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Videos! Fix-It Felix Commercial, King of Arcades Documentary, Marching Band Game Tribute

Videos! Fix-It Felix Commercial, King of Arcades Documentary, Marching Band Game Tribute

arcadehero October 9, 2012 0

A few videos that should be of interest to arcaders, check inside!

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New Arcade Documentary: The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time

New Arcade Documentary: The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time

arcadehero October 1, 2012 3

In the world of arcade documentaries, most have focused on high score challenges but there is another side to that which is intertwined with those that compete for high scores and most often that

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Get Inside Dragon’s Lair

Get Inside Dragon’s Lair

arcadehero March 23, 2012 1

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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New documentary: Star Worlds: A pocket Full of Tokens and I’m Heading to the Arcade

arcadehero August 10, 2011 4

Since The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters made it’s popular debut, we’ve been seeing an increase in documentaries about our industry, although so far they have only focused on classic arcade gaming

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More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

arcadehero July 28, 2011 1

One nice thing about the annual California Extreme (CAX) annual event is that it generates a bit of media coverage for arcade and pinball machines. The latest outlet to do so is Wired.com, who

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New game history documentary – 8-Bit Generation: Playing the Revolution

arcadehero May 1, 2011 3

Anytime the subject of video game history comes up, the influence of arcade gaming is unavoidable. A large number of innovations as well as innovators got their start in the coin-op world, which came

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The End of Infinity – An Arcade Story Mini-documentary

arcadehero February 25, 2011 5

The end of an era will be ending tomorrow when Arcade Infinity in Rowland Heights, CA will be closing it’s doors for the last time. You may recall that when the news first broke

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The Netherlands Arcade scene, circa 1982

The Netherlands Arcade scene, circa 1982

arcadehero December 31, 2010 1

We’ve had a few stories pop up this year that related back to the arcade scene from the early 80’s, specifically convention footage from 1982 and a news report on how much money arcade

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Enter the world of 2D fighters with Pixel Kombat: The Hadokumentary

Shaggy May 7, 2010 1

Not every genre found in gaming is as suited towards competitive gaming as fighters are and that important aspect of such games is the new subject behind a documentary film, Pixel Kombat. The film

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Update on the "Special When Lit" pinball documentary

Shaggy April 15, 2010 3

Last September we ran a brief story on a new documentary on pinball called “Special When Lit” and I sort of forgot about it until recently. Now, the documentary will be appearing at a

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New documentary on pinball debuting next week – 'Special When Lit'

Shaggy September 22, 2009 1

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity of reviewing a documentary film about pinball called “Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball”. I enjoyed it, in part because at the time I knew

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Bang Back: The Pinball Movie

Shaggy July 30, 2009 3

It’s been a little while since we had any pinball news – I have been waiting to see what Stern’s Big Buck Hunter Pinball is supposed to be like (which I hear is their

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