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SFIV Vewlix cabinet on eBay – how "real" is it?
Not satisfied with building your own arcade cabinet for SFIV and you want the real, “official” thing? Then this auction on eBay is for you. The seller apparently won this through Gamestop/Capcom’s sweepstakes by
Read More »Brent Sales bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! and PUTT: Championship Golf to Europe
Good news for our European readers, in case you were wondering when Namco would be bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! to Europe. Brent Sales has sent out a press release stating that they will be
Read More »Catching up: Arcade Heroes Podcast #7
The podcast is back and apologies in advance about the delay with that – for the past few weeks I have been in a transition phase moving my arcade from one location to another.
Read More »Holy cow: Sega also doing a giant Tetris game (updated)
From Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. The top game is Sega’s new Shining Force Cross RPG game. Beneath that – well it speaks for itself. This is obviously not the same thing as
Read More »Another 10th anniversary to remember – the NAOMI
While I missed yesterday’s celebrations around the net for the 10th anniversary of Sega’s Dreamcast console, Kevin Williams sends us a reminder of another 10th Sega-related and Dreamcast-related anniversary – the Sega NAOMI. I
Read More »KOF goes all shmup-y with KOF Sky Stage
KOF fan purists – brace yourselves. Or you might want to skip this post entirely but then again the damage is already done if you even noticed this. For everyone else – talk about
Read More »Aurcade.com gets a revamp
(Thanks to Doc @ Galloping Ghost for the tip) One of the websites that you can use to help find an arcade near you (in the US only, currently), Aurcade.com recently revamped it’s website
Read More »Sega to release Tetris: The Grandmaster 4 The Masters of Round
In the past I have lamented about the fact that we don’t really see puzzle games made for arcades anymore, despite the fact that such titles are a perfect fit for the arcade gaming
Read More »Namco reveals more info on Tank!Tank!Tank! & a new pirate themed light-gun game
With JAMMA fast approaching comes more information on various new arcade titles from the different game companies and today we have a little more information on some new Namco titles. First off Tank!Tank!Tank! (which
Read More »Konami shows off Mocap Sports at private show (updated)
So far we have not seen much on Mocap Sports other than a few static screenshots or 3D models but now thanks to KonamiTV, they have added a brief video onto that site which
Read More »Sega shows off more Heat Up Hockey
When I posted about the innovative Heat Up Hockey game a short time ago, there was one crucial piece of information missing on the game – who was releasing it? We happen to know
Read More »Sega launches Patrol-Chaser & Battle-Police duo in Japan
While we don’t see as many arcade titles that are created just for kids like we used to, there are still a few that are coming out to attract younger audiences. Sega in particular
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