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100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Review

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Review

Arcadian May 2, 2013 3

Just a few days ago we ran news about the DVD release of a new documentary called 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience. After giving sitting down and giving it a thorough watching, here

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100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Now Available On DVD

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Now Available On DVD

Arcadian April 29, 2013 1

(Thanks to Chris at 100YenFilm as well as Geovany for the tip) UPDATE: My review of this has now been posted. It’s been a little while since we heard about the crowdsourced documentary film,

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Videos! Fix-It Felix Commercial, King of Arcades Documentary, Marching Band Game Tribute

Videos! Fix-It Felix Commercial, King of Arcades Documentary, Marching Band Game Tribute

Arcadian October 9, 2012 0

A few videos that should be of interest to arcaders, check inside!

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New Arcade Documentary: The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time

New Arcade Documentary: The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time

Arcadian October 1, 2012 2

In the world of arcade documentaries, most have focused on high score challenges but there is another side to that which is intertwined with those that compete for high scores and most often that

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Get Inside Dragon’s Lair

Get Inside Dragon’s Lair

Arcadian March 23, 2012 1

Every arcade game has a story behind its release or the effects of its release years down the road but for the most part, those stories have only been told in brief interviews or

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New documentary: Star Worlds: A pocket Full of Tokens and I’m Heading to the Arcade

Arcadian August 10, 2011 2

Since The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters made it’s popular debut, we’ve been seeing an increase in documentaries about our industry, although so far they have only focused on classic arcade gaming

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More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

Arcadian July 28, 2011 1

One nice thing about the annual California Extreme (CAX) annual event is that it generates a bit of media coverage for arcade and pinball machines. The latest outlet to do so is Wired.com, who

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New game history documentary – 8-Bit Generation: Playing the Revolution

Arcadian May 1, 2011 2

Anytime the subject of video game history comes up, the influence of arcade gaming is unavoidable. A large number of innovations as well as innovators got their start in the coin-op world, which came

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The End of Infinity – An Arcade Story Mini-documentary

Arcadian February 25, 2011 5

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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The Netherlands Arcade scene, circa 1982

The Netherlands Arcade scene, circa 1982

Arcadian December 31, 2010 1

We’ve had a few stories pop up this year that related back to the arcade scene from the early 80’s, specifically convention footage from 1982 and a news report on how much money arcade

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