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Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release

Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release

Shaggy February 26, 2009 1

Namco’s latest light-gun shooter will soon land in arcades (release is listed for March 2009) and in advance of that, Namco America has issued a press release on the game. There isn’t a lot

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Virtual On heading for XBLA

Virtual On heading for XBLA

Twisted Supreme February 25, 2009 6

If Sega’s Border Break news has wet the appetite for some mech action, then your in for another treat as Sega are bringing the classic  mech game; Virtual On to Xbox Live Arcade. Not any

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Pics of "24" pinball now online

Pics of "24" pinball now online

Shaggy February 25, 2009 5

[Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip] Stern’s latest pinball game, “24” is soon going to hit the streets and with it, Pinball News has got their hands on a prototype of the game

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Arcade games owned by Michael Jackson going up on the auction block

Arcade games owned by Michael Jackson going up on the auction block

Shaggy February 25, 2009 0

[Thanks to Phil on the forums for the tip] I’m a few days late on this but it’s still newsworthy. Michael Jackson will be auctioning off his rather impressive collection of arcade games on

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Arcade game plots in reverse

Arcade game plots in reverse

Shaggy February 25, 2009 0

On the increasingly popular site Twitter (I did set up an account once but I haven’t really bothered to use it), some people are having a little game of writing about movie plots if

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Some proof that plenty of people still love arcades in Japan

Some proof that plenty of people still love arcades in Japan

Shaggy February 25, 2009 2

Sorry about the lack of updates for the past few days, everyone is busy and there has been little internet time as of late. You might recall that over the past year or so,

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Listen to sounds from an arcade circa 1982-1988

Listen to sounds from an arcade circa 1982-1988

Shaggy February 21, 2009 4

If you grew up playing games at arcades in the 1980’s then this is bound to bring back some nostaligic memories for you. My earliest arcade memory was from about 1987 or ’88 but

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More people opting to play "arcade-style" games?

More people opting to play "arcade-style" games?

Shaggy February 21, 2009 4

While the article we’re linking to on this one doesn’t really have much to do with real coin-op arcades – it treats them as though they don’t exist anymore while it discusses a new

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AOU 2009 Video goodness

AOU 2009 Video goodness

Shaggy February 21, 2009 0

The proverbial floodgates have opened on videos taken at AOU2009 and here is a collection of some of the video titles. We won’t know for a little while if any of these games will

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AOU news: Border Break unveiled

AOU news: Border Break unveiled

Shaggy February 20, 2009 2

(click on the thumbnails below to enlarge) Sega has revealed that their new mech game Border Break will be powered by their new Ringedge hardware. They also have stated that the game will begin

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Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide

Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide

Shaggy February 20, 2009 52

(image via AM-Net) The hardware which caused some to erroneously think that Sega was jumping back into the console business has been revealed and we now see that there are actually two configurations, thus

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Justice League: Heroes United now available

Justice League: Heroes United now available

Shaggy February 20, 2009 1

According to my local distributor, GlobalVR’s Justice League arcade title should now be available at a variety of distributors across the country and that means that it won’t be long before it will start

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