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Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

arcadehero July 11, 2011 14

Newsfeed 1075 via UPDATE: For the latest on the international reach on this game, check out our post here. The next installment of Namco’s hardcore driving series, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune has a release

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The California Extreme 2011 post

The California Extreme 2011 post

arcadehero July 10, 2011 2

Another year, another California Extreme event comes along. I always lament missing these, and this year is no different although I wasn’t paying full attention and thought it was going to happen a little

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The Video games of The Simpsons + new VR entertainment system prototype

arcadehero July 10, 2011 1

(Thanks to James for the Simpsons tip. VR system news is Newsfeed 1074 via  ) The Simpsons has been on TV for a really long time. I remember being in elementary school and everyone

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Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

arcadehero July 2, 2011 5

If you’re in the US then you are possibly travelling somewhere, or hosting visitors for the 4th of July weekend. If not, it’s still a 4-day weekend which is always great to take advantage

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New arcade opens in San Mateo, CA – Gamecenter

New arcade opens in San Mateo, CA – Gamecenter

arcadehero July 1, 2011 1

(Thanks to Dave K. for the tip!) In May we reported about a new arcade location opening it’s door’s in San Fransisco, CA and now just a short distance away in San Mateo, CA

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More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix

More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix

arcadehero June 30, 2011 2

Konami has given out some new details on the next arcade installment of the Dance Dance Revolution series and right off the bat one of the obvious changes is the full name of the

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Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

arcadehero June 24, 2011 6

  Newsfeed 1060 via In Japan, Sega has been holding a “private” show today and we have a small idea of what is coming out of there but it isn’t much to go over

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With economies under stress, are consumers spending on entertainment?

With economies under stress, are consumers spending on entertainment?

arcadehero June 21, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1059 via It feels like forever now that economies around the world are in a state of recession/depression, with stagnant growth and worried consumers all around. It’s not the case in every country

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

arcadehero June 21, 2011 2

What do you do with a popular game? You “sequelize” it of course. It’s no different for video games than books or movies since people enjoy the original so much. Yesterday we saw that

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The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

arcadehero June 17, 2011 3

I’m not really up to speed on advancements in light-switch technology but everything I’ve seen at the hardware store shows that it hasn’t really changed much since it hasn’t really needed to. That’s ok

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Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting

Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting

arcadehero June 14, 2011 0

Newsfeeds 1055-1057 via Here are a few strange cabinets where the chances of coming across them are pretty slim. First is a cabinet we’ve seen before from a trade show in China – the

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show

Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show

arcadehero June 10, 2011 6

Newsfeed 1052 via Some months ago we revealed that Taito’s 4-player arcade exclusive shmup Darius Burst Another Chronicle game would in fact be making it outside of Japan with a special English version of

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