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Discovering Jaleco’s Unreleased Chimera Beast

Discovering Jaleco’s Unreleased Chimera Beast

arcadehero July 3, 2013 4

When arcade news is slow here, it is always fun to sift through the rich history of games both released and unreleased. Today let’s take a look at an unreleased game from 1993 by

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The Brief Life of Arcade First Person Shooting Games

The Brief Life of Arcade First Person Shooting Games

arcadehero June 28, 2013 13

I hope that everyone is having a happy summer if you are in the Northern hemisphere and if in the Southern, an acceptable Winter. Arcade news has been relatively slow for the past little

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Sega’s Wonderful Simulation Games Over The Years

Sega’s Wonderful Simulation Games Over The Years

arcadehero June 6, 2013 7

On June 6th 1964, Sega began selling arcade games. They had been in business prior to that dealing with vending machines but they recognized the value of electromechanical amusements at the time. This path

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Boardwalk Arcade To Be Open July 6th-Sept 8th in Rochester N.Y.

Boardwalk Arcade To Be Open July 6th-Sept 8th in Rochester N.Y.

arcadehero June 5, 2013 2

(Image Source) Newsfeed 1313 via The Strong Museum of Play is in the news again, this time they will have an exhibit that appeals to the nostalgic feel of a boardwalk with retro games

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Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 1)

Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 1)

arcadehero May 27, 2013 6

UPDATE: Part 2 can be found here. It’s been a long while since we did an arcade prototype overview in regards to a single company and with news all but dried up this weekend

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100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Review

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Review

arcadehero May 2, 2013 3

Just a few days ago we ran news about the DVD release of a new documentary called 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience. After giving sitting down and giving it a thorough watching, here

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100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Now Available On DVD

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Now Available On DVD

arcadehero April 29, 2013 3

(Thanks to Chris at 100YenFilm as well as Geovany for the tip) UPDATE: My review of this has now been posted. It’s been a little while since we heard about the crowdsourced documentary film,

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Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

arcadehero April 23, 2013 3

Time for another blending of news items together into one post. It does a body good, every once in a while at least. About a year and a half ago an arcade opened up

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Retro Arcade Postmortems from GDC

Retro Arcade Postmortems from GDC

arcadehero April 4, 2013 4

(Image via g4tv.com) The Game Developers Conference is a great place for “postmortems”, or where a developer looks back at the development process for a title that they worked on. Insight is given as

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Hurray Weekend: Speedy’s Repair Services, Arcades at GDC2013, Chuck E Cheese App + More

Hurray Weekend: Speedy’s Repair Services, Arcades at GDC2013, Chuck E Cheese App + More

arcadehero March 29, 2013 2

I’m not sure that there will be any important news to come along this weekend as Easter arrives (some places are already closed for the ‘Good Friday’ portion of it all), so perhaps this

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Article: A Trip Through the London ‘Arcade Corridor’

Article: A Trip Through the London ‘Arcade Corridor’

arcadehero February 17, 2013 2

A look at the current state of the arcade scene in London,

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Book Review: Atari Inc. Business Is Fun

Book Review: Atari Inc. Business Is Fun

arcadehero January 17, 2013 1

Well here is a rarity for us, a book review. It’s not that there aren’t any books about arcades out there, just that I have not got my hands on one until recently. The

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