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Simulator Previews: Cruden’s Powerboat 5CTR & Yotto’s ExoSkelet

Simulator Previews: Cruden’s Powerboat 5CTR & Yotto’s ExoSkelet

arcadehero November 13, 2014 0

IAAPA 2014 is always a big time for professional simulators to make an appearance and we have covered venues before that have picked up things like them which is why they are included in

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Newsbag: RiftCycle Video; New Stern Pinall Website; Python Anghelo Passing; Race Simulator Venue Opens in Saudi Arabia

Newsbag: RiftCycle Video; New Stern Pinall Website; Python Anghelo Passing; Race Simulator Venue Opens in Saudi Arabia

arcadehero April 10, 2014 0

For today’s newsbag, let’s start with a follow-up to the last one posted a few days ago, particularly the story about the RiftCycles VR project. This project being created by “Arcade Man” is setting

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Article: Looking At VR From A New Perspective

Article: Looking At VR From A New Perspective

arcadehero March 11, 2014 4

The video game world is teasing with VR once again but it is hardware that still has plenty of potential in the arcade/amusement space. A year ago this month saw the release of the

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Videos From IAAPA 2013 + More Details on Congo Bongo

Videos From IAAPA 2013 + More Details on Congo Bongo

arcadehero November 29, 2013 1

Generally speaking, the week after IAAPA is not one with a lot of news. A lot of people are traveling in the US for Thanksgiving and for a lot of companies in the business,

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Cruden Launching New Powerboat Simulator at IAAPA 2013

Cruden Launching New Powerboat Simulator at IAAPA 2013

arcadehero October 4, 2013 0

When I attended the IAAPA 2012 trade show in Orlando, FL, there was a noticeable trend in new product entries for vehicle simulation products.  All of them involved racing in one form or another,

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Sega’s Wonderful Simulation Games Over The Years

Sega’s Wonderful Simulation Games Over The Years

arcadehero June 6, 2013 7

On June 6th 1964, Sega began selling arcade games. They had been in business prior to that dealing with vending machines but they recognized the value of electromechanical amusements at the time. This path

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IAAPA 2012 Show Floor Pictures Batch #1

IAAPA 2012 Show Floor Pictures Batch #1

arcadehero November 13, 2012 2

While I was unfortunately not at the IAAPA 2012 trade show for opening day (and won’t be until Thursday), The Stinger Report was and they have exclusively shared with us the first line-up of

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Finally, an FPS simulator

arcadehero October 23, 2011 0

Newsfeed 1129 via One might say that after watching that guy go to town on Ghost Squad in Thailand, that every light-gun shooter is an experience that rises to the class of simulator. To

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Race Simulator Center opening in Montreal Canada in November

Race Simulator Center opening in Montreal Canada in November

arcadehero September 17, 2011 1

One part of the arcade experience that we occasionally touch on is the area of simulators. Simulating something from real life as closely as possible is something that can often be done pretty well

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BRD's Full Car Motion Simulator that we'll probably never get to play

Shaggy August 27, 2010 0

Newsfeed 909 via I wasn’t sure about running this story as in the description they state that this simulator is made for race drivers and thus not for amusement parks but that might not

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The most impractical, yet cool Ferrari simulator of the day

Shaggy August 12, 2010 1

Newsfeed 899 via We’ve seen a number of racing simulators come onto the scene lately but none of them can make the claim that this one has. It’s controlled by a gigantic robotic arm.

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Capcom's Sengoku Basara – the amusement park attraction

Shaggy July 19, 2010 0

Newsfeed 872. Link sent by Back in 2005 Capcom released a new game for the Playstation 2 called Sengoku Basara. Five years and well over a million sales later they are preparing to release

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