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TRON Legacy Pinball Review
I am a TRON fan. Discs of Tron was the first arcade game I have memory of, I watched the original movie more times than I can count over the years, played through Tron
Read More »Wizard of Oz Pinball Playfield
A short time ago, Jersey Jack Pinball sent out drawings of both halves to their upcoming Wizard of Oz playfield design, but not together. I didn’t find the time to put them together but
Read More »Sega News: Bowlplex signs deal with Sega AM Europe; Operation Ghost seen
Newsfeed 1071 via Two bits of Sega goodness for you today. Let’s start with one of their upcoming games which if you live outside of Japan, there is a very good chance you’ll come
Read More »And the All-Time favorite Arcade Game ever (at least for 843 people) is…
Newsfeed 1069 via Well this really isn’t hard to guess – it’s not only the best selling arcade game of all-time with somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 units sold, a song was written
Read More »Need a crash course on shmups?
Newsfeed 1068 via Shooters are one genre that have prospered greatly in arcades and while they take many forms, there have been so many notable titles to come along that it’s hard to track
Read More »Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend
If you’re in the US then you are possibly travelling somewhere, or hosting visitors for the 4th of July weekend. If not, it’s still a 4-day weekend which is always great to take advantage
Read More »New arcade opens in San Mateo, CA – Gamecenter
(Thanks to Dave K. for the tip!) In May we reported about a new arcade location opening it’s door’s in San Fransisco, CA and now just a short distance away in San Mateo, CA
Read More »More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix
Konami has given out some new details on the next arcade installment of the Dance Dance Revolution series and right off the bat one of the obvious changes is the full name of the
Read More »Arcades from Asian Attractions Expo 2011
Newsfeed 1066 via Last week the IAAPA organization held their most recent event, the Asian Attractions Expo 2011 in Singapore. IAAPA Expos are an opportunity for pretty much any out-of-home entertainment company to showcase
Read More »Live Park 4D coming this August
Newsfeed 1065 via Here’s a new concept that is about to launch here soon: the Live Park 4D. What is it? A new kind of attraction experience that “audiences can play [an] active participating
Read More »Bonus Saturday: BBC/Sega Amusement park; Astro City Phone; Sonic facts
Newsfeed 1062-1064 via The news has been a little weird lately – we get a few days of nothing and then all of the sudden several items all at once. First bit of interesting
Read More »Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show
Newsfeed 1060 via In Japan, Sega has been holding a “private” show today and we have a small idea of what is coming out of there but it isn’t much to go over
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