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Say hello to Friction – a new arcade company and a new game UPDATED

Say hello to Friction – a new arcade company and a new game UPDATED

Shaggy September 10, 2008 7

AMOA is here and with it plenty new stuff to talk about. But today we don’t have just any news to talk about – it’s not every day we get to introduce to you

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Before I leave for AMOA…

Before I leave for AMOA…

Shaggy September 10, 2008 0

This is likely to be one of my last posts for the next couple of days as tomorrow morning I will be headed out to AMOA in Las Vegas. I have co-ordinated the trip

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Article: The United States of Street Fighter IV

Article: The United States of Street Fighter IV

Shaggy September 10, 2008 1

Here is another take on what is going on with SFIV right now by Jared Rea and for those interested he also has some pictures of what some operators are doing with their kits,

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Sega's plans for upcoming shows

Sega's plans for upcoming shows

Shaggy September 9, 2008 0

Sega has issued a press release detailing some of the things that we can expect to see at their upcoming events, including a few games we have already heard of (or played), Rambo and

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Foosball on Steroids

Foosball on Steroids

Shaggy September 8, 2008 0

[Thanks to reader Paul for the tip] When I was at ASI earlier this year I saw a couple of air hockey tables which had incorporated some new things into the tables like bumpers,

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Namco shows off a new motorcycle game – Nirin

Namco shows off a new motorcycle game – Nirin

Shaggy September 8, 2008 1

Well over a year ago we revealed that Namco was working on a new motorcycle racing game that looked to be targetted towards Western audiences but was being tested in Japan. Time passed and

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GlobalVR's NASCAR arcade gets an update

GlobalVR's NASCAR arcade gets an update

Shaggy September 7, 2008 1

GlobalVR has announced a new update for their NASCAR racing game, which adds two new tracks to the game, updates team rosters and also introduces the new Car of Tomorrow to the game. They

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BOUND – a co-op touchscreen arcade game

BOUND – a co-op touchscreen arcade game

Shaggy September 6, 2008 0

Here is another testament to innovative ideas that can be done better in an arcade format, a game designed by two students for a university project somewhere in Germany I believe (the PC I’m

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DDR:X and Jubeat testing in the US on Sept. 8th

DDR:X and Jubeat testing in the US on Sept. 8th

Shaggy September 6, 2008 0

[Thanks to Phil on our forums!] While I wasn’t entirely sure if Konami was going to try and test Jubeat out in the Us, I had hope when I heard that it would be

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Old DDR tournament photos from Jared Rea

Old DDR tournament photos from Jared Rea

Shaggy September 5, 2008 0

Ah there’s nothing quite like an arcade competition, is there? Especially when it’s with something popular, like DDR. Jared Rea has unearthed some old DDR tournament pictures from Northern California, circa 1999-2001. It’s always

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Golden Tee Championship at AMOA

Golden Tee Championship at AMOA

Shaggy September 5, 2008 3

I have to hand it to Incredible Technologies, while I’ve heard that not everyone is excited about AMOA next week, they certainly are and they are looking to give attendees a reason to be

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Parse Rorunpe – a broom flying arcade game from Japan

Parse Rorunpe – a broom flying arcade game from Japan

Shaggy September 5, 2008 0

If you’ve ever stuck a broom between your legs as a kid pretending that you’re flying around as a witch then this game’s for you. Of course it wouldn’t take much for someone to

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