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New Super Mario Bros. Wii World Coins on loctest in Japan

New Super Mario Bros. Wii World Coins on loctest in Japan

arcadehero February 2, 2011 5

Newsfeed 995 via Back in December of last year, Capcom unveiled that they were working with Nintendo to bring New Super Mario Bros. Wii to Japanese arcades in the form of a medal game

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What are your top 5 light-gun arcade games?

What are your top 5 light-gun arcade games?

arcadehero January 29, 2011 20

(Thanks for the tip igo) I’m not a big fan of Top X lists because for me my favorite games aren’t set in stone but sometimes it’s fun to chat about some of the

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Adrenaline Amusement’s TouchFX now available

Adrenaline Amusement’s TouchFX now available

arcadehero January 29, 2011 1

One of the nice surprises about IAAPA this past November was the appearance of a new product by Adrenaline Amusements, a company based out of Toronto, Canada. It was called TouchFX and it offered

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EAG 2011 Pictures from The Stinger Report

EAG 2011 Pictures from The Stinger Report

arcadehero January 27, 2011 2

It’s become tradition for us to share with you pictures of a trade show event provided to us by The Stinger Report and with this week’s EAG 2011, we’re happy to continue with that

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Taito’s Elevator Action Death Parade now available in the UK and US

Taito’s Elevator Action Death Parade now available in the UK and US

arcadehero January 26, 2011 6

(Stock photo of the game at the Trocadero) When the Trocadero in London got their hands on Taito’s light-gun based sequel to their Elevator Action series, Elevator Action: Death Parade, it appeared that the

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Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Versus Kits coming soon

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Versus Kits coming soon

arcadehero January 25, 2011 6

Alternate Headline: Capcom finally comes to their senses. The biggest issue I have had with SFIV and SSFIV arcade editions has been Capcom’s way of handling the release. Instead of creating a couple of

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The 2010 Arcade Games of the Year are…

The 2010 Arcade Games of the Year are…

arcadehero January 24, 2011 11

The time has passed and the polls are closed. So what did you pick as the Arcade Game of The Year? For the US/European markets: TERMINATOR SALVATION (Raw Thrills) For Asian markets: DARIUS BURST

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NG:DEV.TEAM teases GunLord for NeoGeo MVS, Dreamcast

NG:DEV.TEAM teases GunLord for NeoGeo MVS, Dreamcast

arcadehero January 23, 2011 8

They’ve already released a couple of titles for the Neo GeoMVS and Dreamcast and NG:DEV.TEAM, a game development group based in Germany is teasing their next Neo-Geo (and Dreamcast) title, GunLord. All we know

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Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory

Pac-Man Battle Royale at the factory

arcadehero January 21, 2011 1

Last week we ran the news that Namco’s Pac-Man Battle Royale arcade game is available for purchase and now Namco America has complimented that news with a press release and some pictures of the

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EAG 2011 preview: UNIS and Friction

EAG 2011 preview: UNIS and Friction

arcadehero January 21, 2011 2

Next Tuesday, the biggest coin-op expo of Europe will take place – EAG. Many new games will make an appearance there, some of which were seen at IAAPA this past November in the US

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Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade First Photos

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade First Photos

arcadehero January 20, 2011 12

(Thanks to Bob T. of Skokie for the pics!) A little over a week ago, we ran a rumor post about the development of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing into an arcade game, which

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KOF remakes for ’98 and 2002 coming Jan. 24th to NESiCA

KOF remakes for ’98 and 2002 coming Jan. 24th to NESiCA

arcadehero January 19, 2011 5

Of all the fighting game series to grace the arcade, none has been as consistent in releasing a yearly update in some form than The King of Fighters by SNK Playmore. Out of the

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