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JAEPO 2017 Day 2: More New Arcade Games, More Videos
Welcome to the second day of JAEPO 2017. Today is heavy on the video so take that as a warning in the event that your connection is running slow (like mine has been today,
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JAEPO 2017 Begins: Bombergirl (Konami); Soul Reverse (Sega) & More
The JAEPO 2017 trade show is upon us and with that, a fresh look at what Japanese game developers are looking to bring to the arcade market. Often the chances of finding many of
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Newsbytes: Art of Atari; JAEPO 2017; Aurcade; Ninja Turtles Redemption
The work on remodelling a space to move my arcade continues, as such I have not been able to keep news flowing on the site. I have been slowly working on another look-back in
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Bandai Namco’s Fishing Spirits Gets A Pokémon Sun & Moon Promotion In Japan
Good morning all! Just a quick news item here. The Fishing Spirits/Pokémon Cross Promotion You might recall a few IAAPA’s ago that Bandai Namco had brought their own fishing videmption game to the West.
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Taito Announces NESiCAxLIVE 2 For Japan; KOFXIV Will Be A launch Title
News out of the Japanese arcade market has been a little slow this year compared to years previous. So today’s news about Taito coming back with something is welcome to see. Taito’s NESiCAxLIVE 2
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Newsbytes: Arcade Revival; Monkey Magic; Densha De Go!!!; Polybius
I hope you have enjoyed the news this week. October is always a better time for news than September as we get close to IAAPA so more new game announcements come to light. Let’s
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Newsbytes: Magician’s Dead Coming To Round1USA; BattleZoneVR; Golden Tee 2017; CPS2
Hey, this weekend has enough newsbytes for a post! Let’s get to it: Magician’s Dead Coming The US via Round1USA: The Tokyo Game Show has been in full swing this week and from there
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New Website For Magician’s Dead Arcade Game
Japanese developer Byking has been working hard on a unique and original arcade concept by the name of Magician’s Dead. This game is an arena battle title where the player takes the role of
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Mini-documentary: Inside Tokyo’s Long Love Affair With Dance Dance Revolution
(Thanks to Venumspyder for the tip) It goes without saying that Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution arcade series has been a phenomenon all over the world since it was introduced in the late 90s. Interest has
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Newsbytes: Mario & Sonic Cabinets Actually At The Rio Olympics; New Densha De Go! Releases; Arcade Movie Spoofs
It’s been a time for travel and vacations so things have been kind of slow around here lately. That doesn’t mean that news has stopped though, let’s look at what is going on in
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Happy 8-6 Day! Honoring the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 Toyota Corolla from Initial D
Happy 8-6 day! August 6th is known as 8-6 day (Hachiroku) in Japan (and anywhere else you wish to celebrate), a day that honors the 1986 Toyota Corolla. Today is also the 30th anniversary
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Japanese Racing Game Updates: Initial D Zero; MaxiTune 5DX; Real Drive
There has been plenty of excitement over the upcoming return of Cruis’n to the arcade scene here in the States but over in Japan, they are keeping their racing scene plenty strong. Let’s take
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