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Route 66 Arcade Museum Now Open in Atlanta, IL
It’s been a little while since we had news of a new location opening the doors probably due to most places trying to get open at the beginning of the summer. For this location
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Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is
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Discovering Jaleco’s Unreleased Chimera Beast
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
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
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.
(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)
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
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
(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
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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