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Replay Amusement Museum Opening In Tarpon Springs, FL In August

Replay Amusement Museum Opening In Tarpon Springs, FL In August

arcadehero July 30, 2014 2

A lot of new venue/location news lately has been from venues opening in IL but while IL sees a little boom in venues that does not mean that other areas do not have something

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New Update For Heighway Pinball’s First Release, Full Throttle Pinball

New Update For Heighway Pinball’s First Release, Full Throttle Pinball

arcadehero July 30, 2014 0

We have been eagerly awaiting news on another pinball manufacturer getting their first product out the doors but it has been a little while since we had heard anything, until now. Pinballnews.com has an

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Dome Screen Gaming Gets A Crowd Multiplayer Upgrade With Fulldome Pro

Dome Screen Gaming Gets A Crowd Multiplayer Upgrade With Fulldome Pro

arcadehero July 30, 2014 2

VR often steals the headlines when it comes to new gaming experiences to use unique tech but there is another type of visual mechanism that is looking to give VR a run for its

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Weekend News: Pinball Gremlins Funded; Emporium Logan Square Opens in IL; Name That Game #11

Weekend News: Pinball Gremlins Funded; Emporium Logan Square Opens in IL; Name That Game #11

arcadehero July 26, 2014 1

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer is already half-way over. Depending on your perspective, that is either a good thing or a bad one. I’m fine with it staying warm

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UNIS Unveils Armed Resistance & Bio Outbreak For Arcades

UNIS Unveils Armed Resistance & Bio Outbreak For Arcades

arcadehero July 24, 2014 1

Sorry about the hiccups on the site today, I am still working on it trying to figure out what is wrong. It isn’t a plug-in gone haywire and not a server issue apparently so

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New Trailer For Konami’s Silent Scope Bone Eater

New Trailer For Konami’s Silent Scope Bone Eater

arcadehero July 22, 2014 3

Back on Christmas Eve 2013, news came along that Konami was testing out a new arcade sniper game in Japan they were calling GUNDOG. It didn’t take long for this to become known as

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Unkle Munkey’s Coin Club Now Open in Edwardsville, IL

Unkle Munkey’s Coin Club Now Open in Edwardsville, IL

arcadehero July 21, 2014 0

Illinois continues to be the land of the new arcade location, why that is precisely I am not sure, but it is surprising that so many arcade venues have opened their doors their over

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America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D8; Name That Game #10

America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D8; Name That Game #10

arcadehero July 19, 2014 5

Well this week has been a slow one for news, I’ve been busy otherwise. One thing I took care of this week was checking out a spot at the Salt Lake Comic Con. Myself

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Skit-B Pinball Reveals Experts of Dangerous Pinball Fea. Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman

Skit-B Pinball Reveals Experts of Dangerous Pinball Fea. Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman

arcadehero July 14, 2014 1

UPDATE: I have received a reply from Kevin Kulek of Skit-B Pinball. I asked about what has been going on with Predator and it looks like it has been a parts challenge. With that

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Bandai Namco Revelations: Tekken 7, Lost Land Adventure, Mario Kart Update

Bandai Namco Revelations: Tekken 7, Lost Land Adventure, Mario Kart Update

arcadehero July 14, 2014 3

As EVO 2014 started a rumor popped up on the internet that Bandai Namco was working on Tekken 7. It didn’t take long for that to turn from rumor to fact as the company

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Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; R-Kaid Unit

Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; R-Kaid Unit

arcadehero July 12, 2014 3

Another weekend, another weekend post. I have a couple of things in the works coming soon – first that video I promised a month ago will be posted this next week. I was trying

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A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

arcadehero July 10, 2014 1

It is somewhat rare to see a story about a new Electro-Mechanical (EM) arcade machine since those were long ago replaced by video arcade games but much like pinball, I think that the right

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