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Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna II announced for arcade

Bandai Namco announced Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna II for arcade at Japan Amusement Expo 2020. Here is an overview of the game, via Bandai Namco: U.C. 0079. The long war between the E.F.F. and Zeon breaks out. You are a soldier fighting on the battlefield, a living witness of history. From this cockpit, …

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Super Metroid: A Masterpiece Turns 30

Super Metroid was a monumental triumph of interactive art, a game that achieved new heights in presentation, level design, and pacing, and despite a few flaws, manages to hold up astoundingly well to this day.

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Comedy Central New Animated Series Based on Golden Axe

Get the scoop on Comedy Central's exciting new cartoon show inspired by the iconic Golden Axe video game

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Knightofelemia19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.

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Arcade Centers in Japan Are Closing Down One After The Other

Explore the dwindling world of arcade centers in Japan and the rise of crane games. Stay updated with the latest retro gaming news.

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1Victor28d ago

Insert a (What’s an arcade center?) JK here
With the current state of gaming it’s almost a miracle there’s arcade centers open anywhere as gaming has became as common as flies on a dead rat with all mobile games available on phone that would had been a massive coins drainage 30 years ago

Concertoine28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

This is in contrast with the arcade industry in America which is coming back from Japan is just now going through. With the 80s nostalgia and Stranger things romanticizing it for a new generation. Also, at least around me, a lot more arcade machines in bars and barcades for the generation(s) that had arcades.

For reference Im 27 and got into arcades more as an adult than a kid

redknight8028d ago

So sad - I so greatly enjoyed the arcades over there when I visited!

ROCKY2828d ago

arcades just like inside malls are a dying breed :(

Trilithon28d ago

if i was bezos ballin id open an underground arcade and make it free. dark and dingy with neon lights everywhere. Host tournaments for all the classics and sit in a big chair like an Outworld emperor.

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