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Fans say goodbye to Arcade Infinity, Chinatown Fair
I’m not sure if this will be the last post we’ll be running about Arcade Infinity and Chinatown Fair, but it seems likely. Both locations are closed now, although there is still a little
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Impressions from Amusement Expo 2011
Amusement Expo 2011 started yesterday in Las Vegas and I was there for the day to take a look around and see what was new. If you are new to modern arcade gaming, there
Read More »Amusement Expo ’11 Preview
It’s March and that means it’s time for Amusement Expo (formerly ASI). Last year there were a few announcements to talk about before the show but so far this year has been a little
Read More »The End of Infinity – An Arcade Story Mini-documentary
The end of an era will be ending tomorrow when Arcade Infinity in Rowland Heights, CA will be closing it’s doors for the last time. You may recall that when the news first broke
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A fundraiser to help the American Classic Arcade Museum
(Thanks to Jon Lynch for the tip!) We’ve had some unpleasant news about a popular arcade in Southern California closing it’s doors, Arcade Infinity which is closing this week (BTW- They asked me to
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Meet Namco’s new BanaPassport card
(Image via Gamespot Japan) Newsfeed 1009 via While not every arcade game out there features a card system, most games in Japan do, as a way for you to save your progress, statistics, etc.
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TouchFX now in single and double screen models + special edition Fruit Ninja FX model
Since IAAPA 2010, we have only seen Adrenaline Amusements‘ new coin-op platform, the TouchFX, in a triple screen configuration. The company promised single and double screen models and now according to this page on
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NG:DEV TEAM release Last Hope: Pink Bullets for NeoGeoMVS
The NeoGeo MVS has another game to add to it’s overall game library today as the Germany-based development team NG:DEV TEAM has announced the limited release of their original game, Last Hope: Pink Bullets.
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Chinatown Fair Arcade closing Wednesday? + Ground Kontrol goes 3.0 (UPDATE)
(From inside the Chinatown Fair arcade, GameSetWatch) UPDATE: Both Joystiq and Kotaku have ran stories about this and found out that the closure isn’t completely true – there are some issues with the landlord
Read More »AOU 2011 Day 2: More videos!
Here’s more follow-up on the AOU 2011 expo, as today we have more to watch in terms of videos! Read on for clips of Let’s Go Island 3D, Chaos Code, Taito’s booth, NESiCAXLIVE, Aquapazza,
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Namco unveils trailer and website for Maximum Tune 4
I was wondering where the previously announced Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 was at AOU 2011 and while the game didn’t make an appearance at the expo, Bandai Namco at the very least has
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AOU 2011 Day 1
Here’s a new batch of images to come out of AOU 2011 that is now taking place in Japan. We’re not able to be there personally but there is quite a bit of coverage
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