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New FEC called Kids Castle opens in Burbank, CA + some other arcade/economic news
(Photo: Alex Collins/Leader) While it’s generally been accepted that there is a ‘worldwide economic slowdown’ (although personally I never am quick to believe that it’s always as bad as the news says it is
Read More »Win a copy of Arcade Mania by creating your own Kotaku Arcade
Gaming blog site Kotaku is running a contest to see what users can come up with the best arcade diorama (made up of paper, toys, etc.) of a ‘Kotaku Arcade’. The prize – a
Read More »Another location test report on DJ Max Technika + news on an iPhone version of the game
Say what you will about DJ Max Technika, it certainly is generating a bit of excitement among players. This of course is why I think that there is great value in high-profile location tests
Read More »Arcade Art – hand painted 8-bit goodness
We’ve discussed arcade-related artwork before but I hadn’t thought of looking up “Arcade Art.com” before to see what would pull up. It seems like a no brainer now, but there is a website called
Read More »City in California makes a loan for new arcade/FEC to open
When I saw this news it had me a little surprised since it always seems like many cities do things to make life harder for an arcade to open these days but that
Read More »More details on Smart Industries' Battle Stations
Among the many new games coming to the market that were shown at IAAPA was Battle Stations, a submarine action game that is coming to us from Smart Industries. Smart generally deals with redemption
Read More »Three more videos from IAAPA with some arcade game footage
While I had hoped for more videos of video arcades in action at IAAPA, I suppose that might have been hoping for too much since there is a lot more there than just arcades.
Read More »Three Silver Strike Bowling players win big prizes in time for Thanksgiving
This was meant to have been posted on Thanksgiving (last Thursday for the US) but I overlooked the mail then but figured that even though I’m almost a week late, it’s still worth posting.
Read More »Southend Council blocks arcade games on pier
Councillors in the UK seaside town of Southend are inviting regeneration proposals for the town’s famous pier – and have ruled out arcade games as a prospect. Current indications suggest that the new development
Read More »DJ Max Technika location testing in the US
[Via Aaron Auzins of Bemanistyle.com] We heard that DJ Max Technika would be coming to the US a couple of weeks ago and we’re happy to pass along the news that the game is
Read More »IAAPA Poll: What game are you most looking forward to?
Before we get too far away from IAAPA, I’d like to do a poll concerning games at the show that I meant to do sooner but forgot to. It’s straightforward – of all the
Read More »King Of Fighters XII Japan site updates from teaser to full detail (updated with a translation)
Today must be a day for fighters as here is some news on another highly anticipated arcade fighter, KOFXII. While I hadn’t been keeping tabs on the teaser site, what is there now is
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