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Street Fighter IV invades London Arcades

Street Fighter IV invades London Arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 0

I finally got a chance to play SFIV the other day as my brother had purchased it for the Xbox 360. It was fun, especially when I beat Seth with Blanka on Hardest after

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The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

Shaggy March 31, 2009 0

Betson has announced a schedule of events for the 10th annual Turning Stone Expo which is going to be held April 17th & 18th at the Turning Stone Casion/Resort in Syracuse, NY. While I

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Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system

Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system

Shaggy March 28, 2009 3

JAMMA (also known as the Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association) announced today that testing will begin on April 1st, 2009 for the use of a universal cashless e-payment system. The test will last for

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There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

Shaggy March 28, 2009 0

Not many arcades have some of the good old classics on-site anymore but for those who do, there is one great advantage that comes out of it – those games easily attract older players

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More boat racing coming to arcades with Aquarace; also a video of Sega’s Storm-G

More boat racing coming to arcades with Aquarace; also a video of Sega’s Storm-G

Shaggy March 28, 2009 4

It looks like H2Overdrive won’t be alone for long when it comes to frantic boat racing – Korean game maker Simuline has their own boat racing title ready to go called Aquarace, which from

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IRRobot's MaruBot Football League

IRRobot's MaruBot Football League

Shaggy March 24, 2009 1

One development that I have always kept an eye out for in the coin-op arcade sector is the creation of new kinds of experiences that are extremely difficult to reproduce at home and aren’t

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Jeuxactu.com interviews KOFXII producer Maasaki Kukinko

Jeuxactu.com interviews KOFXII producer Maasaki Kukinko

Shaggy March 24, 2009 1

A lot of people are excited about SNK’s upcoming King Of Fighters XII. I am one of them although I do admit that my enthusiasm for the game has been dampered a little bit by the

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Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

Shaggy March 24, 2009 0

I received this a couple of days ago but as it was all in Japanese in a form that the online translator could not do anything with it (I have noticed many Japanese sites

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More ASI goodness: Pictures from The Stinger Report

More ASI goodness: Pictures from The Stinger Report

Shaggy March 19, 2009 1

We are not done with our ASI coverage just yet – in addition to this post I still have more videos to upload but I am currently waiting on receiving those from my friend

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Arc System Works wants you to go dragon hunting (in Japan)

Arc System Works wants you to go dragon hunting (in Japan)

Shaggy March 18, 2009 4

Another cool terminal game is hitting the arcades in Japan, this time it is Dragon Hunter by Arc System Works (same company that brought us BlazBlue). This title is not a fighter but a

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Konami already testing a sequel/update to uBeat

Konami already testing a sequel/update to uBeat

Shaggy March 17, 2009 0

One game I had hoped to see at ASI was Konami’s uBeat. There had been a US location test but since then we have heard pretty much nothing about the game here. Sadly, we

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And you thought you had seen everything when it came to claw machines…

And you thought you had seen everything when it came to claw machines…

Shaggy March 17, 2009 0

AH friend Kevin Williams is on the road but still is sending us newsfeeds (sorry I missed you at ASI BTW), this time of the strangest crane machine I have seen yet. I will

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