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Color Pinball: RollerCoaster Tycoon; Cirqus Voltaire; Terminator 3

Color Pinball: RollerCoaster Tycoon; Cirqus Voltaire; Terminator 3

arcadehero August 2, 2016 0

One great thing I have noticed about the pinball side of the amusement business is the amount of R&D spent by different companies in the business of “modding” pinball machines. There are quite a

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The Void Bringing Ghostbusters:Dimensions to Out-Of-Home VR

The Void Bringing Ghostbusters:Dimensions to Out-Of-Home VR

arcadehero May 9, 2016 0

(Thanks to everyone that sent this in) Here’s a story that is spreading like wildfire across the internet, which seems to be the case with anything VR related lately. As I’ve told people, don’t

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Poster For Konami’s Gundog Offers First Glimpse Of The Cabinet

Poster For Konami’s Gundog Offers First Glimpse Of The Cabinet

arcadehero January 16, 2014 6

Just a few weeks ago on Christmas Eve, we received news that Konami was testing out a brand new sniper arcade game in Japan called Gundog. From the descriptions it sounded like a follow-up

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Now Testing In Japan: Transparent Screen Sniping Game “GUNDOG”

Now Testing In Japan: Transparent Screen Sniping Game “GUNDOG”

arcadehero December 24, 2013 5

The Western world is gearing up for Christmas or New Years as the year comes to a close. In Japan, they are prepping to eat a lot of KFC (yep) but also testing out

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Pinball Update: P3 Pinball System and Captain Nemo

Pinball Update: P3 Pinball System and Captain Nemo

arcadehero March 29, 2012 2

It’s been a long time coming but finally we are starting to see more innovations coming about with pinball. It’s something I’ve harped on for years now, here on the blog and in Replay

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Arcade Related: Brain Battle by Ars Electronica; Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios

arcadehero November 27, 2011 0

Way back in 1983, Atari promised to revolutionize game controls with a device they called the Atari Mindlink. Prototypes were built and tested, running on modified versions of Pong and Breakout, but ultimately it

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Sega’s Let’s Go Island 3D now available

Sega’s Let’s Go Island 3D now available

arcadehero October 20, 2011 0

Well here’s another arcade release out of Sega that I wasn’t entirely expecting to happen now. Yesterday came word of Operation G.H.O.S.T. becoming available for release in North America and now comes word from

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Disney Develops new Tactile Feedback system for Video Games

Disney Develops new Tactile Feedback system for Video Games

arcadehero May 27, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1047 via They might be know more for their children’s cartoons and theme parks but as a part of the theme park business they develop plenty of interesting ideas which can be applied

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DeadStorm Pirates 3D as seen at JAMMA

Shaggy September 28, 2010 0

Newsfeed 935 via We have already mentioned how Namco’s latest light-gun shooter will be getting an update in 3D this next spring and for those fortunate enough to make it to JAMMA a couple

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Sony's Raymodeler 3D – a display system for future arcades?

Shaggy July 22, 2010 1

In my mind, one thing that can help set an arcade apart, beyond the game itself or unique controls is the type of display used. In classic era most stuff was raster-based and arcade

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"3D Group" ramping up the stereoscopic 3D game scene with a flood of new titles

Shaggy February 23, 2010 0

A few days ago we talked about a new arcade title out of China that Disney was involved with called Disney 3D Ping Pong.  Since then we have heard of other games in Asia

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Metal Gear Arcade will be at AOU 2010

Shaggy February 18, 2010 1

Via We have been wondering what happened to konami’s Metal Gear Arcade – it turned heads when it was announced at the console game heavy e3 last year but after that the game suddenly

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