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Bandai Namco Unveils Real Drive At The Tokyo Motor Show
Happy Back To the Future Day – a day where we look at the present with more nostalgia for the 80s, when the ambition was more ‘a spaceship in every home’ than ‘a computer
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Newsbytes: Crossbeats and Pokken tests; Tokyo Arcades; Czech Arcade Museum
Today’s Newsbytes post is brought you you by… Japan! Crossbeats .REV Begins Testing At CA Round1USA locations – Naoki Meada, creator of DDR and the new Capcom arcade rhythm game Crossbeats .REV had mentioned
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SNK Bought By A Chinese Firm; New Football Videmption Game Testing At Dave & Busters
Got a couple of items to share this fine afternoon today. First a quick newsblast about SNK Playmore – A Chinese firm by the name of Wuhu Shunrong Sanqi Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Co Ltd has
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Newsbytes: 2015 Ottawa Pinball Show; Teen Makes His Own Arcade Game; Pac-Man Fever; Heart of Gaming
Happy weekend arcade fans! This weekend’s newsbytes are brought to you by the number 5,000, because that sounds like a good number to sponsor something. A new podcast will be posted later today so
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Now Fully Operational In Japan: Luigi Mansion Arcade & Crossbeats REV. Arcade
Japanese arcade games have been grabbing the headlines a lot lately and while this post just solidifies that, we don’t have to worry in the West – Summer typically has very few Western game
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Midweek Bump: Maximum Tune 5 DX; Variant Schwanzer; CAX2015 Videos
I have a few items worth discussing that I don’t want to hold over until Saturday so here’s a mid-week multi-item post. 😉 Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX Coming Winter 2015 – Nothing
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Sega Launches Transformers Human Alliance Special At the Tokyo Joypolis
Through Sega’s history, they have launched a variety of games as Medium scale attractions – not necessarily something that would fill up a huge space in an amusement park like a ride but not
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Details on Mario And Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition
As mentioned yesterday, Sega Japan announced some public location tests for a new sports arcade game, Mario & Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. This mouthful of a title is based
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Newsbytes: NEON FM Alternate; Konami Tests Museca; A Nickelcade Closing
Thanks to E3 this week, there was very little arcade news to discuss but I was able to scrape together the following to fill in the middle of your weekend. Also in the US
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Capcom Launches New Trailers For Luigi Mansion Arcade And Cytus Omega
The time is fast arriving where Japanese gamers will get their hands on a couple of new arcade titles from Capcom and as such, the marketing has begun. Capcom has been fairly dormant on the
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Newsbytes: New Barcade; Silver Ball Planet; TRON 3
Welcome to the last weekend of May 2015. It is out-of-school/graduation time for many, hope everyone has a fun and safe time. It’s also the perfect time to visit some arcades if you have
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Newsbytes: Polybius Doc; Walking Dead Update; Heighway Pinball Update
In the US many are out and about thanks to it being Memorial Day weekend, which is (or at least should be) one of the more solemn holidays. For most it also marks the
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