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Coming Soon To JAMMA-based Arcades: Skycurser

Coming Soon To JAMMA-based Arcades: Skycurser

Shaggy February 11, 2015 14

Before you ask, no this is not an old story from 1992. Lately the trend towards big name, big cost games has been gaining steam but so has the occasional indie arcade game development.

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Nave Arcade, the Argentinan Arcade Game

Nave Arcade, the Argentinan Arcade Game

Shaggy May 28, 2013 3

(Thanks to Adam Coate for the tip) Arcade game development is generally found in a few particular areas of the world but with time comes expansion. We have previously covered games created in countries

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Dariusburst Another Chronicle Now Available For Purchase Worldwide

Dariusburst Another Chronicle Now Available For Purchase Worldwide

Shaggy December 10, 2011 10

We’ve been covering the progress of Taito’s epic shooter Dariusburst Another Chronicle for a while now and after seeing it released in Japan last year and then tested in Europe and the US this

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NG:DEV TEAM bringing Last Hope Pink Bullets to the NeoGeo MVS

NG:DEV TEAM bringing Last Hope Pink Bullets to the NeoGeo MVS

Shaggy December 28, 2010 2

Earlier this year a development team based in Germany released a brand new shmup title for the NeoGeo MVS called Fast Striker. The game has been well received at several Japanese game centers and

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Fast Striker released for the NeoGeo MVS

Shaggy October 7, 2010 6

This past April we first heard about a new game for the NeoGeo MVS called Fast Striker by NG:DEV.TEAM in Germany. Now some months later the developers have had a chance to test the

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NeoGeoMVS: The gift that keeps on giving with the new Fast Striker by NG:Dev.Team

Shaggy April 22, 2010 3

(Thanks to Timm Hellwig for the info!) One of the great things about older arcade game boards like the NeoGeo MVS is where they work like glorified game consoles, they also happen to have

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KOF goes all shmup-y with KOF Sky Stage

Shaggy September 10, 2009 0

KOF fan purists – brace yourselves. Or you might want to skip this post entirely but then again the damage is already done if you even noticed this. For everyone else – talk about

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Another school project arcade game – Starcell XF-1

Shaggy October 5, 2008 3

I’ve stumbled across another homebrew arcade school project and maybe it’s just me but it seems like these are becoming more common lately. This particular project, called Starcell XF-1 is an original game running

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DoDonPachi Dai Fukkatsu released

Shaggy May 31, 2008 1

[Image via Killercabs Forum] I am a little late on this as i wanted to research it a little if I could find the time but forum member Molloy pointed out that the new

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Otomedius launched in Japan

Shaggy October 16, 2007 1

  I almost missed this earlier today. Konami’s latest well-endowed anime girl shooter is now available in Japan, bringing with it side-scrolling shmup action – along with a touch screen. The chances of seeing

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Hands on with Konami’s Otomedius

Hands on with Konami’s Otomedius

Twisted Supreme April 16, 2007 0

[Note: The original video posted here was removed from YouTube due to the user’s account termination, so we’ve updated it with something more recent.] Arcade play testing has become for Konami‘s moe-meets-Gradius boob bullet

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