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Sega Japan to begin big push for card-based coin-op games

Sega Japan to begin big push for card-based coin-op games

Shaggy June 19, 2009 0

While I have never played a card-based coin-op game, I do find the idea fascinating as it capitalizes on something which continues to have a strong following among kids who enjoy both video games

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Check out anti-cheating techniques for coin mechs

Check out anti-cheating techniques for coin mechs

Shaggy June 19, 2009 1

Back at the height of the “Golden Age of Gaming”, clever players found ways to cheat the arcade system – to the anger of arcade operators. Come to think of it, methods used could

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One place arcades are also still popular: beach towns

One place arcades are also still popular: beach towns

Shaggy June 18, 2009 3

I found an interesting little article today that we can add to the batch of evidence we like to point to that arcades are not dead and in many places they even thrive. One

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Steve Ranck discusses more H2Overdrive and dispels console release rumors

Steve Ranck discusses more H2Overdrive and dispels console release rumors

Shaggy June 17, 2009 8

Here’s a little bit more H2Overdrive info to whet your appetite, this is the last part of the interview series that Noe V. did with the Specular Interactive team and in this part he

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Tank! Tank! Tank! on location test

Tank! Tank! Tank! on location test

Shaggy June 17, 2009 0

Here is a quickie – Namco’s latest offering, Tank! Tank! Tank! is on location test in Japan at the moment and as proof, see the supplied picture above. According to the test report at

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Explore the TOMB by 5W!TS in Boston

Explore the TOMB by 5W!TS in Boston

Shaggy June 17, 2009 0

If you are in or near the Boston, MA area and you’re looking for something a little different when it comes to the out-of-home experience, then a company called 5W!TS is offering just that

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New site to help you with repairs: Arcaderepairtips.com

New site to help you with repairs: Arcaderepairtips.com

Shaggy June 16, 2009 1

When you own an arcade game, one of the things you will inevitably have to do it fix it. Sometimes games have minor problems that are quite easy to fix and sometimes they present

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New experiment: The Arcade Heroes Week-in-Review 'podcast'

New experiment: The Arcade Heroes Week-in-Review 'podcast'

Shaggy June 14, 2009 9

OK, so I have decided to try ‘podcasting’ – of course I don’t know if you can really consider this a podcast, it’s just an MP3 file to download here where you can listen

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A long detailed look at H2Overdrive on 1up.com

A long detailed look at H2Overdrive on 1up.com

Shaggy June 13, 2009 2

While it has not been released yet (although I believe that it will be in the next week or so), H2Overdrive is already creating fans and one of them had the lucky chance to

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Check out the BestSim Racing simulator GAMEFRAME

Check out the BestSim Racing simulator GAMEFRAME

Shaggy June 13, 2009 2

There are many ways to make a racing simulator and that is perhaps the reason why we see so many variations on the idea. This one by BestSim is certainly interesting in that it

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Take a stroll through the virtual Pac-Man museum

Take a stroll through the virtual Pac-Man museum

Shaggy June 13, 2009 4

Not many video games have enough material created around them to garner the attention needed for a museum type display but Pac Man certainly has and that has led to the creation of an

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Pics from the UK Park Avenue Open Day event

Pics from the UK Park Avenue Open Day event

Shaggy June 13, 2009 0

Kevin Williams at the Stiger Report has sent us some pics he took from the UK Park Avenue Open Day distributor event and with it we get to take a look at a couple

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