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Street Fighter IV 3D Arcade version? Plus many more games from China

Street Fighter IV 3D Arcade version? Plus many more games from China

arcadehero March 26, 2011 20

Newsfeed 1024 via A few days ago we posted a couple of pictures from Wahlap Technologies, a distributor based out of Taiwan, showing a couple of new games from a trade event that they

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Kicking the bucket, arcade style

Kicking the bucket, arcade style

arcadehero March 25, 2011 1

Found this on Engdaget (which they found by way of Kotaku, made by BoingBoing) – a good palate cleanser to start the weekend off with – a montage of death sequence’s found in a

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GlobalVR’s official press release for “Shh…! Welcome to Frightfearland”

GlobalVR’s official press release for “Shh…! Welcome to Frightfearland”

arcadehero March 24, 2011 3

(Thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report for the press release) At Amusement Expo 2011, the surprise video game revelation of the show was Frightmareland, found at the GlobalVR booth. You can read

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Harada talks about Tekken Tag 2 with Edge Magazine

Harada talks about Tekken Tag 2 with Edge Magazine

arcadehero March 23, 2011 6

If you are on the prowl for any Tekken Tag Tournament 2 news then here is the latest piece I have found in regards to the game, an interview that Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada

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Tournament fevah: The Kong Off and Pinburgh 2011

Tournament fevah: The Kong Off and Pinburgh 2011

arcadehero March 22, 2011 7

What happens when you get the best Donkey Kong players in the world together to compete? The Kong Off, as what took place this past weekend at Richie Knuckles Arcade in New Jersey. Three

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Wahlap Technologies shows off a couple of new games in China

Wahlap Technologies shows off a couple of new games in China

arcadehero March 20, 2011 0

Whenever arcade news has slowed to a crawl, I always find myself checking out what’s going on in China. It’s true that we often see some clones/knock-offs being produced there but on occasion there

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The Saga of Kong continues with Doctor Kong

The Saga of Kong continues with Doctor Kong

arcadehero March 18, 2011 1

The competition for the top score for the arcade version of Donkey Kong hasn’t settled down recently and it’s unlikely that it will anytime soon. A good reason for that is the existence of

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DIY Digital Pinball machine

DIY Digital Pinball machine

arcadehero March 17, 2011 0

Newsfeed 1019 via (Yes our recent Stinger newsfeeds are a little out of order) Building your own real life pinball machine can be a bit of a doozy – it’s not impossible but it

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Japanese arcade companies scale back operations, donate funds for earthquake relief

Japanese arcade companies scale back operations, donate funds for earthquake relief

arcadehero March 16, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1021 via While this certainly isn’t the most important story to be coming out of Japan right now, as we are covering arcade gaming this will apply. While the headquarters of the various

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World of Warcraft Amusement Park opening May 1st in China

World of Warcraft Amusement Park opening May 1st in China

arcadehero March 15, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1017 via Who knew that one day, the phenomenon known as World of Warcraft would move onto become a full-fledged amusement park. I guess it wasn’t much of a stretch considering how popular

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Videos of the American Classic Arcade Museum Room at PAX East 2011

Videos of the American Classic Arcade Museum Room at PAX East 2011

arcadehero March 14, 2011 0

As I mentioned in the previous post, among the arcade love at PAX East, was a room dedicated to nothing but great classic games, provided by the American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM). Thanks to

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Battleblock Theater as an arcade @ PAX East

Battleblock Theater as an arcade @ PAX East

arcadehero March 13, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1016 via If you follow news in the console world, then there is one event that has taken place this past weekend that is pretty much impossible to avoid – Penny Arcade Expo

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