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IFPA's March Pinball Madness

IFPA's March Pinball Madness

Shaggy March 13, 2008 0

One of the competitions to be featured in conjunction with this year’s ASI event is the International Flipper Pinball Association’s World Pinball Championship. The tournament will be taking place at the Pinball Hall of

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Shrek Pinball Prototype

Shrek Pinball Prototype

Shaggy February 18, 2008 0

[Via BMI Gaming] Thanks to an update to one arcade distributor’s website, we finally have an idea of what the very limited Shrek Pinball game will look like. This picture is just a prototype

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Pinball at ATEI

Pinball at ATEI

Shaggy February 9, 2008 0

In our coverage of the arcade goodness at ATEI this year it’s easy to overlook the presence of pinball at the show as it has a fairly small footprint, but it was there nonetheless

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Stern's Shrek Pinball

Stern's Shrek Pinball

Shaggy January 23, 2008 0

This came as a surprise – while looking around some arcade websites, I discovered some information on Stern’s next new pinball machine – Shrek. It appears that this will see a very limited release,

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Pinball segment on Good Morning America

Pinball segment on Good Morning America

Shaggy January 22, 2008 0

As we reported last month, pinball had a brief moment in the spotlight last Friday on the US national news program Good Morning America. Here is that segment – the quality isn’t perfect but

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Another industry vet passes away – Steve Kaufman

Another industry vet passes away – Steve Kaufman

Shaggy January 11, 2008 0

This is the second death in the coin-op industry that I’m sad to report in the past couple of weeks. Steve Kaufman passed away last night after a two-year battle with cancer. He started

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Black Spiderman pinball machine released

Black Spiderman pinball machine released

Shaggy December 13, 2007 0

Stern Pinball issued a press release yesterday stating that the Black Spiderman pinball machine (that we first reported about in October) is now available in limited quantities. When they say limited, they really mean

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Coin-op coverage coming to Good Morning America thanks to AAMA

Coin-op coverage coming to Good Morning America thanks to AAMA

Shaggy December 8, 2007 0

[Via CoinOPToday.com] At Arcade Heroes we are always happy to report any efforts that the coin-op industry makes to promote itself to the public – it’s something we strive to do every day but

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Black Spiderman Pinball by Stern

Black Spiderman Pinball by Stern

Shaggy October 11, 2007 1

  Stern loves creating limited edition pin tables. Their latest: Black Spiderman, which of course coincides with the black Spiderman character from Spiderman 3. The new cabinet includes brand new artwork that fits right

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Wheel of Fortune Pinball by Stern

Wheel of Fortune Pinball by Stern

Shaggy October 2, 2007 0

  At AMOA 2007, Stern unveiled it’s next pinball table, Wheel of Fortune. WoF Pinball is looking to re-introduce certain aspects that haven’t been seen in pinball games for some time. The cabinet itself fits

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