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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
Read More »Some proof that plenty of people still love arcades in Japan
Sorry about the lack of updates for the past few days, everyone is busy and there has been little internet time as of late. You might recall that over the past year or so,
Read More »AOU 2009 Video goodness
The proverbial floodgates have opened on videos taken at AOU 2009 and here is a collection of some of the video titles. We won’t know for a little while if any of these games
Read More »More AOU 2009 news: Castlevania Arcade released, Border Break details, new hardware from SIE
There’s more to talk about from AOU 2009, with plenty of exciting new Japanese arcade game news… Konami: Castlevania: The Arcade is now available in Japan. I have checked with Konami to see when
Read More »AOU 2009 stuff : Yea for more games!
The arcade scene in Japan is starting to get a taste of what’s to come, and while the show has not officially started yet, several different Japanese manufacturers’ AOU 2009 websites have been updated
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