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The Cool Hunters Space Invader Hoodies (and Arcade Table)

The Cool Hunters Space Invader Hoodies (and Arcade Table)

Shaggy February 12, 2008 0

At a site called “The Cool Hunters”, they have a retro arcade cocktail cabinet for sale that comes loaded with a number of classics on it that seems to fit the typical MAME fare.

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Space Invader snow sculpture

Space Invader snow sculpture

Twisted Supreme February 10, 2008 0

Could this be the beginning of a new epidemic of videogame related sculptures. Remember the wave of pumpkin sculptures? [via Kotuku] Kotaku reader Ryan attended the Sapporo Snow Festival last week in Hokkaido, Japan. He

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What have we been playing….

What have we been playing….

Twisted Supreme February 10, 2008 0

As from now I’ll be trying to work my way through my pile of shame. For any of you who aren’t familiar with this term, basically it’s all the awesome games I’ve bought (over

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Konami's Action Cop cabinet on location test

Konami's Action Cop cabinet on location test

Shaggy February 10, 2008 0

(Click on the image above to enlarge) Thanks to the Stinger Report we have a first look at the cabinet Konami’s new motion-based controller arcade title Action Cop ‘in the wild’. It is currently

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Happy Belated Birthday Nolan Bushnell

Happy Belated Birthday Nolan Bushnell

Shaggy February 9, 2008 0

I feel bad for missing this the other day but on February 5th the founder of our industry (practically the entire video game industry – yeah I know aobut Ralph Baer but Nolan is

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Play Mechanix hiring for help on "online tournament system"

Play Mechanix hiring for help on "online tournament system"

Shaggy February 9, 2008 1

Play Mechanix, developer of popular arcade titles such as Big Buck Hunter, Aliens: Extermination, and Deal or No Deal has updated their website with two new positions they are looking to fill, specifically for

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Galactic Front – Freeware coin-op arcade game

Galactic Front – Freeware coin-op arcade game

Shaggy February 9, 2008 0

I came across this on Youtube and have to say that it’s cool to see someone making a new game themselves that’s intended to go into an arcade cabinet as this game is, if

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Pinball at ATEI

Pinball at ATEI

Shaggy February 9, 2008 0

In our coverage of the arcade goodness at ATEI this year it’s easy to overlook the presence of pinball at the show as it has a fairly small footprint, but it was there nonetheless

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Preview of Taito's AOU booth

Preview of Taito's AOU booth

Shaggy February 9, 2008 0

(Click on the image above to enlarge) Japanese arcades might be suffering a little at the moment but that won’t cancel the upcoming AOU 2008 show in Japan next week. Thanks to the Stinger

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Street Fighter IV on Viewlix cabinet – uses Taito Type X2 hardware

Street Fighter IV on Viewlix cabinet – uses Taito Type X2 hardware

Shaggy February 8, 2008 2

So I was poking around the Famitsu site a little more to see if there was anything more on SFIV and I had overlooked this article where the editors of that magazine had a

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