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Results Of The Kong Off 3 Donkey Kong Tournament

Results Of The Kong Off 3 Donkey Kong Tournament

arcadehero November 26, 2013 1

As mentioned a few weeks back, the month of November has turned out to be a big one for the e-Sport arcade space, there was the Big Buck World Championships and The Kong Off

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Route 66 Arcade Museum Now Open in Atlanta, IL

Route 66 Arcade Museum Now Open in Atlanta, IL

arcadehero August 30, 2013 6

It’s been a little while since we had news of a new location opening the doors probably due to most places trying to get open at the beginning of the summer. For this location

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New Retro Arcade In Athens, GA – Flashback Games

New Retro Arcade In Athens, GA – Flashback Games

arcadehero February 1, 2013 0

If you are in the Athens, GA area and are looking for some retro gaming goodness then there is a new business that opened its doors there a few weeks ago to cater to

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Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo Coming Nov. 2nd & 3rd

Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo Coming Nov. 2nd & 3rd

arcadehero October 15, 2012 1

For any arcaders in or near the Houston area, there is an arcade expo headed your way in about three weeks. It is the annual Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo and in addition to

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Arcade Games Turning 30 this year

Arcade Games Turning 30 this year

arcadehero January 5, 2012 1

For a little over a year we’ve had some talk about games reaching their 30th birthday, in particular with Pac-Man but as this marks the 30th year since 1982, I figure why not take

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Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

arcadehero May 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to IGO for the tip) The Classic Game Room is a large series of video reviews found on Youtube where these guys review games for any game system they can get their hands-on.

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Insert Coin(s) open and booming in Las Vegas

Insert Coin(s) open and booming in Las Vegas

arcadehero May 1, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1037 via This past February we ran a story about a new location in Las Vegas that would feature arcade gaming as a part of it’s entertainment options. That place was called Insert

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The Arcade Hunters visit Richie Knucklez

Shaggy August 19, 2010 0

It may be impossible to visit all of the arcades that are out there but at least thanks to the wonderful world of the internet we can get in-depth videos of the locations that

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The American Classic Arcade Museum and the nostalgia behind classic arcade games

Shaggy August 6, 2010 1

Newsfeed 893 via This subject isn’t anything new but it’s always nice to see an article from a large news organization throwing a positive light onto arcade gaming. This article in the Christian Science

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More arcade goodness from PAX East (updated with Wil Wheaton)

Shaggy April 3, 2010 3

As I had mentioned a few days ago, we had some more pictures from the PAX East (Boston) event coming up and here they are, thanks to Adam Pfeifer. Most of these are of

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Action buttons – a classic arcade tribute sculpture

Shaggy March 31, 2010 0

Via When you think of sculptures, the likely thought to enter the mind is something carved out of stone. But that doesn’t always have to be the case, as we see here with this

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Peter Hirschberg's Luna City Arcade up for sale

Shaggy March 6, 2010 0

There are a lot of cool home arcades out there but few have attracted as much attention as Peter Hirschberg’s Luna City Arcade. He has built-up one of the finest collection of vector titles

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