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DJ Max Technika 2 location tests in South Korea

DJ Max Technika 2 location tests in South Korea

Shaggy April 28, 2010 1

Pentavision’s DJ Max Technika 2 was recently seen on a location test in South Korea and a couple of sites (Bemanistyle.com and Ruliweb.com) have the rundown on what the sequel will bring to the

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Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich

Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich

Shaggy April 27, 2010 9

Back in 2001, Midway made a decision to dump their long standing coin-op division in favor of focusing developments on console gaming.  When that decision came down, there were still some arcade games floating

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Konami rolling out new arcade payment system in Japan: Paseli

Konami rolling out new arcade payment system in Japan: Paseli

Shaggy April 27, 2010 1

How do you prefer to pay for your arcade experience? Coins? Magnetic strip cards? RFID tags or some other e-money service? We ran a poll on this long ago and while we didn’t get

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Blast from the past: When Arcades used to make more money than movies did

Blast from the past: When Arcades used to make more money than movies did

Shaggy April 26, 2010 0

Remember the golden age of games when arcades alone used to make money hand over fist, making about three times more money in a year than movies did? Good times. Take a trip down

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GlobalVR releases NASCAR Team Racing kit, cabinet versions soon to follow

GlobalVR releases NASCAR Team Racing kit, cabinet versions soon to follow

Shaggy April 25, 2010 0

First revealed to us at IAAPA, and later seen at Amusement Expo 2010, GlobalVR has released their latest update to their arcade exclusive NASCAR Racing title called NASCAR Team Racing. If you missed out

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Weekend videos: Atari' Hercules Pinball and Taito's Ice Cold Beer

Weekend videos: Atari' Hercules Pinball and Taito's Ice Cold Beer

Shaggy April 25, 2010 1

What do you do when there’s not much news to discuss? Find some videos showcasing the stranger or cooler products found in arcade days past. here are two videos from TNT Amusements, who has

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Kansas declares coin pusher redemption games as "illegal gambling devices" while state brings casinos in

Kansas declares coin pusher redemption games as "illegal gambling devices" while state brings casinos in

Shaggy April 25, 2010 6

(thanks for the tip Dasbacon) And now for a great “WTH?” moment to start our week off. Arcades such as Dave & Busters and others who operate coin-pushing machines in the US state of

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Konami's Road Fighters goes 3D (updated)

Konami's Road Fighters goes 3D (updated)

Shaggy April 23, 2010 3

Remember Konami’s Road Fighters? Since we first heard about the game last September, there has been little to no information popping up about the game, until today where an anonomyous tipster sent us a

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Gameworks in Indianapolis saved by Tilt

Gameworks in Indianapolis saved by Tilt

Shaggy April 23, 2010 2

Via If you were bummed out by the recent news of Sega closing several Gameworks locations and you live near the one that was in Indianapolis then you’re in luck – the owners of

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NeoGeoMVS: The gift that keeps on giving with the new Fast Striker by NG:Dev.Team

NeoGeoMVS: The gift that keeps on giving with the new Fast Striker by NG:Dev.Team

Shaggy April 22, 2010 3

(Thanks to Timm Hellwig for the info!) One of the great things about older arcade game boards like the NeoGeo MVS is where they work like glorified game consoles, they also happen to have

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Morning round-up: Taito opens new store, UK chain Gamegrid liquidates, arcades as social hang-outs and Chuck E. Cheese launches a Nintendo DS game

Morning round-up: Taito opens new store, UK chain Gamegrid liquidates, arcades as social hang-outs and Chuck E. Cheese launches a Nintendo DS game

Shaggy April 21, 2010 0

News links via Here are a couple of brief location related stories to chew on for today. I am going to take four different Stinger Report newsfeeds and combine them into one due to

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The obligatory Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 teaser trailer

The obligatory Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 teaser trailer

Shaggy April 21, 2010 4

Here it is – rumors have been circulating about MvC3 forever now and Capcom has finally given fans what they want. A trailer. Well, a trailer of a game people have been clamoring for

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