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Sony's Raymodeler 3D – a display system for future arcades?

Sony's Raymodeler 3D – a display system for future arcades?

Shaggy July 22, 2010 1

In my mind, one thing that can help set an arcade apart, beyond the game itself or unique controls is the type of display used. In classic era most stuff was raster-based and arcade

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Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! update adds new enemies, NamCam avatars

Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! update adds new enemies, NamCam avatars

Shaggy July 20, 2010 0

Namco America has announced a new software update for Tank! Tank! Tank!, and with it comes new content that gives players more to look for when they play the game. The update will give

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Seen at Hollywood Bowl, UK – Beatbox Recording Studio

Seen at Hollywood Bowl, UK – Beatbox Recording Studio

Shaggy July 20, 2010 3

(Thanks to Kieran for the tip and photos) You might recall that back in 2009, Raw Thrills had been looking into releasing an American Idol game, where a person would record themselves singing, being

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More arcade goodness coming to Brandenton, FL with Saturn 5

More arcade goodness coming to Brandenton, FL with Saturn 5

Shaggy July 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 874 via The Herald Tribune has the story on an operator in the area of Bradenton, FL who has made it his objective to expand his business into a family entertainment center which

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Trio-Tech Amusements unveils 'XD Dark Ride'

Trio-Tech Amusements unveils 'XD Dark Ride'

Shaggy July 19, 2010 0

Newsfeed 873 via Trio-Tech Amusement, makers of high-earning attractions such as Typhoon, XD Theater, and UFO Stomper, has a new attraction which they are preparing for a release, called Dark X Theater XD Dark

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Capcom's Sengoku Basara – the amusement park attraction

Capcom's Sengoku Basara – the amusement park attraction

Shaggy July 19, 2010 0

Newsfeed 872. Link sent by Back in 2005 Capcom released a new game for the Playstation 2 called Sengoku Basara. Five years and well over a million sales later they are preparing to release

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Taito's new Space Invaders themed game in Japan where button mashing = happiness

Taito's new Space Invaders themed game in Japan where button mashing = happiness

Shaggy July 19, 2010 0

Newsfeed 871 via While several other arcade classics have seen coin-op updates in recent times, including Sea Wolf, Elevator Action and Pac-Man, one glaring omission from the list is Taito’s Space Invaders. Taito has

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AVATAR Pinball machine coming to arcades and game rooms this fall UPDATED

AVATAR Pinball machine coming to arcades and game rooms this fall UPDATED

Shaggy July 19, 2010 4

Stern Pinball revealed their next pinball game for this fall this morning and once again it is based upon a movie license. This time however, Stern got on board with the highest grossing film

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Namco patents reveal work on new stereoscopic and motion-sensing technologies

Namco patents reveal work on new stereoscopic and motion-sensing technologies

Shaggy July 17, 2010 0

AM Net this morning has linked to a document discussing some new patents that Namco has won and as always, with new patents comes the speculation as we ponder about new content which they

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Little change in the Twitter feed

Little change in the Twitter feed

Shaggy July 17, 2010 0

For those that use Twitter, I have made a minor adjustment to the feed on the right hand side of the front page here. Previously it was a feed I was using for promoting

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CAVE tests new shmup "Red Sword" in Japan

CAVE tests new shmup "Red Sword" in Japan

Shaggy July 17, 2010 2

CAVE has a new shmup they are testing in Japan, called Red Sword (or Red Katana if you want to make it sound cool).  It’s not surprising news that Cave has a new shooter

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Gamepro does a podcast on California Extreme

Gamepro does a podcast on California Extreme

Shaggy July 17, 2010 0

Newsfeed 860 via When I was a kid, I enjoyed reading the game magazine Gamepro. In the days before the internet was in everyone’s home, it was the only place I got news on

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