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Couple of new games in Japan – BlazBlue and Trouble Witches
[Via Arcade Renaissance] Go ahead and put these under the “We’re not sure if they’ll ever be released outside of Japan” category. OK, you might see it as an import but it seems that
Read More »Winning Eleven Arcade 2008 Location Test
[via Konami Japan] Pro Evo Winning Eleven Arcade 2008 is to be placed on location test soon in Japan, and the question I keep asking is; were the hell is Winning ElevenPro Evo Arcade 2007 on
Read More »Fate: Unlimited Gods Website update
(Click to Enlarge) It certainly didn’t take long for the Fate: Unlimited Codes website to be updated(we reported about this new 3D fighter by Capcom a couple of days ago). Just the other day
Read More »Sega's Sanguozhi War 2 video
Yes, you probably won’t see this outside of Japan ever but it’s still interesting to watch. I bet if they marketed this type of card game to the right people it could do well
Read More »Panoramic Mech Simulator Arcades in Japan
(Click to enlarge) While these aren’t anything new (there is a review of these from sometime ago at insomnia.ac) they are always cool to look at and even cooler to play. Gizmodo takes a
Read More »45th AM Info Extravaganza!
A massive thanks has to go out to Arcade Renaissance for there extensive the 45th AM coverage. Check out the video’s below and to see more why not head of to Arcade Renaissance to see the crazy Japanese
Read More »Uber Deluxe ID4 Piece
Here’s another tip from the brilliant Sara. “There was recently this article posted on Destructiod and I think you would want to know about it, its initial d version 4 but in full size
Read More »Arcade Culture essay at insomnia.ac
[Via Insomnia.ac] ” [It] is the observation that games released in the arcades are of a much higher quality, on average, than games released for the home console market. In other words, if
Read More »Getting the kids into the arcade and Mario Kart GP 3?
In our youth many of us played the classics such as Asteroids, Pac-Man or Defender. But what do the kids these days get out of the arcade? That is an interesting question that is
Read More »Arcade Too Loud? Try These
This is just another example of the difference between Japanese arcades and the rest of the world’s arcades. If you placed headphones on any game, in any arcade in the UK, I can guarantee
Read More »Crazy Climber official website
Among the more surprising things to come out of AOU 2007 was the announcement of a new Crazy Climber game. Classic gamers may have memories of the original 1980 Crazy Climber as well as
Read More »Information on Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2
Remember the days when wrestling games were popular in arcades? It’s been quite a while since that era came to an end here in the States, but in Japan the genre still has plenty
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