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Warlords has arrived!

Warlords has arrived!

Shaggy September 19, 2007 0

It came two days earlier than I had expected it to, but Warlords is here! The game is in excellent condition, I did have to make a couple of small adjustments to the monitor

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Hellcade – A Collection of Horrid Arcade Conversions

Hellcade – A Collection of Horrid Arcade Conversions

Shaggy September 10, 2007 0

One bad thing you occasionally run into in the world of arcade gaming are conversions – when someone takes one game cabinet and modifies it so it can play a different game. This usually

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Another arcade acquisition – Tetris

Another arcade acquisition – Tetris

Shaggy September 9, 2007 0

Hot on the heels of the Warlords cocktail I ended up buying a Tetris cabinet today (Saturday on my time) for only $100. I was at work when someone who knows about my interest

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My latest arcade purchase – Warlords Cocktail cabinet

My latest arcade purchase – Warlords Cocktail cabinet

Shaggy September 7, 2007 2

Well I have just bought my first game using funds for my arcade and it’s not a new game, in fact it’s older than I am (by a year or so) – Warlords (Cocktail

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Classic arcades and pins at an event in Iowa

Classic arcades and pins at an event in Iowa

Shaggy July 21, 2007 0

  Here’s a little blip about an event called Hudson Days in Waterloo-Ceder Valley Iowa where some arcade enthusiasts are setting up a ‘retrocade’ tent for people to come by and play some classic

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When a game room becomes an arcade

When a game room becomes an arcade

Shaggy July 14, 2007 0

While I don’t often post about game rooms I think this one is worthy enough for it as this guy has so many games that it’s more of an arcade than a game room.

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Defender Prototype

Defender Prototype

Shaggy July 5, 2007 0

It’s another slow news day in the arcade world so I thought I would bring up this interesting Defender prototype. One of the things that makes it interesting is the slightly inspired by Star

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