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Want to own an arcade? Get one on eBay!
(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
Read More »Missed news: Cecropia shuts it's doors
(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
Read More »Review: War Final Assault by Atari Games
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
Read More »Insert Coin 2009 – UK public arcade expo launches!
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
Read More »Exercise-based arcade opens in Rockford, IL
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,
Read More »Tokyo Game Action closes
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
Read More »Jack Bauer comes to pinball with "24"
The hit show 24 now has a pinball game to compliment the action-packed thriller that features counter-terrorist Jack Bauer in his quest to defend his country from evil doers and we have a cabinet
Read More »Sega prepping new arcade hardware?
It certainly looks that way. The guys at Siliconera caught a set of patent trademarks for something called “Ringedge” and “Ringwide”, which are both listed as having something to so with arcade game boards.
Read More »An ASI preview from Betson with Guitar Hero and DDR:X action
Speaking of arcade shows (see our AOU post below this one), ASI/AMOA is just around the corner as well in Las Vegas come March and distributor Betson has already sent out a release showcasing
Read More »AOU sites for Sega and Konami
ATEI has come and gone and that means that the next big show is AOU in Japan, where Japanese manufacturers show off all of their great products which you may or may not find
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