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Sega to Enter Chinese Game Software Market in June

Sega to Enter Chinese Game Software Market in June

7 Jun, 2001
Japanese video game maker Sega Corp said on Wednesday it will enter the Chinese game software market this month in a bid to expand its share of the global game software market.
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Midway - a Come From Behind Winner?

Midway - a Come From Behind Winner?

7 Jun, 2001
While Midway now trails the game-maker pack, its new offerings promise to add sizzle to its sales -- and stock price - a report by Businessweek.
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Sega and Sony to Link Game Consoles Via Internet

Sega and Sony to Link Game Consoles Via Internet

7 Jun, 2001
Sega Corp and Sony Corp's plan to enable users of their consoles to play video games via the Internet. The move, letting Dreamcast console connect with PlayStation 2 is aimed at expanding the online gaming market.
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Capcom Missing Export Market?

Capcom Missing Export Market?

9 Jun, 2001
With increasing emails to Highwaygames from members, we are at a loss to explain Capcom's policy of shipping their latest games to the Japanese coinop market only as well as the consumer market, such as Dreamcast.
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Microsoft Pinball Arcade

Microsoft Pinball Arcade

12 Jun, 2001
Microsoft has released downloadable demo of Haunted House Pinball game made by Gottlieb in the early 1980's. The full version offers a number of Gottlieb pinballs including Cue Ball Wizard.
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Pace Unveils Dreamcast-based 'Home Gateway'

Pace Unveils Dreamcast-based 'Home Gateway'

12 Jun, 2001
Back at the beginning of February, when Sega first announced that it was pulling out of Dreamcast production, UK-based set-top box maker Pace emerged as the company that would build on the technology Sega left behind, incorporating it, it said, into a 'home gateway' product.
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Canadian Wins Classic Video Game World Championship

Canadian Wins Classic Video Game World Championship

12 Jun, 2001
With ABC-TV (WMUR) on the telephone, hoping to broadcast the news of the final winners in the first-ever Classic Video Game World Championship, its announced that Dwayne Richard has just narrowly edged out Don Hayes.
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ICE 2002 83% Full

ICE 2002 83% Full

13 Jun, 2001
Demand for stand space at London's 2002 International Casino Exhibition (ICE) is running at an unprecedented level according to the latest figures released by the show organisers.
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"The Italian Job© Does The Job For Maygay

"The Italian Job© Does The Job For Maygay

14 Jun, 2001
Maygay's latest AWP is setting an excellent record with over 1000 units sold to pub operators, the arcade sector and betting offices. Currently #1 in the AWP charts in the UK.
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"Game Over" for Warner Bros.

"Game Over" for Warner Bros.

15 Jun, 2001
Variety reports that Tim Hill and Michael Rubiner have sold their animated comedy pitch Game Over to the studio for a mid-six figure sum. Hill and Rubiner will write the story of a video game character who ventures into other games in search of a new life.
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