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ParkR!, the amusement park finder

ParkR!, the amusement park finder

Shaggy July 3, 2009 4

I never get tired of spreading word of websites like Aurcade.com or ArcadeFly.com, where people can find an arcade near them. I bring it up often simply because too many people don’t know where

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Tekken chief says unlockable characters are outdated

Tekken chief says unlockable characters are outdated

Shaggy July 3, 2009 1

Some interesting news related to the Tekken franchise – the guy in charge of Tekken stated in a recent interview that “unlockables are outdated”, primarily due to the nature of online play. Unlockable content

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Who wants a Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade for several thousand dollars?

Who wants a Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade for several thousand dollars?

Shaggy July 2, 2009 1

When someone famous dies, you can expect to see sites like eBay flooded with memorabilia that carries the deceased person’s name/image/autograph etc. on it. And naturally, some people hope to milk their item for

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Raw Thrills releases H2Overdrive to arcades

Raw Thrills releases H2Overdrive to arcades

Shaggy July 2, 2009 0

Hydro Thunder fans, the day you have been waiting for has finally arrived as Raw Thrills’/Specular Interactive’s new take on Hydro Thunder, H2Overdrive is arriving at distributors around the country and then they are

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New trailer for Elevator Action Death Parade

New trailer for Elevator Action Death Parade

Shaggy July 2, 2009 0

Taito’s modern update to Elevator Action now has an official trailer and it looks pretty exciting. In our previous coverage of the game, we saw that it is not like the original game in

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Time to cringe, Asteroids to be made into a feature film

Time to cringe, Asteroids to be made into a feature film

Shaggy July 2, 2009 0

When Hollywood studios set their sights on adapting a video game into a film, you sadly have to worry about how badly the game will be butchered on screen. Hollywood has a terrible track

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The Game Carry model sort of becomes a reality with the Games2U vehicle

The Game Carry model sort of becomes a reality with the Games2U vehicle

Shaggy July 2, 2009 0

Remember the Game Carry? Apparently someone thought that this would be a good idea to try out in reality. They didn’t put any arcade games in it but by driving around with a van

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Legos – the most common way to render retro games with stop animation

Legos – the most common way to render retro games with stop animation

Shaggy July 2, 2009 2

I have seen many stop animation videos over the years and most of them involve using Legos of some sort. Sometimes those videos involve video games, or in this case, classics that were all

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Sega releases a smaller HUMMER (arcade version of course)

Sega releases a smaller HUMMER (arcade version of course)

Shaggy June 30, 2009 0

While the HUMMER brand doesn’t seem to have a lot of like in it yet (it was being sold to a Chinese company last I had heard), Sega is squeezing a little bit more

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Looking to open up an amusement facility? This article is for you

Looking to open up an amusement facility? This article is for you

Shaggy June 30, 2009 0

In case you are one of the many individuals out there who are looking to open up your own arcade or other out-of-home entertainment facility, it is always helpful to read about the experiences

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Namco introduces the "Namucoin" payment system in Japan

Namco introduces the "Namucoin" payment system in Japan

Shaggy June 29, 2009 0

When it comes to experimenting with different ways of paying for your arcade game, Japan certainly leads the way when it comes to introducing new ways of doing so. The latest payment system called

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Arcade Heroes Week-in-review podcast #3 (w/ Kevin Williams)

Arcade Heroes Week-in-review podcast #3 (w/ Kevin Williams)

Shaggy June 29, 2009 0

In this weeks podcast, I was able to figure out how to get a guest recorded and with that I had Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report on the program. We discuss a variety

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