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Quarter Lounge Coming To Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Often the Summer time is a prime ground for new arcade facilities to open their doors, we will hear about more as we inch closer to the season. Today’s news comes along about a
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Ms. Pac-Man Designer Steve Golson Gives The Game A New Spotlight
(Thanks to Dean Wenzel and Mike Louie for both providing a couple of tips here) Ms. Pac-Man- the most recognizable game characters and names in the arcade business. There are plentiful reasons for that, one
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Japanese Game Updates: Wonderland Library; Crossbeats REV. Sunrise & Pump It Up Prime Ver. 1.12
Let’s start the last week of April off with some news that is mainly focused on the Japanese arcade scene. Wonderland Library Now Available – Sega has launched a new addition to compliment their
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Newsbytes: AH Podcast; Skycurser; Retro Arcade Japan; Project Arena & More
The end of April is approaching (already?) and it’s been an interesting month for news so far. Here’s a round-up of some arcade items that you might like: Arcade Heroes Podcast #13 – Our
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New Update For Mario Kart Arcade GP DX In Japan
(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) It was originally mentioned that Bandai Namco’s Mario Kart Arcade GP DX was an online game and as a part of that, annual content updates would be
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New World Record For Donkey Kong Arcade; Upcoming attempt on The Pit
We don’t cover world record attempts very often (with streaming there are too many to keep track of unless you made a job out of it) but some are higher profile than others, especially
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2016 Big Buck World Championship Qualifiers Begin May 1st
In October 2015, the biggest tournament for arcades took place thanks to Play Mechanix, Raw Thrills and their popular Big Buck Hunter series. The Big Buck World Championships have been going on for several
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Newsbytes: Sega Week w/ Segabits; Wizard of Oz Pinball Shows Science; RecBar Opens;
We’ll be skipping the Name That Game for this week as time has been short but here is some cool news to chew over for the rest of the weekend: Segabits.com & Galloping Ghost
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Bandai Namco Opens VR Zone Project iCan In Japan For Six Months
(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) It was reported a short time ago that Bandai Namco was launching a new but temporary VR-arcade style facility in Japan by the name of VR ZONE
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Stern Pinball Teases “Magnaslings” In Ghostbusters Pinball; Auto-Start Feature Coming Soon
Isn’t competition great? For years, the pinball scene had no competition going on and it showed by there being no new innovations in the games. Now that the field is competitive, we’re seeing the
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New Trailer Teases Horror and Adventure for Upcoming The Spectre Files Deathstalker Arcade
We recently mentioned the new arcade developments from Game Refuge and Galloping Ghost Productions, which were first shown publicly at the Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event. Among the new titles is a project that
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New Arcades: Dave & Busters (NY & TX); Great Escape Social Eats & Crafts (IA); Coin-Op Game Room 3 (CA); HubZero (Dubai)
Any day is a good day for new venue news. Here are the new places to look at: Two Grand Openings For Dave & Busters Locations (NY & TX): I thought that we had
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