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Shooters Fes 2024: exA-Arcadia Shows Airgallet, Fixeight, Jamjam’n Jelly, Cambria Sword AC

Shooters Fes 2024: exA-Arcadia Shows Airgallet, Fixeight, Jamjam’n Jelly, Cambria Sword AC

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The annual Shooters Fes 2024 event is underway in Japan, held at Mikado Game Center in Tokyo. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is a showcase of many shoot ’em up (“shmup”) titles

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Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica Now Available For Pre-Order

Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica Now Available For Pre-Order

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Released in Japan on March 21st, the next entry of the Touhou shoot ’em up series is now available for locations everywhere else to pre-order. Let’s take a look at Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica

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Arcade News From The Tokyo Game Show 2023

Arcade News From The Tokyo Game Show 2023

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The Tokyo Game Show 2023 event was held from the 21st-24th, just wrapping up yesterday. While the show is mainly focused on consoles and other forms of home-based interactive entertainment, there was a little

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Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label

Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label

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If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the

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4-player Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up, P-47 Aces Mk. II, Now Up For Pre-Order

4-player Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up, P-47 Aces Mk. II, Now Up For Pre-Order

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ExA-Arcadia has listed their 25th game up for pre-order, P-47 Aces Mk. II. Originally released to arcades by NMK/Jaleco back in 1995, players take control of a propellor plane and go to war against

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Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica Now Available For Arcades

Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica Now Available For Arcades

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The 24th game for the exA-Arcadia system is now shipping thanks to the release of Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica. Orders have already been filled in Japan with at least 21 locations there already featuring

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More Details For Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica & P-47 Aces Mk. II On exA-Arcadia

More Details For Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica & P-47 Aces Mk. II On exA-Arcadia

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exA-Arcadia has made two big announcements for a pair of shoot ’em up games coming to their platform soon, with location tests happening in Japan over the next week. Both games are remakes of

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New Teaser Videos For Shinorubi Pink Label & Jamjam’n Jelly Exa Lente

New Teaser Videos For Shinorubi Pink Label & Jamjam’n Jelly Exa Lente

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Last month, exA-Arcadia unveiled some new shoot ’em up titles that were headed to the platform but they were shown on a stream. Today, the company posted several new game pages to their site

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New Games Coming To exA-Arcadia: Cambria Sword AC; Jamjam’n Jelly Exa Lente; Shinorubi Pink Label

New Games Coming To exA-Arcadia: Cambria Sword AC; Jamjam’n Jelly Exa Lente; Shinorubi Pink Label

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Shooters Fes began in Japan yesterday, loaded with game announcements to please shoot ’em up fans across the board. Since we’re into arcades here, naturally I’m going to cover what has been announced for

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Astro Ninja Man Exa Coming To Arcades This Year

Astro Ninja Man Exa Coming To Arcades This Year

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It’s been a spell since we last received an announcement for a new title coming to the exA-Arcadia platform, and today’s addition should be welcome for NES fans. The exA already has two titles

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New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

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It’s been a pretty quiet week for arcades (although I was going to do something on a cool pinball coffee table project before that got picked up by mainstream sources…I’ll highlight it at the

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Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll exA Edition Now Shipping Worldwide

Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll exA Edition Now Shipping Worldwide

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It’s been a few months – October last – since exA-Arcadia released a new title to their platform, but the dry spell has ended as they have begun shipping their first game of 2022,

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