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Deathsmiles 2 and a slightly different way of revenue sharing in Japan
I have lost track of the times I have brought up costs in the arcade sector since it is an on-going issue. Since I joined Arcade Heroes, some manufacturers have certainly improved in bringing
Read More »Sega reveals Shining Force Cross with lots of slashing and bashing goodness
I don’t know what it is lately but there really hasn’t been a lot of arcade news going on. Of course I haven’t had a lot of time lately to sit down and scour
Read More »Power Instinct returns this summer
[Thanks to Brandon Jones for the tip!] Here is something we overlooked from AOU 2009 – Atlus is bringing one of their classic fighters back to arcades, Power Instinct. From the video below it
Read More »Some King of Fighters XII news
April is the month that King Of Fighters XII finally arrives and with that there are a couple of things that are worth mentioning. First remember to check out the official Japanese website for the game for
Read More »Own the fabulous "Game Carry" Model Car
[Thanks to Oga Shi for the tip!] Kids everywhere can never get enough of the ice cream truck, assuming they have money for it. But what if someone made a car that offered other
Read More »Japanese arcades to test new e-payment system
JAMMA (also known as the Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association) announced today that testing will begin on April 1st, 2009 for the use of a universal cashless e-payment system. The test will last for
Read More »Taito To Bring FPS To Arcades Again
Back in 2006 Taito brought out an arcade version of the legendary game Half Life 2. This game was fairly unique as it retained the FPS sytle game play of Valve’s flagship title. This
Read More »Taito's Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Celebration to end with a bang
I received this a couple of days ago but as it was all in Japanese in a form that the online translator could not do anything with it (I have noticed many Japanese sites
Read More »Arc System Works wants you to go dragon hunting (in Japan)
Another cool terminal game is hitting the arcades in Japan, this time it is Dragon Hunter by Arc System Works (same company that brought us BlazBlue). This title is not a fighter but a
Read More »Konami already testing a sequel/update to uBeat
One game I had hoped to see at ASI was Konami’s uBeat. There had been a US location test but since then we have heard pretty much nothing about the game here. Sadly, we
Read More »And you thought you had seen everything when it came to claw machines…
AH friend Kevin Williams is on the road but still is sending us newsfeeds (sorry I missed you at ASI BTW), this time of the strangest crane machine I have seen yet. I will
Read More »A few more details on Taito's Elevator Action Death Parade
A Japanese fan site that is dedicated to light-gun titles has posted a detailed preview of Taito’s upcoming game, Elevator Action: Death Parade and with it, a few more details on how the game
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