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IAAPA Poll: What game are you most looking forward to?

IAAPA Poll: What game are you most looking forward to?

Shaggy December 2, 2008 3

Before we get too far away from IAAPA, I’d like to do a poll concerning games at the show that I meant to do sooner but forgot to. It’s straightforward – of all the

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King Of Fighters XII Japan site updates from teaser to full detail (updated with a translation)

King Of Fighters XII Japan site updates from teaser to full detail (updated with a translation)

Shaggy December 1, 2008 5

Today must be a day for fighters as here is some news on another highly anticipated arcade fighter, KOFXII. While I hadn’t been keeping tabs on the teaser site, what is there now is

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Rumor: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom arcade release to be delayed by Nintendo?

Rumor: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom arcade release to be delayed by Nintendo?

Shaggy December 1, 2008 2

A little while ago we received a rumor from several sources stating that the new Capcom arcade fighter Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom would be running on Nintendo Wii based hardware. While this was seemingly confirmed

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The Tetris and Breakout playable piggy banks

The Tetris and Breakout playable piggy banks

Shaggy November 29, 2008 0

  Way back in the early 80’s, at the height of the arcade craze, some companies produced some portable or table-top games based on popular arcade titles. The screens used weren’t anything close to

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IAAPA 2008: Final Round-up (now with some release dates)

IAAPA 2008: Final Round-up (now with some release dates)

Shaggy November 28, 2008 4

We’ve received a final batch of pictures from the IAAPA show in Florida (thanks again to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report)and it’s only fitting to ‘finalize’ our coverage of the event. Overall I

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How much would you pay for an arcade poster? Would you pay $1400+?

How much would you pay for an arcade poster? Would you pay $1400+?

Shaggy November 28, 2008 1

[Thanks to Oga Shi for the tip] One cool thing I miss about arcades is that they use to produce a poster for every game that the operator could put up as advertising for

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Interview with Konami about GTI Club+

Interview with Konami about GTI Club+

Shaggy November 28, 2008 0

Konami is updating the original GTI Club for the Playstation 3 (the full name is GTI Club+ Rally Cote D’Azur) and releasing it over PSN as an exclusive title for the platform. It will

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NY Arcade with SFIV and Tekken 6

NY Arcade with SFIV and Tekken 6

Shaggy November 27, 2008 4

While arcades in the US with some of the most desired fighters in one place might be rare, they are out there. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report stopped by an arcade in New

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CSI Pinball in action

CSI Pinball in action

Shaggy November 27, 2008 0

I got a chance to play and film Stern’s new CSI pinball game today and overall I like the game – I wasn’t sure what to expect since I had never really watched the

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Footage from Initial D5

Footage from Initial D5

Shaggy November 26, 2008 6

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Sega’s Intitial D5 – we first had news on this one back towards the end of June and have been waiting to hear something more

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