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EAG 2011 – Full report

EAG 2011 – Full report

HeavyElectricity January 26, 2011 6

The January trade show season is always exciting, isn’t it? New games, lots of people, general excitement. For a few days, a part of London is all about the amusement trade. This year, however,

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EAG 2011 video

HeavyElectricity January 25, 2011 7

HeavyElectricity went to EAG and brought back some video! It’s a little too late to write up my usual lengthy show report, so here’s the rather less usual highlight video to tide you over.

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Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Versus Kits coming soon

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Versus Kits coming soon

arcadehero January 25, 2011 6

Alternate Headline: Capcom finally comes to their senses. The biggest issue I have had with SFIV and SSFIV arcade editions has been Capcom’s way of handling the release. Instead of creating a couple of

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Edge Magazine Jan ’11: Coin-op feature

Edge Magazine Jan ’11: Coin-op feature

HeavyElectricity December 31, 2010 8

Those guys over at Edge are a funny lot. Every month, “coin-op” is printed on their front cover, and every month the actual level of coin-op coverage remains zero. This has not gone unnoticed,

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New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

HeavyElectricity December 24, 2010 1

Namco’s latest trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 shows that a lot of progress has been made since we last saw the game, back in November. New backgrounds have replaced the featureless stages from

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Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post

Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post

arcadehero December 16, 2010 0

As I need to catch up a little on updating the website here(updates might still be a little spotty over the next few days), I am going to combine a couple of Stinger Report

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The story behind a unique arcade game about Waffles

arcadehero December 13, 2010 2

The holiday season is always good for a heart warming story and Kotaku has one they published today that involves a waffle restaurant in Eugene, Ore., a unique arcade game made as a gift

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Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game

Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game

arcadehero December 10, 2010 2

Newsfeed 968 via Back in September of this year the Tokyo Game Show held a little surprise for arcade fans in the form of something called Astro Ranger. Developed by a South Korean company,

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Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week

arcadehero December 10, 2010 0

We have known that the latest installment of Konami’s DDR series, X2, would be getting a December release in the US and that time has finally arrived. The software has reportedly been tweaked to

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Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade coming next week

Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade coming next week

arcadehero December 9, 2010 3

It’s been quite a while since we first heard about Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade (April 2009 is when the rumors began flying) and finally Konami will be bringing the game to arcades this next

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New trailer for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

arcadehero December 4, 2010 0

Newsfeed 966 via While most everyone is collectively going crazy over the revelation of two new characters in this trailer that Capcom has produced to hype up SSFIV AE, I was more intrigued by

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Some Darius Burst Arcade news

Some Darius Burst Arcade news

arcadehero November 30, 2010 2

There is an important date coming up for some of us arcade nerds – December 17th. On that day two things are happening: first TRON Legacy will be released to theaters and second, Taito

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