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GCW Retro-Cade Opens Their Doors In Platte City, MO
If you live in or near Platte City, MO USA and you need to fulfill your fix for some classic arcade gaming, then a new venue has opened its doors just for you. Called
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New Indie Arcade Game Coming Soon: Flytrap
It was mentioned on the blog previously (I can’t remember exactly where) that 2014 was shaping up to be a good year for independent/small developments in the arcade sector. Today, Coate Games has shared
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Out-Of-Home Frontier Book Available Now
I had this ready to publish yesterday but was sidetracked by some work; today is the 6th anniversary of my video arcade business as well, showing that the concept can in certain instances work
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California Venues: Ultimate Gaming Center Open; Powersurge Closes
Thanks to Edward Castillo for the tip, here is a little news regarding locations in California to discuss. First let’s talk about the closure. About 4 years ago I had a post here on
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Arcade Pics/Video From The 2014 GTI Taipei Trade Show
(Thanks to Rico Shen of Music Fantasia for the pics) It’s the time of year for GTI Taipei, which is a trade show for manufacturers and distributors in Taiwan to strut their latest arcade
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Kickstarter Check: Galloping Ghost Arcade and Super Arcade
I admit that I don’t really stay on top of Kickstarter all that often as there aren’t many projects for real arcades that go on, usually it’s just software that calls itself arcade but
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Strong Museum Of Play Receives Huge Atari Donation; Nolan Bushnell On Potential Future Of Out-Of-Home Gaming; Sega’s Tom Keil Passes Away
A couple of semi-related stories here. UPDATE: I had this in a draft but for some reason my browser ate it and posted an earlier draft. Sorry about that. Tom Keil who worked for
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Amusement Expo 2014 Part 1
UPDATE: Part 2 is now live. It’s been a little quiet on the site for the past couple of days, which was due to me being out in Las Vegas for the annual Amusement
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Amusement Expo 2014 Preview
This next week sees the arrival of the Amusement Expo 2014 trade show in Las Vegas, NV. While in some instances it will be a repeat of the IAAPA 2013 show, there will be
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Weekend Bytes: RIP Geoff Edwards; Glendale Arcade Auction; Industry Rants
I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Just a couple of brief news items and then a long rant. First off, news about a former host of the arcade-centric TV game show Starcade.
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Quick Bites: RGP Opening Classic Arcade In The UK; IGS’ Monster Eye; Book Update
It has been a relatively slow week for arcade news but I have been able to scrap together a little bit to start the weekend off. First off is a new location opening; I
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The Best of Show Awards 2014 Announced by The Stinger Report & BMI Gaming
In 2011, two names that you see on this website fairly often, The Stinger Report and BMIGaming.com, came together to begin offering awards to the best arcade games found at IAAPA trade show in
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