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Following up on Midwest Gaming Classic 2012
Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 has come and gone and if you couldn’t make it, then here are a number of Youtube videos from the event that allow us the vicarious experience for the show.
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Get Inside Dragon’s Lair
Every arcade game has a story behind its release or the effects of its release years down the road but for the most part, those stories have only been told in brief interviews or
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Arcade Retro Throwback Cereal Boxes At Target
When I was a kid I enjoyed breakfast cereal just like anyone else and I have a couple of memories of the cereal boxes back then. I remember this E.T. cereal and these weird
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Plastic Mini-Cabinets by HobbyWave
(Thanks to Shinichi for the tip!) Need something to spruce up your arcade or gameroom? Mini-cabinets are always nice. These cabinets in particular are something you can put together yourself and it’s all molded
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An amusement game hoarder appears on A&E’s Hoarders
(Thanks for Jonathan Leung for the tip) There is a strong community of collectors in the amusement industry – people who collect arcade games, pinball machines, EM game machines, redemption, etc. But among the
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The joy of moving a 6 player X-Men cab
Newsfeed 1033 via If you are in the business of collecting arcade games then there is always one particularly painful process you have to go through – moving the cabinet from one location to
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Videos of the American Classic Arcade Museum Room at PAX East 2011
As I mentioned in the previous post, among the arcade love at PAX East, was a room dedicated to nothing but great classic games, provided by the American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM). Thanks to
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A fundraiser to help the American Classic Arcade Museum
(Thanks to Jon Lynch for the tip!) We’ve had some unpleasant news about a popular arcade in Southern California closing it’s doors, Arcade Infinity which is closing this week (BTW- They asked me to
Read More »Electric Theater Vintage Arcade coming to Kansas City, MO this year
Another classic arcade is in the works, and this time it will be found in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Too be known as the Electric Theater Vintage Arcade, the operator Mike Freeland is
Read More »New arcade auction company opening – American Amusement Auctions
(Thanks to Jonathan of Arcaderepairtips.com for the tip!) If you’re in the market for coin-op equipment then auctions are always a good place to find a variety of machines at good prices, when they
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