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Big Buck Safari passes 5000 units sold

Big Buck Safari passes 5000 units sold

Shaggy September 2, 2009 3

I have mentioned before that we don’t often get sales numbers for arcade titles but Raw Thrills has had a few hits over the past year or so that they reveal such information on

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Aussie smashes Galaga world record score

Aussie smashes Galaga world record score

Shaggy September 2, 2009 0

The never-ending quest for obtaining the high score on classic arcade titles continues to catch attention from different places around the world and the latest world-record attempt was made on Namco’s Galaga by Phil

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Play Pong with your feet just about anywhere

Play Pong with your feet just about anywhere

Shaggy September 2, 2009 0

Microsoft’s Project Natal isn’t out yet but already there are games out there which allow you to use your body as a controller and this particular game, called Sport Pong could easily be setup

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Weird: Theme park in UK to offer hypnosis for parents afraid to go on scary rides

Weird: Theme park in UK to offer hypnosis for parents afraid to go on scary rides

Shaggy August 30, 2009 0

When you look at the amusement business, you expect to see facilities try what they can do differently to pull people into their premises but I have to admit that I never had thought

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LAI Games brings Dino Duel to the US

LAI Games brings Dino Duel to the US

Shaggy August 29, 2009 8

It looks like the arena of card-based coin-op games is beginning to heat up – first with Sega and now LAI Games is going to bring one a title over from Indonesia (the game

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A tour of the Pinball World Championships

A tour of the Pinball World Championships

Shaggy August 29, 2009 3

Despite what anyone might say about the current state of pinball, there are still many fans out there that love the game enough to get together and hold some excellent competitions. One such competition

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Arcana Heart 3 gets an official website

Arcana Heart 3 gets an official website

Shaggy August 29, 2009 0

It looks like Arcana Heart fans have another title in the series to look forward to, with Examu launching a teaser site for Arcana Heart 3 today. As it’s a teaser site there are

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IT unveils more details on Golden Tee 2010

IT unveils more details on Golden Tee 2010

Shaggy August 28, 2009 2

We mentioned not too long ago that Incredible Technologies would be ramping up to deliver their most recent Golden Tee creation to the public and with that date fast approaching, they have begun to

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How about some tiny arcade cabs for $20?

How about some tiny arcade cabs for $20?

Shaggy August 28, 2009 0

If you went out of your way to print off those paper arcade cabinets but wanted something a little bit more solid, then this is for you. Instead of flimsy, rippable paper, these bad

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Pop'n Music 18 now testing in Japan

Pop'n Music 18 now testing in Japan

Shaggy August 28, 2009 1

(Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the info and tip) I missed this one by several days but I figure it’s worth mentioning anyways despite that. Konami is now testing the latest iteration of their

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Electrocoin introduces X-Putt

Electrocoin introduces X-Putt

Shaggy August 27, 2009 2

Back in the Golden Age of gaming, it wasn’t uncommon to see businessmen in suits taking a break at the local arcade to blow off some steam but as that age passed, it became

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Follow-up: Fantasy World auctions off games

Follow-up: Fantasy World auctions off games

Shaggy August 26, 2009 0

This is a brief follow-up to some recent news about an arcade closing in Abiliene, TX known as Fantasy World. The arcade had been going on for six years but the owner decided that

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