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Dream Arcades have done it again. If you want to bring the arcade experience home, you really couldn’t dream up a better device than the Dreamcade 2.0. The cabinet features a 21-inch monitor, tinted safety glass, integrated trackball, lighted buttons, a Windows-based DreamPC and a collection of more than 145 licensed games including classic titles from Midway, Digital Leisure, Atari, Namco and Capcom. The system will even let you plug in a console if you exhaust your retro capacity. For those wishing the relive their youth, the Dreamcade 2.0 will set you back USD$1,899.

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It must make a collector’s blood boil when a rare item in fantastic condition ends up on eBay, gets spotted by a blogger with no intention of purchasing it, and subsequently does the rounds of the entire internet.

Oh well.

The pictured item is a Pong machine manufactured in 1973, before Atari was called Atari. The bid is currently at US $305, with over a week left until the auction finishes.

eBay via Gaming Today

Virtua Fighter 5 will finally be released in arcades across the US this holiday season, months after the PlayStation 3 version, and shortly after the Xbox 360 version hits on October 30 - an odd strategy from Sega, considering the dwindling arcade scene.

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A few lucky people have been allowed to try out Capcom’s new 2D fighter Sengoku Basara X, and have reported their findings. Read on for the lowdown, and a video of the game in action.

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If you’re not totally bummed about the fact it’s not Street Fighter 4, you might want to check out the newly updated website for Sengoku Basara X - Capcom’s upcoming 2D fighter based on the Devil’s Kings series. You’ll find new information on the 10 characters in the game - provided you can read Japanese. If not, there’s a bunch of impressive artwork to keep you excited for the time being.

via ArcadeHeroes

The U.S. Army-commissionned first-person shooter America’s Army is coming to the arcades as a light-gun game, designed to closely simulate real-life Army training exercises, “immerse the player in the Army culture,” and “create a new communication channel with young Americans.”

Wait a minute…Manhunt 2 gets an AO rating, and this is what you’re feeding the kids instead?

I think Propagandhi said it best:

Thank you! Let me begin with some sentimental appeals to our national myths; assorted clichés coined by the state; the ideological shorthand meant to sweep your private doubts [away] of this virtual training course. This portal; this Trojan Horse that you living idiots paid for and actually rolled into your own kids’ rooms.

via GameSetWatch