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A detailed history of Atari 1971-1977

A detailed history of Atari 1971-1977

Shaggy November 7, 2007 0

Gamasutra has posted a detailed and accurate history of Atari from 1971-1977, a period which covers Atari’s early coin-op days where their coin-op division was primary to any home division at the time. It

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Eurogamer & Gremlin Voyager Giveaway

Eurogamer & Gremlin Voyager Giveaway

Twisted Supreme November 7, 2007 0

For those of you out there who want a bit of arcade action in your home but don’t have dosh to live the dream. Then head over to Eurogamer as they are running a

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What We Have Been Playing This Week……

What We Have Been Playing This Week……

Twisted Supreme November 6, 2007 0

To clarify from the off, one of the names I use as my initials on arcade games is RAT which is just one of my many nicknames. So it was a regular Friday night up

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Houston Arcade Expo – Nov. 30th & Dec. 1st 2007

Houston Arcade Expo – Nov. 30th & Dec. 1st 2007

Shaggy November 6, 2007 0

(Click on the flyer to enlarge) It seems like everywhere has an annual arcade expo except for where I live. That will have to change once I get my arcade open. The latest expo

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Raw Thrills announces a rebate for The Fast and Furious Drift, dedicates $25 mil. to new arcade games

Raw Thrills announces a rebate for The Fast and Furious Drift, dedicates $25 mil. to new arcade games

Shaggy November 6, 2007 0

Raw Thrills just announced that the 3500th unit of The Fast and Furious Drift came off the line and to celebrate they are offering an instant rebate for operators who purchased the game for

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8 NASCAR cabs next to each other

8 NASCAR cabs next to each other

Shaggy November 6, 2007 0

(Click to enlarge) I just dropped by the Cosmic Amusements website for the first time and I caught this scene, pictured above. Just thought it would be nice to share, in case anyone wanted

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The Last Starfighter

The Last Starfighter

Twisted Supreme November 5, 2007 1

I have to put my hands up to Rogue Synapse, to recreate this cabinet from the movie The Last Starfighter is no mean feat and thier effort is absolutely outstanding, read on…… [via Oh Gizmo]

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Recent Trend: Arcade modes and game consoles

Recent Trend: Arcade modes and game consoles

Shaggy November 5, 2007 0

While looking around the blogosphere I just noticed that one popular game, Call of Duty 4 will have an “Arcade Mode” where you simply fight waves of enemies for a high score. This seems

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Midnight Maximum Tune 3 Japanese website reopened

Midnight Maximum Tune 3 Japanese website reopened

Shaggy November 5, 2007 14

It’s a slow news day but that doesn’t mean we can’t find something to talk about. While looking around the net I found that the official Japanese website for the racer MaxiTune 3 has

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Argos Selling Retro Cocktail Cabinet

Argos Selling Retro Cocktail Cabinet

Twisted Supreme November 5, 2007 2

This just shows that there is still an interest in arcade gaming out there, be it retro, over wise Argos (a big UK retailer) would not be selling this beauty. [via Arcade Lounge] Retro-gaming certainly has

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Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap

Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap

Shaggy November 4, 2007 0

It seems that Gizmodo is really picking up on a lot of arcade-related stuff these days. Which is fine with us, the more attention brought to arcades, the better. The latest thing I have

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80's Arcade game comeback

80's Arcade game comeback

Shaggy November 3, 2007 1

OK, so this is about a year old but I just found out about it and it’s a good look at classic arcade games and the surge in retro gaming popularity (which continues to

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