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BlazBlue now available for arcades in the US
While a certain company may feel that arcades are dead and so there is no use selling their fighter arcade title in the US, a different company known as Aksys has eschewed the logic of the
Read More »Target Toss Pro: Bags heads to the Wii
I found this as a little bit of a surprise as Incredible Technologies hasn’t taken many games over from the coin-op market to the home market (they did do a GT game for cell
Read More »IAAPA: Guitar Hero and American Idol seen, some details
The information is starting to come out of IAAPA and first are the anticipated Guitar Hero and American Idol arcade games, we have been discussing for a little while now. This info comes to
Read More »Capcom: No SFIV Arcade for the US
I figure it’s good to get this out of the way before the main page is flooded with IAAPA info. Capcom has come around and made it official – SFIV will not come to
Read More »IAAPA news: Guitar Hero to be at the show (UPDATED)
Here is a very interesting rumor to start off with some IAAPA coverage: Guitar Hero will be at IAAPA and there will be a twist in who is involved in the game. According to
Read More »Pre-IAAPA thoughts and guesses
IAAPA is just a few days away and this is unfortunately one event I will not be able to go to. But we will have information pouring in straight from the floor as our
Read More »Someone had a bad uWink experience (eegads!)
One of those things you have to deal with as a business operator is that many individuals may come and go to your place of business and have a pleasant experience but if one
Read More »R-Tuned site reminds us that the game is coming soon
It’s been a little while since we heard something about R-Tuned but Sega’s latest arcade racer that seeks to overcome what happened with RaceTV is almost out in Japan and the teaser site has
Read More »25 years and still standing – the Asteroids High Score
I’m sorry I missed this one yesterday but being a day late doesn’t hurt. Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of Scott Safran setting the still unbroken high score record on Atari’s Asteroids, setting the
Read More »New images from Stern's CSI Pinball
[Thanks to IcePagoda for the tip] Pinball News has the first images of the new CSI pinball machine by Stern and after looking at them I have to say that I am far more
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