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The Change Machine T-Shirt

The Change Machine T-Shirt

Shaggy August 16, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1097 via It’s near impossible to track down all of the clever T-Shirts that have been made over the years to feature something arcade-related. But I can’t say I’ve ever come across a

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Build your own virtual arcade with Insane Arcade

Build your own virtual arcade with Insane Arcade

Shaggy August 16, 2011 4

Deviating from our normally stringent way of talking about coin-op arcade software is something related to that. On our Facebook page, Poom Chompoosri, posted a link to a new game called Insane Arcade. It’s

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Clips from Salex 2011 in Brazil

Clips from Salex 2011 in Brazil

Shaggy August 15, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1096 via Anyone who has followed this blog for a while knows that I have a connection with Brazil, last year I made a trip down there to visit with my wife’s family

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The Video Fever circa 1982

The Video Fever circa 1982

Shaggy August 14, 2011 3

It’s not the first time we have discussed a report from 1982 that covers arcade games – it seems that ’82 was the time the media really started to notice the craze (right before

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The world of arcades, shown in quarters

The world of arcades, shown in quarters

Shaggy August 12, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1095 via In lieu of real news, some entertainment that is arcade related both with quarters and in content. This is some great animation work and has a very strong “demo scene” vibe

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New documentary: Star Worlds: A pocket Full of Tokens and I’m Heading to the Arcade

New documentary: Star Worlds: A pocket Full of Tokens and I’m Heading to the Arcade

Shaggy August 10, 2011 2

Since The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters made it’s popular debut, we’ve been seeing an increase in documentaries about our industry, although so far they have only focused on classic arcade gaming

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First video of Wizard of Oz pinball whitewood

First video of Wizard of Oz pinball whitewood

Shaggy August 7, 2011 2

Jersey Jack Pinball has released the first video of the upcoming Wizard of Oz pinball’s whitewood (aka, early prototype) and while it lacks all of the artwork, toys, rules and scoring which will ultimately

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How to Spice Up your Wedding & Reception: Have an Arcade Gameroom!

How to Spice Up your Wedding & Reception: Have an Arcade Gameroom!

Shaggy August 5, 2011 2

I’ve been to plenty of wedding receptions (including my own) but here is something I have never seen done, although it’s crossed my mind – setting up some arcade games for guests to play.

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LED Walls for gaming coming to Sziget Festival in Hungary

LED Walls for gaming coming to Sziget Festival in Hungary

Shaggy August 5, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1094 via Here’s an out-of-home entertainment technology that doesn’t really have much to do with our primary focus of arcades admittedly but I could see something like being installed at amusement parks at

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Chuck E. Cheese sees income increase in Q2

Chuck E. Cheese sees income increase in Q2

Shaggy August 5, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1093 via Following the news of profits up at Bandai Namco is another amusement company seeing increased earnings in Q2 – Chuck E. Cheese, or CEC Entertainment Inc. Net income was up 36%

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Terminator Salvation’s Postmortem in Game Developer Magazine

Terminator Salvation’s Postmortem in Game Developer Magazine

Shaggy August 5, 2011 1

I’ve been getting Game Developer Magazine for some time now – it’s not your typical game magazine since it’s made for developers in the industry and not so much the gamers. But if you

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Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan

Shaggy August 4, 2011 3

It’s that time of year again – the time for Konami to test out the latest version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania arcade music games. I’m sure it will include a variety of new

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