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Closure of A Few Japanese Arcades does not signal that the end is near

Closure of A Few Japanese Arcades does not signal that the end is near

Shaggy February 8, 2008 1

I can’t help but feel somewhat amused at all the attention online news sources are giving to the news that Namco Bandai will be closing 50-60 of their arcades in Japan due to “high

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Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Impressions

Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Impressions

Twisted Supreme January 28, 2008 1

(More pictures after the break)Next up in the ATEi 2008 round up is the Namco Brent stand, and of course as all of you will know they had two sequels to two of the

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Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Videos: Tekken 6 & Big Buck Safari

Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Videos: Tekken 6 & Big Buck Safari

Twisted Supreme January 23, 2008 0

Tekken 6 Big Buck Safari [Discuss on the Forum

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Namco also prepping for a big ATEI '08 – new Raw Thrills' title announced.

Namco also prepping for a big ATEI '08 – new Raw Thrills' title announced.

Shaggy January 9, 2008 0

We’ve already heard from Sega and Konami so it was only a short time before Namco threw their hat into the ring of what to expect from them at ATEI. From the press release

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Soul Calibur 4 Custom Arcade Stick

Soul Calibur 4 Custom Arcade Stick

Twisted Supreme December 9, 2007 0

Not strictly in our field of news, but this is too cool to not post up a picture of. This fine looking custom made arcade stick for the Xbox 360 recently sold for just over $50 on ebay.

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Tekken 6 Officially Released In Japan

Tekken 6 Officially Released In Japan

Twisted Supreme November 28, 2007 1

 At last Namco has announced the start of the availability of Tekken 6. I’m impressed with how quickly this has come a long and also the ammount of videos of the location tests that having been

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Namco getting ready to sue the pants off Voyager Arcade

Namco getting ready to sue the pants off Voyager Arcade

Shaggy November 27, 2007 0

See this cabinet above? It probably won’t be around much longer. If you are into arcades at all, you can’t surf the internet without running into one of these MAME-enabled cabinets that someone decided

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Shaggy's Weekly Review – Rockin' Bowl-a-Rama by Namco

Shaggy's Weekly Review – Rockin' Bowl-a-Rama by Namco

Shaggy November 21, 2007 1

I had a chance to play a bowling arcade game this past week and I figured it would be nice to check it out. Since bowling games have had a surge in popularity as

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50 Tekken 6 videos

50 Tekken 6 videos

Shaggy November 12, 2007 2

I am not going to post them all here but at least show you where you can find them. Youtube user feichunwong has been recording Tekken 6 videos like crazy from the Hong Kong

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Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Countertop Coin-op game

Pac-Man 25th Anniversary Countertop Coin-op game

Shaggy November 8, 2007 0

  [Image via BMIGaming Via The Stinger Report] We posted about this a little while ago, but I forgot to post my impressions about the game as I recently had a chance to see

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Midnight Maximum Tune 3 Japanese website reopened

Midnight Maximum Tune 3 Japanese website reopened

Shaggy November 5, 2007 14

It’s a slow news day but that doesn’t mean we can’t find something to talk about. While looking around the net I found that the official Japanese website for the racer MaxiTune 3 has

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Pac Gentleman impresses with arcade action from the 1880's

Pac Gentleman impresses with arcade action from the 1880's

Shaggy November 2, 2007 1

  OK so it really isn’t from the 1880’s but this sculpted piece of art by an artist known as Doktor A makes one wonder if this is what arcade games would have been like

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