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Daytona Championship USA Officially Released To Arcades

Daytona Championship USA Officially Released To Arcades

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After seeing various tweets showing that Sega’s newest arcade racer is showing up at various locations around the world, we have confirmed that the remake/reboot of Sega’s mega-hit classic Daytona Championship USA is now

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The Games Of The IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo 2017

The Games Of The IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo 2017

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While every November we come to the ‘big’ IAAPA trade show, the organization holds expos around the world throughout the year. One of those is called the Asian Attractions Expo. This year the event

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Sega Opens Pre-Orders For Let’s Go Island Dream Edition Conversion Kits

Sega Opens Pre-Orders For Let’s Go Island Dream Edition Conversion Kits

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Here’s something you don’t hear coming from major manufacturers too often these days – a new conversion kit is coming soon! Dream Raiders To Let’s Go Island Conversion Back in 2012, Sega released the

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Location Watch: VR Zone (JP); N2 Arcade (TN), The Garcade (WI) Sega Prize Zone Hatfield (UK); Round1USA (NY)

Location Watch: VR Zone (JP); N2 Arcade (TN), The Garcade (WI) Sega Prize Zone Hatfield (UK); Round1USA (NY)

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It’s E3 time again, which means that the gaming world has their focus on new developments for the console side of the business. Outside of that, developments continue in the arcade sector particularly with

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The Cosmotrons Arcade Summer Tour + More Game Details

The Cosmotrons Arcade Summer Tour + More Game Details

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A little while ago, we covered a new indie game that was being designed for home consoles but just so happened to make a public appearance as an arcade machine – Cosmotrons. The game

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Newsbytes: Cosmotrons; Knights In Armor; KOF XIV

Newsbytes: Cosmotrons; Knights In Armor; KOF XIV

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It’s a wonderful day in June, at least where I am at, so make the most of it and drop by an arcade for a gaming break. Until then, here are some news items

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Daytona Championship USA: New Trailer And UK Sightings

Daytona Championship USA: New Trailer And UK Sightings

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With June upon us, it is the beginning of the busy season for many arcades. Kids are out of school, families tend to travel and that means that many locations want to bring in

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Select Neo Geo MVS Games Come To PC Via GOG.com – Giveaway Contest Inside!

Select Neo Geo MVS Games Come To PC Via GOG.com – Giveaway Contest Inside!

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UPDATE: Winners announced below! Check the embedded widget to see if your username is among the 10 winners (you need to have cookies enabled for it to show). All winners have been notified with

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Newsbytes: Golden Tee World Champion Crowned; Daytona; Killer Queen; Rampage + More

Newsbytes: Golden Tee World Champion Crowned; Daytona; Killer Queen; Rampage + More

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Another week, another newsbytes! Let’s get it on… Golden Tee World Championships Finds A Champion Big Buck isn’t the only arcade game to enjoy a big worldwide tournament. For many years Golden Tee has been

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Newsbytes: Dialed In Pinball; WARS DDR Tournament; Arkanoid Vs. Space Invaders + More

Newsbytes: Dialed In Pinball; WARS DDR Tournament; Arkanoid Vs. Space Invaders + More

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Welcome to this week’s Newbytes, our weekly/bi-weekly collection of headline arcade news. Let’s start this week with some Tekken/Liam Neeson comedy: https://twitter.com/dctrjack/status/865070013400530944 Dialed In Production Jersey Jack Pinball has unveiled through their social media

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8-Player Arcade Gaming – A History

8-Player Arcade Gaming – A History

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With the upcoming release of Sega’s Daytona Championship USA and the news of an 8-unit location test, it gave me an idea that should have been covered before for those slow news days… The

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Details On Daytona Championship USA’s ‘Party Mode’

Details On Daytona Championship USA’s ‘Party Mode’

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We’re about half-way through with May 2017, which means that Summer is soon upon us. Summertime usually sees a few new arcade releases to grace venues around the world and among those is one

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