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Videos from the first DDR US championship qualifier in Dallas

Shaggy October 3, 2009 1

The headline says it all. Despite the fact that Konami didn’t give this a lot of hype, it looks like turnout was pretty good at the first qualifier wjhich was held in Dallas. [Discuss

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Game releases for this week: Twisted, BBH: Open Season, GT2010 and in Japan, Tank! Tank! Tank! (updated)

Shaggy October 3, 2009 0

UPDATE: I forgot to add Golden Tee 2010 which was also released this week It’s been a little while since I did a “releases this week” post since news has been a little slow

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More details on Namco's new pirate-themed light-gun game "Dead Storm Pirates"

Shaggy October 2, 2009 11

UPDATE: Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the correct translation of the game’s name. I knew pirates was at the end of that but wasn’t sure about the rest so it’s good to have a

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VecArcade – Vectrex in an arcade cabinet

Shaggy October 2, 2009 0

One of the overlooked reasons for the “Great Game Crash” back in 1983 or so was the fact that you didn’t have three consoles competing with each other – you had several (up to

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Some links to end the day on, mostly regarding facility news

Shaggy October 1, 2009 0

I have a bit of catching up to do so I am going to consolidate a couple of links that were sent to me by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report into one post,

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A developers diary on the canceled American Idol coin-op game

Shaggy September 26, 2009 6

It’s been about a year now but last October, we received a tip about an American Idol coin-op game that was being brought to market by Raw Thrills’. Not long after that, the game

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Videos from JAMMA including Shining Force Cross,KOF Sky Stage, Giant Tetris, taito's table flipping game and more

Shaggy September 26, 2009 11

Who wants just still photos of an event when you can have videos? Sega’s Shining Force Cross. This is less like Gauntlet than I imagined it might be but it’s still cool. I really

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Sega Racing Classic the new Daytona?

Shaggy September 26, 2009 1

Via Sega Nerds By looking at this artwork, it certainly appears that way – unless this is a fake of course, which I am trying to verify. If you listened to our last podcast,

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Blazblue gets an update with Continuum Shift (updated)

Shaggy September 26, 2009 0

There is another HD fighter out there that is turning heads in arcades and it’s not SFIV but the Guilty Gear-like BlazBlue. Personally I have not played BlazBlue yet although I have had a

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A Chuck E. Cheese "Entertrainment" video

Shaggy September 25, 2009 0

If you have ever wondered what kind of intense training is required to work at an arcade or similar entertainment facility then here is another video for you (well over two years ago we

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Konami announces a DDR US championship

Shaggy September 25, 2009 5

DDR fans, get ready to compete. Starting tomorrow in Dallas, TX, Konami will begin holding regional competitions at different GameWorks locations around the US, which will eventually lead to a final tournament in December

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Could the future of games follow the jukebox model?

Shaggy September 25, 2009 0

If you constantly follow the happenings of what goes on in the video game industry than looking forward into what gaming will offer in the future is something that is bound to come across

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