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Metal Gear Arcade location testing in Japan next week
Newsfeed 856 via We haven’t heard much about Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade since AOU2010 but next week players in Tokyo, Japan will have a chance to play the game as it’s on location test.
Read More »Nike's Digital Pinball machine: "Write the Future"
Newsfeed 855 via Pinball news has been pretty scant lately but we do have something new to look at in the pinball realm, courtesy of Nike. While Nike is an unlikely source for such
Read More »Weekend reads: the appeal of arcades and building your own cabinet; Dragon Punch machine breakage; China gets Audition Online; Orbatak video
I’m going to take these recent Stinger feeds and combine them into one again, as a way to save a little time. Newsfeed 853: We’ll start off with a nice article about arcades found
Read More »A longer look at Blue Works' FORCE
A short while back we covered a student project in Taiwan that set out to recreate an experience similar to Atari’s Warlords, but with modern graphics and a few changes to the formula. At
Read More »Incredible Technologies reveals Golden Tee 2011
If there is anything you can be absolutely sure of in the arcade industry, it’s that a new Golden Tee will make it’s way to the market near the end of each year. Incredible
Read More »TRON Legacy viral campaign continues the arcade love with new Encom Arcade Postcards
There is one movie coming out this year which is giving arcades plenty of attention and that is TRON Legacy. While it has been a little while since the last bit of viral marketing
Read More »Hopping Road Kids gets a release in Japan
Newsfeed 851 via At AOU 2010 in February, Taito revealed a 4-player light-gun shooter and a new version of their game Hopping Road called Hopping Road Kids. Hopping Road itself is an original arcade
Read More »Game On 2.0 event in Tasmania gives love to arcades
(Thanks to Gabe for the info) A “history of gaming” event is about to take place in Tasmania and it’s giving a proper spot to arcades. Called Game On 2.0, this is a follow-up
Read More »Get a look at Galloping Ghost's Dark Presence at the upcoming GarasuNoShiCon 2010 Anime Convention
[Thanks to contributor Aaron Auzins for the info] It’s been a long time coming but the independently made arcade fighter Dark Presence will finally be going public on July 18th at the upcoming GarasuNoShiCon
Read More »The iPad arcade cabinet becomes a reality
Newsfeed 849 via Remember April Fool’s this year, when the website ThinkGeek revealed a joke product known as the “iCade”? Well they still haven’t released an actual iCade but the joke was enough to
Read More »New games from the Sega Private Show 2010 in Japan
Newsfeed 848 via Every year Sega Japan holds a “private” summer show where they give select persons a view of some of the new content that they are bringing to arcades later that year.
Read More »The new Vewlix F
Newsfeed 847 via The cabinet above is the new Vewlix F. Can’t tell the difference between that and the standard Vewlix? That’s because there almost isn’t any. According to the information provided by the
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