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Shaggy's Review: Blade Master by Irem

Shaggy's Review: Blade Master by Irem

Shaggy March 13, 2008 1

Since I covered scrolling fighters in my Missing in Action article recently, I figured that it would be good to cover one in my next review. This week we’re taking a look at a

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Income results on Japanese arcade games

Income results on Japanese arcade games

Shaggy March 12, 2008 1

One thing that operators always want to know about before buying a game is “Did it test well?”. Good testing generally (but not always) indicates how well a game will do elsewhere although publishers

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Street Fighter IV pricing (in Japan)

Street Fighter IV pricing (in Japan)

Shaggy March 9, 2008 16

While many operators (including myself) are looking to get their hands on Street Fighter IV when it comes out to arcades this summer/fall, one factor that will determine which arcades will be able to

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Games we're glad to have missed: Tattoo Assassins

Games we're glad to have missed: Tattoo Assassins

Shaggy March 8, 2008 2

So it’s Saturday and naturally the arcade news spigot turns from “trickle” to “off” (or on occasion, “drip”) and it is fun to check out some of the strange things that have come along

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KOF'98 UM Official Site

KOF'98 UM Official Site

Shaggy March 8, 2008 0

While many gamers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of SNK’s KOF XII, SNK is releasing another KOF game in a few weeks, the remake of KOF98, known as KOF98 Ultimate Match. An official site

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Tank Adventure and Drum Party

Tank Adventure and Drum Party

Shaggy March 4, 2008 5

Here are a couple of new games that I discovered via Highway Games, called Tank Adventure and Drum Party respectively. Both games are in development by Tecway Development which is based out of Taiwan.

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SFIV video shows 2p cab, discusses US release

SFIV video shows 2p cab, discusses US release

Shaggy March 1, 2008 3

There are plenty of videos out on the net about Street Fighter IV but I liked this one in particular – it’s the first time I’ve seen an SFIV cabinet that has controls for

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Shaggy's Review: Rip Off by Cinematronics

Shaggy's Review: Rip Off by Cinematronics

Shaggy February 28, 2008 4

As a quick note you have probably noticed that I have not been able to keep up with my weekly review format so I am just going to do reviews when I really have

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Golden Tee to be featured at all Chicago Rush home games

Golden Tee to be featured at all Chicago Rush home games

Shaggy February 28, 2008 0

Before I get started I should point out that this article discusses American-football and not soccer (or what is called football everywhere else 🙂 ). In particular it discusses Arena Football, which is a

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King of Fighters XII English Trailer

King of Fighters XII English Trailer

Shaggy February 27, 2008 0

It looks like KOF 12 was shown off at GDC and with it an English translation of the Japanese trailer (I couldn’t find any other differences). Video via youtube user ikarileo which is via

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Play-On – arcade development system from Italy (w/ new arcade games)

Play-On – arcade development system from Italy (w/ new arcade games)

Shaggy February 26, 2008 0

The latest Stinger Report (Issue #618) finishes up coverage on ATEI from last month and with it plenty of great information, including news of a relatively new developer from Italy that has created a

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A look at arcade ports on retro consoles today

A look at arcade ports on retro consoles today

Shaggy February 23, 2008 2

Ever since Atari released Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 console, arcade ports have been something of a standard in the console industry. It becomes something of a conundrum however as console releases have

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