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The Konami Arcade Championship 2011 coming to Japan next week
Newsfeed 1114 via One strength of arcade games is that their skill-based nature allows for great competitions, some of which are worthy of dramatized documentaries. Some games are more skill-based than others and when
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Celebrate Donkey Kong’s Birthday this Weekend @ Star Worlds Arcade Classic Game Celebration
Many great games came out 30 years ago in 1981 and plenty of those games are iconic enough to hold players attention today. Among the more famous ’81 titles is Donkey Kong which has
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Ye Olde Coin-Op Games
(Thanks for the tip Imran!) While our primary obsession here has to do with either coin-op video games or pinball, there was a time before the video age where you still could get coin-op
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JAMMA ’11: Operation GHOST; Taito TypeX3 specs; Block King
JAMMA is wrapping up and one thing that means is that more videos are now on te web of what was at the show. There was no big annoucement for some new Sega hardware
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Getting to know Dirty Drivin’ and Specular Interactive
Earlier this year we learned about a new arcade title in development by Specular Interactive called Dirty Drivin’. In 2009 they created a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder called H2Overdrive. Some of the team
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Dido Kart 2 and Project X-Pher now available from InJoy Motion
As we get into the end of the year we can now expect to start seeing more game releases coming along, just in time for the end of the year holiday season. Today, Taiwanese
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Arcade Related: Atari’s Arcade Duo for iPad; Arcade pin set
Newsfeeds 1106 & 1107 via While I work on an article for my visit to Specular Interactive yesterday, The Stinger Report sent us a few arcade related stuff that’s quick and easy to get
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Aiming for the High Score…and Charity
(Thanks to Glenn Thomas for the info) Taking on a gaming marathon on a classic arcade title is no simple task in most cases and when it’s all said and done, the result is
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ArcSystem Works Releasing Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka to arcades in 2012
(Via a tweet and forum post at ArcadeOtaku) ArcSystem Works, makers of fighting games like BlazBlue has another 2D fighter in the works for arcades and this one is called Persona 4: The Ultimate
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From the AAMA Gala: Sega’s Operation GHOST, Dirty Drivin’, Flight Control FX
We had a little more to share from the AAMA Gala that took place a short time ago in Lincolnshire, IL and as promised, here you are. First is Sega’s latest light-gun shooter Operation
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Namco considering location testing Tekken Tag 2 in the US
(Thanks to ArcadeBelgium for retweeting this!) In an answer to a question from a fan today, Tekken producer Harada gave us some arcade news to talk about. The latest Tekken coming to market, Tekken
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Video Tour of the PAPA 14 World Pinball Championships
A couple of weeks ago, the 14th PAPA (Professional & Amateur Pinball Association) World Pinball Championships took place and as expected, there was plenty of pinball goodness on hand to enjoy. Don’t let the
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