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Article: How video arcades are adapting to modern times

Article: How video arcades are adapting to modern times

Shaggy March 6, 2010 0

For some years now, one argument has dominated the existence of coin-op arcade games in asking whether they are relevant in today’s world. Some sources say no; that arcades are dead and so unless

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International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum announced in Ottumwa, IA; Walter Day announces retirement

International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum announced in Ottumwa, IA; Walter Day announces retirement

Shaggy March 6, 2010 0

Via If you are into competitive gaming then you have likely heard about Twin Galaxies, an organization that deals with officially recording high scores or substantial achievements in video games across the spectrum. Led

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Space Invaders might get a movie too

Space Invaders might get a movie too

Shaggy March 4, 2010 0

A short time ago we heard that Atari was looking at bringing some of it’s classics to the silver screen and now word has it that Warner Bros. is looking to bring a big

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Disney to build a Flynn's Arcade at Tomorrow Land; new pics of Flynn's Arcade in TRON Legacy

Disney to build a Flynn's Arcade at Tomorrow Land; new pics of Flynn's Arcade in TRON Legacy

Shaggy March 4, 2010 0

It seems that news on the new Tron: Legacy movie is rolling out every day this week as part of a build-up to the official trailer release tomorrow and while we are not a

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More Sega news: in-depth look at Club Sega; new Shining Force Cross version; more Let's Go Island

More Sega news: in-depth look at Club Sega; new Shining Force Cross version; more Let's Go Island

Shaggy March 4, 2010 0

Via As a sort of follow-up to the news from Sega about their line-up at the Amusement Expo next week, we have several pieces of news about the company that we’ll just going to

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GlobalVR teams up with Sprint to offer custom NASCAR arcades for NASCAR events

GlobalVR teams up with Sprint to offer custom NASCAR arcades for NASCAR events

Shaggy March 3, 2010 0

Via When I first played GlobalVR’s NASCAR a few years ago, I figured that it would only be a matter of time before the cabinets would somehow find their way into NASCAR venues and

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Sega announces Amusement Expo line-up: Let's Go Island cabinet, new Hummer and Rambo cabinets

Sega announces Amusement Expo line-up: Let's Go Island cabinet, new Hummer and Rambo cabinets

Shaggy March 3, 2010 0

As we soon approach the Amusement Expo next week in Vegas, we are starting to hear about the games we will be seeing there and today Sega unveiled the games that they will feature

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Kevin Williams visits the Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx arcade art gallery

Kevin Williams visits the Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx arcade art gallery

Shaggy March 2, 2010 4

We recently reported about a new art gallery that opened up in London that used arcade machines as part of the art and now Kevin Williams, editor of The Stinger Report has checkedit out

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Report from Street Fighter IV tournament @ Arcade UFO

Report from Street Fighter IV tournament @ Arcade UFO

HeavyElectricity February 27, 2010 2

At Arcade Heroes, we often say that there’s nothing like standing with another player and competing side by side, and arcade gaming is still the best way to do this. Technology has brought us

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Ground Kontrol announces the 2nd annual Pinbrawl Tournament

Ground Kontrol announces the 2nd annual Pinbrawl Tournament

Shaggy February 27, 2010 0

Last year an arcade in Portland known as Ground Kontrol hosted a large pinball tournament called Pinbrawl and by all accounts, it was a big success. So with one successful tournament of this caliber

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Titan 4 Games licenses Silhouette for their first gesture-based coin-op game

Titan 4 Games licenses Silhouette for their first gesture-based coin-op game

Shaggy February 27, 2010 3

Via Remember Titan 4 Games? If not, I don’t blame you – we first reported that they were working on gesture-based (think Project Natal) coin-op games last October but since then we have heard

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SNK Opens a virtual NEOGEO museum

SNK Opens a virtual NEOGEO museum

Shaggy February 27, 2010 0

Via If you were ever curious as to how the NeoGeo MVS ans AES hardware came to be and what impact they had on the video game industry, then SNK Playmore has a new

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