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Konami Releases Contra Burst To Round1USA
Late last year, word spread around in arcade circles about a brand new Contra video redemption game by Konami under the name of Contra Burst. This quietly appeared on location test at Round1USA‘s flagship
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Taito’s Space Invaders Gigamax Comes To America As A Round1USA Exclusive
Long-time readers of the site might remember a story from a few years ago regarding an enormous version of Taito’s signature arcade game being released in Japan. Space Invaders Gigamax is a mighty impressive
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Location Watch March 2024: New Arcades Open Up All Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, our regular series of posts covering recently-launched venues across the world. What new arcade businesses have opened up lately? That question is what these reports are all about. For many
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Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade Appearing At Round1USA’s Across The Land
Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade has begun to appear in the United States but only at Round1USA locations. It is going to replace existing Street Fighter V Type Arcade setups, so any R1
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Round1USA Puente Hills Hosting Special exA-Arcadia Event Starting Tuesday
We don’t get a lot of news on Sundays, but today gets to be an exception. Round1USA has built a reputation for bringing a variety of Japanese market-made games to the US. Today, their
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June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ
Welcome to part 2 of our June Location Watch. If you missed Part #1, click here. This was broken up as there were so many locations opening their doors for the first time that
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Location Watch: New Arcades in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho, Louisiana, Texas, Oregon & Ireland
It’s been a little while since we did a locations post, and I did a catch-up Newsbytes yesterday, so let’s get back on track by seeing who is new out there. Due to the
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Location Watch: Mikado Europe (Spain); ArCains (UK); Arcade Club #3 (UK); Park & Rec Tampa and more;
We’re in the middle of December already, so it’s a good time to get you up-to-date on the latest happenings in the wonderful world of new arcades – specifically, arcade locations/businesses that have opened
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Location Watch: New Arcades Open From The UK to Japan
We’re almost done with October, but before the floodgates open about the latest games that you’ll find in arcades next year, let’s take a fresh look at the newest venues that are opening their
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Location Watch: Wilcox Arcade, Player 1up, Stardust Pinbar, Mr. Pixels and More
It’s been a slow news month for arcades, making this post the only location watch post we’ll have for August, but that’s ok. There are still new venues opening their doors out there, showing
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Newsbytes: E3 & Home Arcade Mania; Old Arcade Footage; SFV Arcade To Round1 & More
Welcome friends, to another edition of Newsbytes. This collection of quick arcade-related news items should tide you over until the next story of the week. We’ve had an interesting week of stories at that,
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NESiCAxLive 2 Begins Testing In The USA Until Jan. 27th
Just a quickie post here. We recently highlighted news about Taito looking to test their NESiCAxLive 2 digital download arcade network in the states, and now it has begun. This tweet from the official
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