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Hands-On with Infinity Blade FX

Hands-On with Infinity Blade FX

Adam October 14, 2011 1

As announced yesterday, the arcade port of the iOS game Infinity Blade known as Infinity Blade FX would make it’s first public appearance at the GEEX show in Sandy, UT. As that is nearby

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Attract Mode Trailer for Infinity Blade FX

Attract Mode Trailer for Infinity Blade FX

Adam October 14, 2011 0

The GEEX Show is about to start in about an hour and there show attendees will get a chance for some hands-on time with the TouchFX version of Infinity Blade FX that was announced

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Transformers Pinball Launch Party Listings

Transformers Pinball Launch Party Listings

Adam October 14, 2011 1

(Thanks to IcePagoda in the forums for the tip!) UPDATE: Stern has updated the list that is slightly different from what’s posted above If you’re itching to get your hands on Stern’s latest pinball

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Raw Thrills’ shows Dirty Drivin’ with some changes

Raw Thrills’ shows Dirty Drivin’ with some changes

Adam October 13, 2011 3

A little over a month ago I had the opportunity to visit Specular Interactive’s offices in Irvine, CA and I got some hands-on time with their follow-up to H2Overdrive, Dirty Drivin’. Now Raw Thrills

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Infinity Blade FX coming to Arcades; launches at Dave & Busters Oct. 28th

Infinity Blade FX coming to Arcades; launches at Dave & Busters Oct. 28th

Adam October 13, 2011 2

(Thanks to Adrenaline Amusements for the info) We heard a rumor about this a while ago on our forums but today brought confirmation that the popular iOS app by Chair and Epic Games Infinity

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10 years later, direct footage of Namco’s Star Blade Operation Blue Planet

10 years later, direct footage of Namco’s Star Blade Operation Blue Planet

Adam October 12, 2011 6

In 2001, Namco went to the Amusement Machine Show in Japan with a new prototype game to show off in a very unusual cabinet called ORBS (pictured above). The game inside – a sequel

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Seasons Beatings Fighter Event In Ohio This Weekend + Galloping Ghost Arcade expands

Seasons Beatings Fighter Event In Ohio This Weekend + Galloping Ghost Arcade expands

Adam October 11, 2011 2

This weekend in Columbus Ohio some fights are going to go down, but of the virtual kind on a number of fighter games. Players from all over the world will gather to compete on

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Toyota Makes World’s Largest UFO Catcher

Toyota Makes World’s Largest UFO Catcher

Adam October 11, 2011 1

How big is the craze behind Sega’s UFO Catcher in Japan? Pretty big, in more ways than one. As a part of a family promotion, Toyota created  the world’s largest UFO Catcher crane this

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Actual Yahoo! Headline: “Arcades Making A Comeback”

Actual Yahoo! Headline: “Arcades Making A Comeback”

Adam October 8, 2011 5

(Thanks to Jarett for the tip!) Well this is a pleasant change – we get to discuss an article on a mainstream media site that paints modern arcades in a positive light and more

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Taito’s Densha De Go! Returns in 2012

Taito’s Densha De Go! Returns in 2012

Adam October 8, 2011 1

(Via AM-Net Blog) Back in 1997, Taito released a coin-op “train simulator” video game called Densha De Go!. That basically translates to “Let’s go by train!”. It was successful enough in Japan to warrant

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Stern Transformers Pinball in action

Stern Transformers Pinball in action

Adam October 8, 2011 1

(Via ArcadeHunters on Twitter) It’s not the best video of Stern’s Transformers pinball being played but it is the first. I don’t have any commentary to add right now since it’s hard to tell

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Steve Jobs’ brief time in the arcade industry

Steve Jobs’ brief time in the arcade industry

Adam October 8, 2011 0

I am sure that by now you have heard the news of Steve Jobs’ passing and with that there have been a number of articles out there covering some part of his personal history.

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