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06-11-2013, 17:40
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEjpId9o7A4XhOzGCkNhE__qDlMIA&url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_24458784/martinez-apps-take-back-seat-nostalgia-arcade-games"><b>Martinez: Apps take back seat to nostalgia of <b>arcade games</b> for repairman</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">San Jose Mercury News</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">The notion of "<b>arcade games</b>" traces back to the midways of the 1920s. But Taiko&#39;s Space Invaders, in 1978, became the first blockbuster video <b>arcade game</b>, igniting a golden age as people clustered in bowling alleys or shopping centers, fumbling for&nbsp;<b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dFiI7Ma5Mj98MAM&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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