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A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce
It is somewhat rare to see a story about a new Electro-Mechanical (EM) arcade machine since those were long ago replaced by video arcade games but much like pinball, I think that the right
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Coastal Amusements Releases Temple Run 2 Arcade & SharpShooter
Just because you see and play some games at a trade show does not mean that those games are available right away, although in the arcade industry, it generally means they are very close.
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Museum of Pinball Prepping For The Inaugural Arcade Expo Coming January 2015
(Thanks to Kent Fund for the tip) Remember the Museum of Pinball? If not, here is a refresher. Unfortunately like some other Kickstarter projects to launch or improve arcade venues, the goals were not
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Recent & Upcoming Arcade Expos/Shows; Sonic Rise of the Hedgehog update;
This week is always slow for news as a lot of people and companies tend to take off more than just July 4th for a nice Summer break but there is a little something
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Bandai Namco Releases A Trailer For Lost Land Adventure
Not long ago, Bandai Namco Amusements Japan began testing a new light-gun game in Japan by the name of Lost Land Adventure. As you can see from that post, the most obvious difference would
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Buy An Old Building In Japan, Gain 2 Floors Of Arcade Games
Sometimes news has a weird way of getting to me – I checked the Arcade Otaku forums this afternoon and caught an interesting post from May 20th about an AO member whose girlfriend’s Grandma
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New Location News: GAMA Ride Open in Belmont, CA; Summer Street Arcade in Denver, CO
(Thanks to Jon Cox for this first tip) A new FEC venue has opened their doors in Belmont, CA by the name of GAMA Ride (corrected from San Francisco, thanks for the point Sean).
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Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test
It’s hard to believe we are pretty much at July already. Speaking of the date, yesterday was Atari’s anniversary which I think we could consider National Video Arcade Day. So Happy Belated Video Arcade
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The Big Buck Hunter World Championship 2014 To Take Place In Minneapolis, MN
For the past few years, Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills have held an annual world championship for their headlining arcade title Big Buck Hunter. It has become the tournament with the biggest prizes at
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Vonnie D Pinball Announces Pinball Gremlins, Seeks Funding
A short time ago we ran a story about a new upstart that was looking to jump into the pinball game, VonnieD Pinball. They want to “bring pinball back” using innovative ideas, designs and
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Primal Rage II Prototype Finds A Home At Galloping Ghost Arcade
(Thanks to those that sent this in) We’ve mentioned a few times when prototypes have found their way to a location but it isn’t the kind of news that we hear about all of
Read More »Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb
It might be hard to believe but Blue Laws banning certain types of games still exist out there. Today comes news that Oakland, CA is finally going to remove their ban on pinball machines
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