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The home-made Dreamcast Arcade machine

Shaggy May 8, 2009 1

Of consoles in recent memory, the Sega Dreamcast perhaps has the most arcade-to-console ports of any console in the past decade. In part this comes from the fact that Sega used Dreamcast based hardware

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Move over Wii Sports – here comes Mocap Sports

Shaggy May 7, 2009 0

While it might  seem that Konami is a little late to the motion controller party, you also might recall that Konami pioneered the motion controller prior to the release of the Nintendo Wii (which has

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More details on Shining Force Cross revealed

Shaggy May 2, 2009 2

Game Watch has revealed some more juicy details on Sega’s new arcade RPG Shining Force Cross and with it my interest in the game is up but at the same time it looks like

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Welcome to the wonderful world of arcade coin buckets

Shaggy May 2, 2009 0

If you have worked at an arcade before or if you own a few cabinets then you have probably come across some interesting coin buckets before. Some are rather irritating as they can be

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Check out the Game Boom

Shaggy May 2, 2009 0

Some arcade cabinets are sturdier than others and I think that this Game Boom takes the cake. Of course it’s not really a game cabinet although I’m sure that with a little extra work

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One place getting rid of an arcade machine does not mean that all games are seeing hard times

Shaggy May 1, 2009 0

When it comes to the economy, you can’t base the performance of one game to demonstrate how it must be for all arcade games. Especially if said game is two years old and has

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A tribute to vectors – Vectormania!

Shaggy May 1, 2009 0

Ever since I discovered vector games I have been a bit of a vector-junkie. I have an Asteroids Deluxe  and would love to own more vectors but it seems that I never have the

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A couple of new flyers: DDRX, DJ Max Technika and Putt Championship Edition

Shaggy April 30, 2009 1

I dropped by my local distributor yesterday and as I was browsing their collection of flyers, I noticed that they had some new ones in stock. I grabbed a few and decided to scan

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Stinger News: Game Gate VU to soon come in a driver edition

Stinger News: Game Gate VU to soon come in a driver edition

Shaggy April 30, 2009 1

We have discussed the Game Gate VU before, a coin-op kiosk that allows operators to put an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 on location to take advantage of the library that is offered by

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Another visit to FunSpot by someone else

Shaggy April 30, 2009 1

One day I swear that I will visit FunSpot in New Hampshire. One day. But that is not today – today we have a story from someone else taking a tour of the place,

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Steve Wiebe sets world record score for Donkey Kong Jr., eyes Donkey Kong next

Shaggy April 28, 2009 1

Many people have seen the documentary “The King of Kong” which delves into the world of high-score record setting on classic arcade games and the center of that story revolves around Steve Wiebe. We

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Initial D5 gets a new trailer

Shaggy April 23, 2009 1

Initial D5 is still on it’s way and it’s looking better and better with every new video. I’m not sure what ID5 is running on, it could be some version of Lindbergh but I

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