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Dream Arcades releases the Dreamcade Impact cabinet just for fighter games

Dream Arcades releases the Dreamcade Impact cabinet just for fighter games

Shaggy February 12, 2009 4

Street Fighter IV will be out for the consoles in just a few short days and while you could go and buy the Mad Catz sticks to get that supposedly authentic arcade experience, the company

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IGX 2009

IGX 2009

Twisted Supreme February 11, 2009 0

As some of you may be aware there was another show going on the same time as ATEI. IGX, which took place just around the corner from Earls Court at Hotel Ibis, has been

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ATEI 2009 Attendance Figures

ATEI 2009 Attendance Figures

Twisted Supreme February 11, 2009 0

For once attendance actually increased year on year, not much, but you got to start somewhere right? [via Coin-Op News] Combined figures for ATEI and the newly configured International Gaming Expo, incorporating ICE and

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Sega to scale back operations in Japan, arcades to be affected

Sega to scale back operations in Japan, arcades to be affected

Shaggy February 11, 2009 0

Many companies are scaling back in their operations right now and with some arcade companies are being affected as well. That includes Sega, which has announced that they will be “soliciting voluntary retirements” (aka trying to lay off)

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Beck's "Bad Cartridge" grooves to violent arcade games

Beck's "Bad Cartridge" grooves to violent arcade games

Shaggy February 11, 2009 0

In a new music video for a song entitled “Bad Cartridge” by the band Beck, they have a tribute  to 8-bit gaming – and in a way to arcades as well. I don’t want to

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MAME4ALL ported to the GP2X Wiz

MAME4ALL ported to the GP2X Wiz

Shaggy February 11, 2009 0

While I do play video games at home as well as the arcade I admit that I’m really not up to speed on the Gp32/Gp2X/Wiz or whatever it is called exactly. I do know

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Want to own an arcade? Get one on eBay!

Want to own an arcade? Get one on eBay!

Shaggy February 11, 2009 0

(Thanks to Jarett Waite for the tip) I get e-mails fairly often from people looking into starting their own arcade business and I think that it’s great that so many people want to get

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Missed news: Cecropia shuts it's doors

Missed news: Cecropia shuts it's doors

Shaggy February 11, 2009 1

(Thanks to Jarett Waite for the tip) I should have been on top of this a while back but somehow it missed my radar until now. Cecropia, the company responsible for creating the coin-op

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Review: War Final Assault by Atari Games

Review: War Final Assault by Atari Games

Shaggy February 10, 2009 3

I know that I posted a review not that long ago (of another Atari title, Asteroids Deluxe) but I haven’t had a lot of time to spend on researching news but I did have

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Insert Coin 2009 – UK public arcade expo launches!

Insert Coin 2009 – UK public arcade expo launches!

HeavyElectricity February 10, 2009 0

It’s a great day for arcade gamers in the UK, as the Insert Coin 2009 expo has been announced! The show will run on July 18th and 19th at the Northampton Saints Conference CentreThe

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Exercise-based arcade opens in Rockford, IL

Exercise-based arcade opens in Rockford, IL

HeavyElectricity February 10, 2009 1

Video games often come under fire from health police for being a sedentary activity, most recently in a UK television advert for a government backed health campaign which caused a bit of controversy. However,

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Tokyo Game Action closes

Tokyo Game Action closes

HeavyElectricity February 10, 2009 4

It’s always sad to see an arcade closing, but this one is particularly heartbreaking. Tokyo Game Action of Wichendon, MA has been forced to shut down with immediate effect, with a liquidation sale to

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