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DJ Max Technika location testing in the US
[Via Aaron Auzins of Bemanistyle.com] We heard that DJ Max Technika would be coming to the US a couple of weeks ago and we’re happy to pass along the news that the game is
Read More »IAAPA Poll: What game are you most looking forward to?
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
Read More »King Of Fighters XII Japan site updates from teaser to full detail (updated with a translation)
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
Read More »Rumor: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom arcade release to be delayed by Nintendo?
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
Read More »The Tetris and Breakout playable piggy banks
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
Read More »IAAPA 2008: Final Round-up (now with some release dates)
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
Read More »How much would you pay for an arcade poster? Would you pay $1400+?
[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
Read More »Interview with Konami about GTI Club+
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
Read More »NY Arcade with SFIV and Tekken 6
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
Read More »CSI Pinball in action
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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