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The Battle For California

The Battle For California

Shaggy January 19, 2009 0

(Photo credit: James Glover II, Ventura County Star) For those who say that arcades have died off because they can’t match competing online with people you don’t see or have never met, I don’t

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A look back at professional gaming and how it got it's start in arcades

A look back at professional gaming and how it got it's start in arcades

Shaggy January 14, 2009 0

The Kansas City News has posted a fairly long and fascinating article about professional gaming and it deals mostly with Twin Galaxies and how the professional gaming circuit initially got it’s start back in

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Jerad's Choice BBH Online Tourney

Jerad's Choice BBH Online Tourney

Shaggy November 12, 2008 0

Sorry about the lack of updates the past few days – I’ve been busy, busy ,busy with the arcade and other things in life. It seems like when one machine breaks down they all

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How the huge Golden Tee World Championship at AMOA went down

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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Old DDR tournament photos from Jared Rea

Old DDR tournament photos from Jared Rea

Shaggy September 5, 2008 0

Ah there’s nothing quite like an arcade competition, is there? Especially when it’s with something popular, like DDR. Jared Rea has unearthed some old DDR tournament pictures from Northern California, circa 1999-2001. It’s always

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Golden Tee Championship at AMOA

Golden Tee Championship at AMOA

Shaggy September 5, 2008 3

I have to hand it to Incredible Technologies, while I’ve heard that not everyone is excited about AMOA next week, they certainly are and they are looking to give attendees a reason to be

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An evening at EVO 2008 Championship Series

An evening at EVO 2008 Championship Series

Shaggy August 11, 2008 0

The EVO 2008 Championship Series has come and gone, being held in Las Vegas from the 8th-10th and one of our readers, Chris Ainsworth has kindly sent us a link to his page where

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Silver Strike Bowling Winners for May & June

Silver Strike Bowling Winners for May & June

Shaggy August 9, 2008 0

There have been a lot of official competitions being run by arcade developers lately and with those, winners to gather the prizes. First off is Silver Strike Bowling, which continues to hold competitions with

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Silver Strike Bowling Jeep Sweepstakes video

Silver Strike Bowling Jeep Sweepstakes video

Shaggy July 29, 2008 0

A while back I remember that we posted about a contest involving the arcade title Silver strike Bowling 2009 where they were giving away a jeep as the grand prize but I missed out

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The Big Buck Hunter Pro 2008 World Championship Tournament (Updated)

The Big Buck Hunter Pro 2008 World Championship Tournament (Updated)

Shaggy July 28, 2008 1

Another tournament is on the way with Big Buck Hunter, which has been made easier to do with their online version of the game (I’m still looking forward to the online upgrade to BBS).

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Neo-Arcadia's booth @ Japan Expo 2008

Neo-Arcadia's booth @ Japan Expo 2008

Shaggy July 12, 2008 0

Japan Expo 2008 was recently held in France and arcade-related website Neo-Arcadia was there with a booth and plenty of screenshots to boot. The arcade presence at the expo brought many games into one

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Street Fighter IV at London's Battle of Destiny

Street Fighter IV at London's Battle of Destiny

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 3

Battle of Destiny is a tournament for the hardcore fighting fans out there – a proving ground in which challengers compete on Hyper Street Fighter 2, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Capcom vs SNK 2

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