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Newsbag: Real Steel Arcade; Sinistar Vacuum; Konami Game Engine

Newsbag: Real Steel Arcade; Sinistar Vacuum; Konami Game Engine

arcadehero March 7, 2012 1

Time for another random general interest post, mixing in small pieces of news that probably aren’t worth a whole post to themselves. Amusement Expo is just a week away. Unfortunately as things have worked

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AOU2012 Mega Videos Post

AOU2012 Mega Videos Post

arcadehero February 18, 2012 3

Now that a little time has passed, here come the videos from the AOU event taking place in Japan this week, with enough footage to keep anyone busy for a little while. The only

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Happy AOU Day! New arcade games from Japan

Happy AOU Day! New arcade games from Japan

arcadehero February 17, 2012 4

The slow early year news cycle has had us counting down to this event in Japan, the AOU Expo where different amusement companies get together to show off some of their latest ideas and

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What’s coming to AOU2012 (Part 1)

What’s coming to AOU2012 (Part 1)

arcadehero February 1, 2012 3

Newsfeed 1162 & 1163 via If you didn’t get a fill from the EAG show last week then never fear, another arcade trade show is just around the corner, this time in Japan. The

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Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

arcadehero January 24, 2012 0

I know posting has been inconsistent lately and I end up doing these variety posts but that will change shortly as I have completed moving my own arcade and I should be opening my

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News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release

News from Japan: Namco Dark Escape 3D Details; Sega Maimai loctest; Konami Pop N’ Music 20 release

arcadehero December 9, 2011 4

There were a few different arcade news items coming out of Japan today so I figured it would be useful to combine them into one post. Let’s start off with the quick stuff, both

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Konami launches an arcade community site, e-Amusement Gate

Konami launches an arcade community site, e-Amusement Gate

arcadehero November 11, 2011 4

Newsfeed 1134 via As an effort to provide Japanese gamers with a portal for everything revolving around their arcade games, Konami has launched a new site that focuses on bringing game information, player rankings,

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Konami unveils World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Championship 2012

Konami unveils World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Championship 2012

arcadehero October 8, 2011 0

We’ve never had an abundance of soccer/football games in the arcade industry although there have been a few here and there along with a couple of series that give us something new on occasion,

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Konami brings Dance Masters to arcades as Dance Evolution Arcade

Konami brings Dance Masters to arcades as Dance Evolution Arcade

arcadehero September 24, 2011 2

(Image via AM-Net Blog) It’s been a while since we first heard that Konami was thinking about taking their Xbox 360 Kinect title, Dance Masters and turning it into an arcade title. According to

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The Konami Arcade Championship 2011 coming to Japan next week

The Konami Arcade Championship 2011 coming to Japan next week

arcadehero September 20, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1114 via One strength of arcade games is that their skill-based nature allows for great competitions, some of which are worthy of dramatized documentaries. Some games are more skill-based than others and when

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Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG3 in Japan

arcadehero August 4, 2011 4

It’s that time of year again – the time for Konami to test out the latest version of their GuitarFreaks and DrumMania arcade music games. I’m sure it will include a variety of new

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Konami now testing Sound Voltex Booth in Japan

Konami now testing Sound Voltex Booth in Japan

arcadehero July 16, 2011 3

If it gets translated into English then it will probably be called Sound Vortex, but for now Voltex seems to be the chosen title. Konami has been on a roll testing out new music

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