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As Arcade Heroes Turns 13, Let’s Find Out Your Game of the Decade!

As Arcade Heroes Turns 13, Let’s Find Out Your Game of the Decade!

arcadehero December 3, 2019 3

December 3rd seems to be an important date for game history. In 1979, the Intellivision game console was launched; in 1994, the first Sony PlayStation launched. And on December 3rd 2006, this website launched!

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“Best of Show Awards” 2015 Open To the Public

“Best of Show Awards” 2015 Open To the Public

arcadehero March 3, 2015 6

For the past few years I had ran a poll for Arcade Game Of The Year, although for 2014 I missed out on that, being pre-occupied with some other items on my plate. Awards for

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Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet Sells For a Mere $20,000

Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet Sells For a Mere $20,000

arcadehero December 11, 2012 2

The Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet that was on eBay sold and for a lot more than many including ourselves expected.

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And the All-Time favorite Arcade Game ever (at least for 843 people) is…

And the All-Time favorite Arcade Game ever (at least for 843 people) is…

arcadehero July 5, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1069 via Well this really isn’t hard to guess – it’s not only the best selling arcade game of all-time with somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 units sold, a song was written

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Who plays at the arcade in Japan and why? (UPDATED)

Who plays at the arcade in Japan and why? (UPDATED)

arcadehero November 30, 2010 15

(UPDATED: thanks to one of our readers who translated a couple of the charts for us into English, they are posted below). Market data for the amusement industry is sometimes hard to come by,

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