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exA-Arcadia Updates: Club Exa Announced; Nippon Marathon Turbo 2
We’ve got a couple of exA-Arcadia updates this morning, one focused on Japan, the other for worldwide. Let’s start with the Japan news first. World Game Circus & Show Me Holdings Announce CLUB EXA
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Location Watch:Tokyo Video Gamers (JP); The Mineshaft (WI); Play Arcade (MA); Powerhouse Pinball (BC); Bishop Cidercade (TX) & More
Here’s a kind of post that we haven’t seen in a loooong while, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure if there would be another “Location Watch” post for the rest of the year.
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UNIS Debuting Bigfoot Crush At UNIS Showcase 2020
Growing up in the ’80s, monster trucks were enjoying their heyday. Even though I never had the pleasure of witnessing a monster truck car crushing event, I knew about the Bigfoot truck. It was
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Newsbytes: Jurassic Park Mini; Pre-Orders Galore; Pinball & Location Updates & More
Arcade news is starting to tick up once again, but I have been sidetracked on covering all of it as I’ve been working on getting my second arcade location ready to open by October
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The AAMA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Gets Underway
We’re in the age of non-physical, totally virtual tradeshow events – whether or not that will continue on into 2021 remains to be seen, but it’s the reality for most events right now. Normally
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A Tradeshow In Summer 2020? Analyzing GTI Asia China Expo 2020
After the recent cancellation of IAAPA 2020, it was seemingly like there would be no physical trade show for our industry for the remainder of the year. Turns out that assumption was wrong, as
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Newsbytes: National Video Game Day; Exa Game Updates; MaiMai Splash & More
Good morning/evening where ever you are, and welcome to Newsbytes. This is a curation of news from around the arcade/pinball world, that usually contains quick information about these stories that aren’t full enough to
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Exa-Arcadia Announces Location Test & Details For CAVE’s DoDonPachi True Death EXA Label
Back in March, some waves were made among the shoot ’em up & gaming communities when Exa-Arcadia announced that a new version of CAVE’s popular DoDonPachi Saidaioujou would be gracing the platform. Very few
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Quake Arcade Tournament Edition Now Unlocked
[Thanks to everyone who sent me various links about this. I’ll be using Ars Technica for the main source] First person shooters in arcades – not on-rails light-gun titles, but the kind that regularly
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Quick Update On Enter The Gungeon: House of the Gundead
It has been a little while we had an update on the indie-made light-gun arcade game Enter The Gungeon, so let’s get you up to speed. Enter The Gungeon: House of the Gundead is
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Home Arcade Updates: Neo Geo MVSX; Legends Ultimate; Arcade 1up
I haven’t spent too much time on discussing the mini-arcades that have exploded onto the home scene, apart from some mentions on Newsbytes, but enough news has come along this week for several competing
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Newsbytes: Exa Game LocTest Footage; Mario Kart Ride; Aladdin Pinball; Major Havoc End & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend collection of quick news from around the arcade/pinball world. Since major arcade news has been historically slow this year, we’re seeing more Newsbytes posts than usual, but at least
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