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Newsbytes: Arcade Dreams; Grid Snaps; CEC Bankruptcy; New Arcade 1up Titles; Various Events
Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend curation of news from around the arcade & pinball world. Most of it is positive/good, but sometimes we do come across bad news that just can’t be avoided. Overall,
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Shikhondo Red Purgatory Now Available For Pre-Order
It’s been a dead week for arcade news, although I am thinking about doing a VLOG about the news that Chuck E. Cheeses is potentially facing bankruptcy. As a quick thought on that, I
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Lightning Knights Is Officially Available For Arcades
Mentioned on the blog a few times already, on Monday I got my hands on Lightning Knights for my Exa-Arcadia system. Thus we can say that the game is available in the event you
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Newsbytes: Indie Arcade Updates (Exa, Step Revolution); Arcade Backpack; Pac-Man Minecraft & More
Welcome Newsbytes, a semi-regular curation of arcade & pinball news content from around the world. Normally these are done just on weekends, although with the slowdown in amusement news as of late, I’ve had
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Raw Thrills Moves 2020 Big Buck World Championship To October
There are many amusement-related anniversaries being celebrated this year, but Pac-Man & Sega aren’t the only ones marking important dates. Another game that is reaching a milestone is Big Buck Hunter by Play Mechanix
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June 3rd, 2020 – Sega Marks 60 Years Of Gaming
60 years ago today, Sega was formed by a trio of partners looking to supply amusement needs to other businesses in Japan. “The rest is history” as they say, and to celebrate the people
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Tecnoplay Details Race Craft EVO Update
To start off June, we have some news on another arcade racer software update: Tecnoplay’s Race Craft. This is a racing game released to the European market last year, and has been detailed on the
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Cruis’n Blast Gets An Update With New Car Changes
While in the process of writing up a review on Cruis’n Blast, I was poking around the Raw Thrills website and discovered that the game had received a new software update back in February
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Cowabunga Dudes: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Stern Pinball
It seems that almost every pinball release is “the worst kept secret” up until the final reveal, with the latest talk of Stern’s next game as being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now the rumors
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Newsbytes: Golden Tee Go; Insert Coin Review; Pac-Man Book; Elite Basketball & More
Welcome to this edition of Newsbytes, a quick collection of arcade news from around the world to share with you. There hasn’t been a lot to share lately, thus I haven’t done a Newsbytes
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Canceled But Not Forgotten – Star Trek Battleground by Raw Thrills
Not every game that we discuss on the blog boldly goes into production, and such is the case with a videmption arcade piece developed by Raw Thrills that we talked about last year by
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Over-The-Hill – Pac-Man Turns 40 Today
Back during the “Console Wars” of the ’80s & ’90s, big game consoles were known for their “mascots,” a game with a protagonist that served as the face of a particular console and brand.
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