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Raw Thrills Launches the Big Buck HD Summer Training Tour
For regular players of Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix‘s Big Buck HD, hearing of a tournament to play on the machine is nothing new. But with a new “Summer Training Tour” promotion that begins tomorrow and
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Backstage Retro Arcade Now Open in Ludington, MI
Among the many points I made in my book about arcades, one was that arcade machines are not limited to being placed just inside of facilities called arcades. Just about any business can find
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Wrapping-Up The Week: Arcades At E3; Metallica LE Pinball; Big Buck World Championship 2013, Pirates of Monster Island + More
If you’ve been sloshing through the work week, it has finally come to an end to begin sloshing through the weekend. Here’s a review of some stories that have taken place this week that
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IGS Shows Off Overtake
New game news has been spotty for a while and this story will not take exception to the larger stream of news we’ve had coming from regions like Japan, Taiwan and China for the
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Newsblend Today: XCOM Arcade Cab; Gauntlet Design; New Videmption; Sonic Storm In Japan
It’s been a busy weekend for me as I’ve been handling 5th anniversary dealings with my arcade, The Game Grid Arcade. According to the conventional wisdom, the business should not even exist, much less
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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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Private Events Show Off New Product for Sega and Taito in Japan
Newsfeeds 1310 & 11 via With Summer just about to start (I do wonder, given that the heater in my house kicking in this morning with as cold as it was), its time for
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Taito’s NESiCAxLIVE Arcades Getting KOFXIII Climax and…Skullgirls (and Spelunker)
Little Update: Just a shout out to the7k and MMF who sent me this tip too but I did not check my email before checking Japanese news sources. UPDATE #2: We can add Spelunker
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Guilty Gear Xrd Sign Announced For Japanese Arcades
Sorry about the lack of stories for the past four days – it’s slowed down a bit. New games news almost never comes on a Sunday but for whatever reason Arc System Works decided
Read More »GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2013 Arcade Bonanza
It took a few extra days but here are more pictures of the arcade games found at last week’s GameTime International (GTI) Asia Taipei Expo 2013. For previous coverage of the GTI Asia Taipei
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Found on Kickstarter: King of the Ring Arcade Exer-Game
(Newsfeed 1306, link sent to us via ) Since the “crowdfunding” craze got started, various video games have found glorious success in obtaining funding so they can reach the wide market. Granted, the success
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Sega Testing Transformers Human Alliance In China This Weekend
While doing research into the Chinese and Taiwanese arcade markets this week I came across some very interesting news about a new game from Sega. Regular readers of the site here are aware that
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