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First footage of Wizard of Oz Pinball from E3 + other arcades at E3
Jersey Jack Pinball has surprised us by taking a production Wizard of Oz Pinball machine to E3. As such, some videos are already out on the net showing the game in action (in narrowvision
Read More »Atari Arcade Conventions & Promos of the Past
As this week marks the E3 convention for the gaming world and it’s Atari’s 40th anniversary this month, what better way to reminisce than to check out videos and photos from past trade shows
Read More »Atari Trivia To Kick Off Atari Month
40 years ago in June 1972 a business was created that would launch off an industry that would influence and entertain millions of people, while also providing an economic boost to many. That was
Read More »Next up from Stern – X-MEN Pinball
UPDATE: See the cabinet and playfield pictures here! With AC/DC Pinball under their belt this year, Stern moves ahead with their next project which takes us back to a comic book theme. They had
Read More »The Making of Retro Arcade Cabinets
Old footage of arcade machines is often an interesting subject, particularly when we have come across trade show footage of the past. Now how about some arcade factory footage from the 80s? That’s what
Read More »Donkey Kong Battle Rages On As Hank Chien Reclaims Top Score
Newsfeed 1209 via I’ve said before in regards to the world record score on Donkey Kong that this won’t be the last story about it and the same applies to this post. Made famous
Read More »Fighter News: Tekken Museum & New Guilty Gear coming to arcades on Sega’s Ringedge 2
Newsfeeds 1207 & 1208 via First off, Tekken news. Are you such a fan of the Tekken series that you would love to check out memorabilia for the game in a museum setting? Then
Read More »Arcade Trivia Time #1
Being that it is a holiday in the US, I’m not expecting any news to come along but there is a new feature for the site which I figure now is a good time
Read More »First pics of a nearly complete Wizard of Oz Pinball machine
Well we have been waiting a long time for this information to come along – what would Jersey Jack Pinball’s Wizard of Oz look like with the art and toys in place, as opposed
Read More »Videos of the games of GAGA2012
It’s been difficult to get more information on what was at the recent amusement trade show in China, GAGA2012. But enough time has passed that I’ve been able to scrape up a little more
Read More »Light Trikes Brings TRON and Exer-gaming into one
When TRON Legacy came out back at the end of 2010, a lot of us were excited about it along with some of the arcade stuff being pushed as a part of the marketing
Read More »Tetris – The Motion Picture Trailer
Tetris has shown up in arcades enough times that this is close enough to warrant a post here. I’m sure if this were real it would do better at the box office than BattleShip
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