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A History of Star Trek at the arcades

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 7

With important dates, new movies and a TV show coming along based on Star Trek, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the history of Trek in arcades. I’ve long been

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"[Online] Multiplayer Can't Replace an Audience"

"[Online] Multiplayer Can't Replace an Audience"

Shaggy April 2, 2009 0

One fact of gaming life these days is online multiplayer. All three consoles push it to their own degrees (with the Wii lacking behind the others in quality by far) and many PC games

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Street Fighter IV invades London Arcades

Street Fighter IV invades London Arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 0

I finally got a chance to play SFIV the other day as my brother had purchased it for the Xbox 360. It was fun, especially when I beat Seth with Blanka on Hardest after

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The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

The 10th Annual Turning Stone Expo coming up

Shaggy March 31, 2009 0

Betson has announced a schedule of events for the 10th annual Turning Stone Expo which is going to be held April 17th & 18th at the Turning Stone Casion/Resort in Syracuse, NY. While I

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Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system

Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system

Shaggy March 28, 2009 3

JAMMA (also known as the Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association) announced today that testing will begin on April 1st, 2009 for the use of a universal cashless e-payment system. The test will last for

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There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

Shaggy March 28, 2009 0

Not many arcades have some of the good old classics on-site anymore but for those who do, there is one great advantage that comes out of it – those games easily attract older players

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More boat racing coming to arcades with Aquarace; also a video of Sega’s Storm-G

More boat racing coming to arcades with Aquarace; also a video of Sega’s Storm-G

Shaggy March 28, 2009 4

It looks like H2Overdrive won’t be alone for long when it comes to frantic boat racing – Korean game maker Simuline has their own boat racing title ready to go called Aquarace, which from

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Design-A-Hole is back

Design-A-Hole is back

Twisted Supreme March 27, 2009 0

The popular Design-A-Hole competition run by Incredible Technologies last year to coincide with thier 20th anniversary is back after popular demand. What was supposed to be a one off last year is returning and

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Robo-Basho gets an upgrade, now testing in the Chicago area

Robo-Basho gets an upgrade, now testing in the Chicago area

Shaggy March 26, 2009 2

In lieu of the robotic arcade goodness I posted about the other day, I am happy to receive a tip about one of the games I mentioned in that post, Robo-Basho(tm), has been upgraded

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IRRobot's MaruBot Football League

IRRobot's MaruBot Football League

Shaggy March 24, 2009 1

One development that I have always kept an eye out for in the coin-op arcade sector is the creation of new kinds of experiences that are extremely difficult to reproduce at home and aren’t

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Jeuxactu.com interviews KOFXII producer Maasaki Kukinko

Jeuxactu.com interviews KOFXII producer Maasaki Kukinko

Shaggy March 24, 2009 1

A lot of people are excited about SNK’s upcoming King Of Fighters XII. I am one of them although I do admit that my enthusiasm for the game has been dampered a little bit by the

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Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang

Shaggy March 24, 2009 0

I received this a couple of days ago but as it was all in Japanese in a form that the online translator could not do anything with it (I have noticed many Japanese sites

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