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National Pinball Museum looking for a new place to stay after lease revoked

National Pinball Museum looking for a new place to stay after lease revoked

arcadehero May 27, 2011 1

This past December in the Washington D.C. area, a new location dedicated solely to pinball machines opened it’s doors called the National Pinball Museum. Everything seemed to be going fine for the location, which

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Sega Amusements USA releases GRID Deluxe

Sega Amusements USA releases GRID Deluxe

arcadehero May 25, 2011 5

First revealed at the London EAG Expo, Sega Amusements USA has announced today that the deluxe version of their arcade racing title GRID is now available in North America. The most obvious item to

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The Mood Bar by Coca-Cola

The Mood Bar by Coca-Cola

arcadehero May 24, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1044 via Once again coin-op arcade news has been terribly slow (after a nice little spurt last week) for the past few days so we have to branch out into an area that

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Play Mechanix announces the Big Buck World Championship 2011

Play Mechanix announces the Big Buck World Championship 2011

arcadehero May 21, 2011 0

The annual tournament for the Big Buck series has been announced and when it comes to prizes and players, this year’s tournament will be the biggest one yet. 64 players will compete in the

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From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

From the makers of H2Overdrive comes Dirty Drivin’

arcadehero May 19, 2011 9

First they gave us a spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder and now Specular Interactive and Raw Thrills are testing out a new racing title that leans in the Offroad Thunder direction(or as the person

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Taito begins selling BlazBlue Continuum Shift II globally

Taito begins selling BlazBlue Continuum Shift II globally

arcadehero May 18, 2011 3

Taito just announced a couple of hours ago that they are now selling the AkSys Games BlazBlue Continuum Shift II arcade boards globally. The exact tweet goes as follows: TAITO has begun global sales

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PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

PowerPutt LIVE 2012 coming next Spring

arcadehero May 18, 2011 0

We haven’t had many new game announcements to discuss recently, even though a number of games are in-development as we speak. Most of the time announcements are made a short time before the game

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Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

arcadehero May 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to IGO for the tip) The Classic Game Room is a large series of video reviews found on Youtube where these guys review games for any game system they can get their hands-on.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

arcadehero May 16, 2011 5

We haven’t really done an ‘Open Thread’ before, where you talk about pretty much anything in the comments (still prefer arcade/pinball discussion) but today I feel like starting one, along with some various pieces

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Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei ’11

Knights of Valour 3 in action @ GTI Asia Taipei ’11

arcadehero May 14, 2011 0

Just a short time ago we found out about IGS’s new 2D beat ’em up, Knights of Valour 3. IGS published a teaser site for the game and left it at that. Fortunately, a

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Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

Checking out Terminator Salvation’s new “Expert Mode”

arcadehero May 13, 2011 5

One aspect of modern gaming that we have all become used to is the game update. We have come to expect them  these days as issues are discovered in games and improvements are made,

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Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

arcadehero May 13, 2011 7

A San Diego real estate agent has decided that because she feels that the redemption games her kids played at a local Chuck E. Cheese (after several visits to the location mind you) didn’t

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