Monthly Archives: March 2016 »
VRf Bringing VR SHOW to Arcades
UPDATE: This was our contribution to the April Fools joke brigade today. I denounce myself 😛 Although in all honesty, I imagine that if the Vortek unit was redesigned and re-released right now, it
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Konami Launches Dance Dance Revolution A In Japan
The latest version of Konami’s legendary arcade series Dance Dance Revolution has launched in Japan, known as Dance Dance Revolution A. The new version offers more songs and some other aesthetic changes to the
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Big Buck Wild 2016 Update Rolling Out April 1st
When Play Mechanix launched the “Wild” update for their Big Buck HD games, it was stated that there would be updates in 2016 and 2017 to help keep the game fresh. Owners of the
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Bandai Namco Opening VR Zone Project i Can In Tokyo This April
There have been “whispers” about more out-of-home amusement VR projects coming their way although it hasn’t entirely been clear who is working on what. With today’s news we can remove Bandai Namco Amusements off
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Newsbytes: Major Havoc Repro Cabs; POTC Pinball Color; Pump It Up & Skycurser Updates; NTG#78
While we haven’t had a Newsbytes in a little while, but as long as there are quick/short stories, there will be newsbytes. 😛 The arcade where I’m at is also much slower than usual
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More Bar Arcades: Recbar (KY); Harrogate’s Lounge (TN)
Hot on the heels of our story yesterday on four new places to play arcades comes two more locations – the more the merrier 🙂 These two locations are bars with arcades, which continues
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Location Watch: Tappers Arcade Bar; Secret Headquarters; Game Vault; McDonalds I-Drive
(Thanks to Michael Louie for the tips) News on new arcade locations has been a little slow lately but that doesn’t mean that things aren’t happening ‘behind the scenes’, so to speak. We’ve got
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War of Currents Arcade Lets Tesla and Edison Duke It Out, Delivers Shocks
(Thanks to Gary Riggins for the tip) I had meant to post this on Saturday as a part of the Newsbytes post but became sidetracked with other necessary work…so let’s use this as an
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Luigi’s Mansion Arcade Exclusively Available At Dave & Busters Until Summer
In posting about the new Luigi Mansion Arcade as seen at Amusement Expo 2016, reader Jordan Fredrick pointed out on our Facebook channel that the game is already setup at more than one Dave
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Amusement Expo 2016: The Wrap Up
Amusement Expo 2016 has come and gone and as we find with any trade show, we come away with some videos of new games. If you live in the Western USA and didn’t get
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Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Pinball Talk With Ben Heckendorn
I just got back from Las Vegas and the Amusement Expo 2016 – it was great talking with many of you that we either only talk via email, Facebook or once or twice a
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Pre-Amusement Expo Thoughts + China Goes All-In For VR Amusements
Amusement Expo 2016 Tomorrow starts the next trade show for the arcade/amusement industry, Amusement Expo 2016 in Las Vegas. I’ll be there to see what new games the sector has to offer along with
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