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Taito Celebrates 40 Years Of Invader Blasting With Space Invaders Gigamax
Forty years ago, Taito released a game that not only turned the arcade business on its head, it would mark a cultural turning point for entertainment in general – Space Invaders. Many consider this
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Taito Begins Testing AirSoft BB Gun Arcade Game ‘GunArena’ In Japan
There have been many legends in this business, one of which is a Japanese company by the name of Taito. With around 500 arcade machines to their name over the past 45+ years, you
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JAEPO 2018 Day 2 – More Arcade Goodness From Japan
Thanks to a spy named Charlie, we have more direct photos and footage from JAEPO 2018 today and don’t have to rely almost exclusively on Twitter for news. That said, we’ll still have some
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JAEPO 2018 Part I – New Arcade Games Coming From Japan
Welcome to the first of various JAEPO 2018 threads. These may be a bit of a hodge podge of content, most of what I am seeing from the show coming via Twitter as Japanese
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JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More
It’s trade show week and that means that we’ve got the big Japanese arcade expo known as JAEPO approaching fast. Fortunately, many Japanese companies like to create special webpages that tout the games that
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Square Enix To Preview The Starwing Paradox At JAEPO 2018
It’s February and that means about a week from now, we will begin to find out about some of the hot new games that are going to be coming to the Japanese market and
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House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Location Test Info
The day has arrived for Sega to begin testing the House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn in Japan and with that, we have our first batch of info. I recorded this “vlog” to discuss
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Sega To Begin Testing House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn This Friday
Fans of Sega’s House Of The Dead franchise have long been clamoring for a new entry in the franchise but it has remained mostly dormant since House Of The Dead 4 launched in 2006.
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Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime
January has been fairly mild as far as weather goes – at least where I live (hanging around the 40s most of the time). Even though it’s not super-freezing like the Eastern US, it
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Pac-Man Goes AR With Pac In Town
If you’re into the somewhat obscure parts of arcade history, then you might recall that during the first run of VR amusement tech in the 1990s that Pac-Man VR was a real thing. It
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Japanese Arcades Galore! Sega World Drivers Championship; Border Break Zero Plus; Gitadora Matixx; Bombergirl; Ultra Street Fighter IV & More!
What is going on in the wonderful world of Japanese arcades? While news on the site here has been a bit slow this Summer, there is a lot that has been going on in
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Sega World Drivers Championship 2018 Begins Testing
Last week news broke that Sega had a new racing arcade game in the works by the name of Sega World Drivers Championship 2018. Now a week later the game has been placed on
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