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Raw Thrills’ shows Dirty Drivin’ with some changes

Raw Thrills’ shows Dirty Drivin’ with some changes

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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”

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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

Shaggy 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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Arcade Related Halloween Costumes

Arcade Related Halloween Costumes

Shaggy October 8, 2011 0

Now is probably a good time to get an order in for a Halloween costume if you haven’t done so already. If I ever consider it, it’s usually too late (such as a day

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