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Kickstarter Check: Galloping Ghost Arcade and Super Arcade

Kickstarter Check: Galloping Ghost Arcade and Super Arcade

Adam April 25, 2014 0

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

Strong Museum Of Play Receives Huge Atari Donation; Nolan Bushnell On Potential Future Of Out-Of-Home Gaming; Sega’s Tom Keil Passes Away

Adam April 23, 2014 4

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

Amusement Expo 2014 Part 1

Adam March 28, 2014 1

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 Expo 2014 trade show. For those

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Amusement Expo 2014 Preview

Amusement Expo 2014 Preview

Adam March 22, 2014 1

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

Weekend Bytes: RIP Geoff Edwards; Glendale Arcade Auction; Industry Rants

Adam March 8, 2014 0

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

Quick Bites: RGP Opening Classic Arcade In The UK; IGS’ Monster Eye; Book Update

Adam February 28, 2014 0

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

The Best of Show Awards 2014 Announced by The Stinger Report & BMI Gaming

Adam February 27, 2014 1

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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EightyTwo Opening Soon In Downtown LA

EightyTwo Opening Soon In Downtown LA

Adam February 24, 2014 0

On the heels of sad news of a location fully closing their doors in London, UK, on the other side of the world a new venue is prepping to open their doors. Called EightyTwo

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Taking a Look At the Trocadero in London, UK Before The End

Taking a Look At the Trocadero in London, UK Before The End

Adam February 21, 2014 7

Newsfeed 1348 via  It’s been a pretty slow news week, which I will chalk up to post trade show doldrums. In case anyone is interested, I just posted a new montage video of arcade

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UK Location News: Trocadero Finalizes Arcade Closures; Some Games Headed To Las Vegas Soho

UK Location News: Trocadero Finalizes Arcade Closures; Some Games Headed To Las Vegas Soho

Adam February 17, 2014 6

Back in 2011 the sad news came about that a famous arcade location in central London were closing their doors. But that wasn’t the end of the story, some of the games continued in

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Logan Hardware Opening Up Arcade Expansion On Feb. 14th In Chicago, IL

Logan Hardware Opening Up Arcade Expansion On Feb. 14th In Chicago, IL

Adam February 4, 2014 3

When it comes to arcade location news, the Chicago area gets a lot of love. Of course Illinois is the center of arcade developments in North America; that used to be California but these

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Liberty Games Develops Tech To Enable Bitcoin-Payment For Arcades

Liberty Games Develops Tech To Enable Bitcoin-Payment For Arcades

Adam January 31, 2014 1

Depending upon which circles in the coin-op industry you find yourself in, there has been a discussion in recent years over that term, coin-op and whether it should still apply thanks to digital payments

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