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Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe

Seen at AAMA Gala 2011: Deadstorm Pirates Upright, Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe

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(Thanks to Sam Ven of Namco for the pics!) The new products just keep rolling out as we get more information from what was at the AAMA Gala this week. Here is a look

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Sega shows off Operation G.H.O.S.T. for Europe & North America

Sega shows off Operation G.H.O.S.T. for Europe & North America

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Newsfeed 1100 via Sega’s next light-gun shooter takes us back to the popular GHOST Squad franchise with Operation G.H.O.S.T. We’ve already discussed the game a little as it’s been shown off in Japan already

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Specular Interactive/Raw Thrills Officially Unveils Dirty Drivin’

Specular Interactive/Raw Thrills Officially Unveils Dirty Drivin’

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UPDATE: Be sure to check out our in-depth behind-the-scenes look at Dirty Drivin’ if you haven’t already! While we got information about this ahead of time, jumping the gun a little bit as it

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The Taiwanese Arcade where Tetris is King

The Taiwanese Arcade where Tetris is King

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(Thanks to Shinichi on our Facebook page for the tip!) Any good restaurant has a signature dish that attracts locals in to enjoy it and in turn they give patronage to that restaurant, usually

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The Rockin Roller Mobile Arcade

The Rockin Roller Mobile Arcade

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Newsfeed 1098 & 1099 via While arcades are generally known as fixed locations, in recent times that hasn’t always been the case with new mobile arcade gamerooms. Take a truck trailer, cram it with

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Build your own virtual arcade with Insane Arcade

Build your own virtual arcade with Insane Arcade

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Deviating from our normally stringent way of talking about coin-op arcade software is something related to that. On our Facebook page, Poom Chompoosri, posted a link to a new game called Insane Arcade. It’s

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Clips from Salex 2011 in Brazil

Clips from Salex 2011 in Brazil

arcadehero August 15, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1096 via Anyone who has followed this blog for a while knows that I have a connection with Brazil, last year I made a trip down there to visit with my wife’s family

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The Video Fever circa 1982

The Video Fever circa 1982

arcadehero August 14, 2011 5

It’s not the first time we have discussed a report from 1982 that covers arcade games – it seems that ’82 was the time the media really started to notice the craze (right before

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Terminator Salvation’s Postmortem in Game Developer Magazine

Terminator Salvation’s Postmortem in Game Developer Magazine

arcadehero August 5, 2011 2

I’ve been getting Game Developer Magazine for some time now – it’s not your typical game magazine since it’s made for developers in the industry and not so much the gamers. But if you

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New Deal or No Deal coming + Aquarace Extreme 3D

New Deal or No Deal coming + Aquarace Extreme 3D

arcadehero August 2, 2011 5

Everyone’s favorite videmption game ever is getting a sequel. We don’t have any pics of it yet but Play Mechanix has revealed that the new version of the game is out there somewhere with

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Pac-Man Battle Royale “unboxing”

Pac-Man Battle Royale “unboxing”

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First unveiled in February 2010, we got the first hands-on look for it the next month at the Amusement Expo, it made a big splash at e3 2010 and finally the game was found

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More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

arcadehero July 28, 2011 1

One nice thing about the annual California Extreme (CAX) annual event is that it generates a bit of media coverage for arcade and pinball machines. The latest outlet to do so is Wired.com, who

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