Sega posts improved profit projections

HeavyElectricity October 1, 2010 0

Sega Sammy Holdings yesterday revised its half and full year financial forecasts, and the good news for the company is that it has increased its projected profits. The full year figure is projected to

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Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 925 & 926 via Recently we had a little bit of discussion about Capcom’s attitude towards the arcade market – fans have been disappointed by the lack of an arcade version of games

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Tokyo Game Action closes

Tokyo Game Action closes

HeavyElectricity February 10, 2009 4

It’s always sad to see an arcade closing, but this one is particularly heartbreaking. Tokyo Game Action of Wichendon, MA has been forced to shut down with immediate effect, with a liquidation sale to

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Play Meter Magazine's 2008 State of the Industry report

Play Meter Magazine's 2008 State of the Industry report

Shaggy January 27, 2009 2

Every year since 1976, the amusement trade industry magazine Play Meter gathers information from operators and others in the industry to put together a State of the Industry Report. When I was researching every aspect

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Amusement industry bucking the slowdown trend…in India

Amusement industry bucking the slowdown trend…in India

Shaggy January 23, 2009 0

As we know, many different parts of the the world are experiencing an economic slowdown and when this happens, it’s natural for many kinsd of industries to be hit hard. We’ve been hearing of

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

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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