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Japan This Week: Groove Coaster, Puyo Puyo Arcade, Gunslinger Stratos 2
While a lot of the focus for arcades this month shines on releases out West, they don’t stop bringing games to the forefront in Japan. Here’s what is going on this week. First off
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Taito & Scrap Launches A Game Station Real Escape Attraction In Japan
Newsfeed 1336 via Point & Click adventure games had their heyday back in the 80s, representing a contrast in PC gaming at the time compared to arcades. The closest arcades would get to that
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Weekend News: Game Nation Theme Park; Looking At CAX; Fighting Climax + More
Happy weekend everyone. I don’t know about you but 2013 is moving along briskly for me, maybe because it’s been a hectic kind of busy. Here’s some newsbytes to start your weekend off with.
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Newsbag: NJ Boardwalk Fire, Groove Coaster in Hong Kong; Knotts Berry Farm ’91; A couple of Game Funding Campaigns
Last week was quite a punch for arcade news, especially after a relatively slow summer. Sometimes a lot of the big stuff hits all at once then leaves us wanting for a few days
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Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is
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Wrapping-Up The Week: Arcades At E3; Metallica LE Pinball; Big Buck World Championship 2013, Pirates of Monster Island + More
If you’ve been sloshing through the work week, it has finally come to an end to begin sloshing through the weekend. Here’s a review of some stories that have taken place this week that
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Private Events Show Off New Product for Sega and Taito in Japan
Newsfeeds 1310 & 11 via With Summer just about to start (I do wonder, given that the heater in my house kicking in this morning with as cold as it was), its time for
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Taito’s NESiCAxLIVE Arcades Getting KOFXIII Climax and…Skullgirls (and Spelunker)
Little Update: Just a shout out to the7k and MMF who sent me this tip too but I did not check my email before checking Japanese news sources. UPDATE #2: We can add Spelunker
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Whoa…Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos Coming to GDC13
One thing I like about the arcade industry is that I always expect the unexpected to happen. It may not happen every day but it does on occasion and here is one example of
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JAEPO 2013: Groove Coaster Arcade, DDR, Sound Voltex II, More
UPDATE: Some of the first videos from the show can be found here. The replacement show for the AOU is officially underway in Japan, known as JAEPO 2013 and through some news sources there
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For the Weekend: The Origin of Shmups; NEO XYX Trailer; JAEPO News; Mario Kart loctest; Much More
I hope everyone is having a good weekend. When I first started to put this post together I was thinking there wasn’t much to discuss but it quickly snowballed into a larger post. There’s
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Flood Of News for JAEPO: Under Defeat HD+, DDR, Steel Chronicle Be, Lord of Vermillion 3, more
With EAG now past the next amusement trade show we look forward to is taking place in Japan called JAEPO 2013. This is a new trade show that is taking the place of JAMMA
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