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Newsbytes: PlayX4 In South Korea, Raw Thrills Update, Konami Reshuffles & More
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Pinball on TV
Stern has been on a roll lately. Indiana Jones seems to be doing well (it has been earning quite well at my place, I even had one person play it for 3 hours straight
Read More »Fighter mania continues with BlazBlue
The notion that no one wants to play fighters in the arcade anymore is silly. Apparently Capcom and Namco thinks so when it comes to the US but I have noticed a very interesting
Read More »Guitar Freaks v5 & DrumMania v5 hit arcades in Japan
[Kotaku via IT] Good to see that Konami’s instrument games are still going strong. It’s just a shame we don’t get to see these games that much in the UK. I’d like to think
Read More »Street Fighter IV at London's Battle of Destiny
Battle of Destiny is a tournament for the hardcore fighting fans out there – a proving ground in which challengers compete on Hyper Street Fighter 2, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Capcom vs SNK 2
Read More »Rumour: London's Funland under threat?
This one is an interesting piece of rumour, but back in January Ripley’s Believe It or Not! announced its intention to open a new museum in London’s Trocadero this August, occupying around 25,000 square
Read More »Exclusive: A look inside the Flora Print Club, London
It looks like something you might expect to find in Tokyo, but the print club you see pictured above is actually located in the heart of London, being situated in the popular Covent Garden
Read More »Konami launches official Dance Dance Revolution community
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Dance Dance Revolution series (known as Dancing Stage in Europe), Konami has launched an official community portal for the site. It is extremely comprehensive, featuring an official
Read More »Retro Gamer #52 – King of Kong, Atari interviews and more
The new issue of UK publication Retro Gamer has hit newsagents, and it features a lot of interesting material for fans of classic arcade games. For fans of juicy gossip, the first port of
Read More »New arcade in France focuses on fighters
Despite what you might hear in the media at times, there are still many people out there who enjoy arcade fighters. I have seen that myself over the past week of running my arcade,
Read More »The Surface iBar at Las Vegas' Rio
It has annoyed me how few video arcade games are in pubs and bars these days and I wonder if this could be the answer. Now as cheesy as this video maybe, it does show some
Read More »Next from Stern Pinball: Dark Knight
While I was at my distributor the other day I heard some interesting news on the pinball front as to what is next from Stern, but with my busy schedule lately I haven’t had
Read More »Marketing the arcade
One thing that some arcades seem to have trouble with is getting the word out about their business. This is something that any small business can have trouble with as it takes money to
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