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IGS releases Speed Driver 2 and Speed Rider in Asian markets

Shaggy March 9, 2009 1

Taiwanese arcade game maker IGS has some new games to show off and this time we’ve got another motorcycle racing game and a car racing game, named Speed Rider and Speed Driver 2, respectively.

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A few more details on Taito's Elevator Action Death Parade

Shaggy March 7, 2009 1

A Japanese fan site that is dedicated to light-gun titles has posted a detailed preview of Taito’s upcoming game, Elevator Action: Death Parade and with it, a few more details on how the game

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A trip down memory lane: Namco's Starblade

Shaggy March 5, 2009 2

Sorry about the lack of updates recently – news has sort of dried up the past week or so compared to what we usually see. But we’re still here scouring for what we can.

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Sega USA releases Clay Challenge and Bass Fishing Challenge kits

Shaggy February 28, 2009 1

click on the image to enlarge Sega Amusements USA has updated their website with information on two new arcade releases for the US, Clay Challenge (which we revealed in our AMOA 2008 coverage) and

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Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release

Shaggy February 26, 2009 1

Namco’s latest light-gun shooter will soon land in arcades (release is listed for March 2009) and in advance of that, Namco America has issued a press release on the game. There isn’t a lot

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Some proof that plenty of people still love arcades in Japan

Shaggy February 25, 2009 2

Sorry about the lack of updates for the past few days, everyone is busy and there has been little internet time as of late. You might recall that over the past year or so,

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Listen to sounds from an arcade circa 1982-1988

Shaggy February 21, 2009 2

If you grew up playing games at arcades in the 1980’s then this is bound to bring back some nostaligic memories for you. My earliest arcade memory was from about 1987 or ’88 but

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More people opting to play "arcade-style" games?

Shaggy February 21, 2009 4

While the article we’re linking to on this one doesn’t really have much to do with real coin-op arcades – it treats them as though they don’t exist anymore while it discusses a new

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AOU 2009 Video goodness

Shaggy February 21, 2009 0

The proverbial floodgates have opened on videos taken at AOU 2009 and here is a collection of some of the video titles. We won’t know for a little while if any of these games

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Justice League: Heroes United now available

Shaggy February 20, 2009 1

According to my local distributor, GlobalVR’s Justice League arcade title should now be available at a variety of distributors across the country and that means that it won’t be long before it will start

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More AOU 2009 news: Castlevania Arcade released, Border Break details, new hardware from SIE

Shaggy February 19, 2009 5

There’s more to talk about from AOU 2009, with plenty of exciting new Japanese arcade game news… Konami: Castlevania: The Arcade is now available in Japan. I have checked with Konami to see when

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Some more details on H2Overdrive (including a release date)

Shaggy February 16, 2009 0

We saw Raw Thrills’ and Specuilar Interactive’s new H2Overdrive at ATEI a few weeks ago (and we even captured some video of the game in action) but it’s hard not to want to see

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