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Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release

Shaggy January 24, 2012 0

I know posting has been inconsistent lately and I end up doing these variety posts but that will change shortly as I have completed moving my own arcade and I should be opening my

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Taito aims to expand Japanese stores to 100; New Gyrozetter info

Taito aims to expand Japanese stores to 100; New Gyrozetter info

Shaggy January 3, 2012 0

Happy (belated) New Year everyone. I hope that the time went by without a negative incident for everyone. Newsfeed 1151 via First piece of news for 2012, just so happens to be an article

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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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Taito’s Densha De Go! Returns in 2012

Taito’s Densha De Go! Returns in 2012

Shaggy October 8, 2011 1

(Via AM-Net Blog) Back in 1997, Taito released a coin-op “train simulator” video game called Densha De Go!. That basically translates to “Let’s go by train!”. It was successful enough in Japan to warrant

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Taito’s Kickthrough Racers released in Japan; coming soon everywhere else?

Taito’s Kickthrough Racers released in Japan; coming soon everywhere else?

Shaggy September 30, 2011 3

A little while back we had covered the announcement of a new scooter racing game by Taito called Kickthrough Racers. It is a spiritual sequel to another kids racer called Hopping Road, which latter

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The Games of EAS 2011 in London

Shaggy September 27, 2011 7

Today in London there was an event to show off some of the latest creations in the arcade/amusement/out-of-home entertainment sector. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report was there at EAS 2011 to snap some

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Location Testing Darius Burst Another Chronicle

Location Testing Darius Burst Another Chronicle

Shaggy September 26, 2011 7

I have a confession to make. For the past week or so I’ve had Taito’s Darius Burst Another Chronicle sitting at my arcade on location test and I didn’t tell everyone about it. That

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JAMMA ’11: Operation GHOST; Taito TypeX3 specs; Block King

JAMMA ’11: Operation GHOST; Taito TypeX3 specs; Block King

Shaggy September 16, 2011 2

JAMMA is wrapping up and one thing that means is that more videos are now on te web of what was at the show. There was no big annoucement for some new Sega hardware

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JAMMA ’11: Videos of Taito booth & Games; TypeX3 and Virtua Tennis 4 pics

Shaggy September 15, 2011 0

Continuing the coverage of JAMMA 2011 in Japan (which is taking place along with the Tokyo Game Show in the hopes of improving attendance) we have some videos of the products to be seen

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JAMMA ’11: Sega shows Virtua Tennis 4; Various Namco titles; Taito TypeX3 + more

JAMMA ’11: Sega shows Virtua Tennis 4; Various Namco titles; Taito TypeX3 + more

Shaggy September 14, 2011 2

The 49th Japanese Amusement Machine Show (better known as the JAMMA show) is upon us and as expected, new games are here to be seen. News will be trickling out in waves over the

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Taito’s iCade clone: iNVADERCADE

Taito’s iCade clone: iNVADERCADE

Shaggy September 14, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1113 via One thing I would use a time machine for right now, if they existed, would be to go a short ways down the road to get all of these iCade clones

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Two from Taito: Magical Music and Legendary Cannon

Two from Taito: Magical Music and Legendary Cannon

Shaggy September 1, 2011 0

This month there are two major conventions taking place in Japan – the Tokyo Game Show and the 49th JAMMA Show. JAMMA is usually the time for manufacturers to show off a lot of

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