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Southern California Classic Collector's (SC3) Meeting on 5/12/07
Every time I hear about groups of arcade collectors coming together to play, it’s always far away from where I live. These events are always great fun though, allowing you to get together with
Read More »Ebay Listing Of The Week
Gravitar Released in 1982 by Atari, this game did not do particularly well, mainly because many found the game too hard. The object of the game is to destroy enemy planets to make space
Read More »Stern Issues Spider-Man Press Release
Stern has issued a press release for their upcoming pinball game, Spider-Man. The Press Release also contains new artwork for the game, showing the detailed toys and the decals on the red plastic that
Read More »Ghost Squad Coming To Wii
[via Kotaku @ Sega’s Gamer Day] “The next game they are announcing is Ghost Squad. Ghost Squad will be going exclusive to the Wii. Oh, and it will be playable here today. The game
Read More »Review of the week – Blazing Star for NeoGeo
I’m a little late on this one, but it’s no big deal. I hope you enjoyed last week’s review of Balloon and Balloon. This week I am covering Blazing Star, for the NEO GEO
Read More »BattleGear 4 videos
Hey racing fans, Taito has a page up that shows a bunch of videos from their arcade racing game Battle Gear 4. The page is in Japanese but once you use the Google translator,
Read More »House of the Dead 4 Special with Motion Cabinet
According to Kotaku, Sega has released a special motion cabinet version of House of the Dead 4 into Japanese and European arcades. The cabinet has two 100 inch XGA projector screens, as well as
Read More »Rhythm Tengoku Arcade Game Announced
According to N-sider, Nintendo’s cult-classic GameBoy Advance game from the makers of Wario Ware, Rhythm Tengoku is coming to the arcades courtesy of Sega. The arcade version will feature the same rhythm mini-games of
Read More »London Shows nominated for exhibition 'Oscars' award
Considering how many shows there are at Earls Court each year, let alone across the whole country, it’s pretty impressive that the ATEI has been nominated for this award. I’ve always thought it’s
Read More »GuitarFreaks v3 and Drum Mania v3 Site; also GFv3 location testing
While I am not sure how long this has been up, I have found a Japanese site dedicated to two bemani games, Guitar Freaks v3 and Drum Mania v3. The site is ran by
Read More »Game Of The Week
Computer Space Well this week I decided to take it back, way back, to where it all began. You can’t have a Game of the Week without a mention to the game that started
Read More »Crown Leisure Smartwater Crime Detection System
Recent issues regarding crimes involving AWP and Section 16 machines are fast becoming in urgent need of addressing. Thieves see easy pickings with Motorway services in particular offering ideal circumstances for such activities. However
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