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Specular Interactive/Raw Thrills Officially Unveils Dirty Drivin’

Specular Interactive/Raw Thrills Officially Unveils Dirty Drivin’

Shaggy August 18, 2011 0

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 was

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The Taiwanese Arcade where Tetris is King

The Taiwanese Arcade where Tetris is King

Shaggy August 17, 2011 6

(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

Shaggy August 16, 2011 5

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

Shaggy August 16, 2011 4

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

Shaggy 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

Shaggy August 14, 2011 3

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

Shaggy August 5, 2011 1

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

Shaggy August 2, 2011 4

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”

Shaggy July 29, 2011 15

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

Shaggy 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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Darius Burst Another Chronicle EX and new BlazBlue unveiled

Darius Burst Another Chronicle EX and new BlazBlue unveiled

Shaggy July 27, 2011 2

Darius Burst Another Chronicle has certainly stirred some attention around the world, it has had a solid release in Japan, and it was shown in Europe a short time ago as well. It should

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The arcade goodness of Comic-Con

The arcade goodness of Comic-Con

Shaggy July 26, 2011 1

My brief hiatus is over now after I had been out in the wilderness camping. It was quite fun but with it over, back to the news of the arcade world. It doesn’t look

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