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What Is Happening With The Sale Of Sega’s Arcade Business In Japan?
This story was exploding over the internet this morning, and unfortunately, I’ve been seeing a lot of comments on this that are incorrect or spreading the false idea that arcades are done in Japan
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Newsbytes: Arcade Dreams Kickstarter; DoDonPachi New Test; More Assorted Fun
Welcome to the latest edition of Newsbytes. I’m your host, Adam the Arcade Hero, and I’ll take you on a quick tour of some quick news items from the arcade/pinball/amusement worlds. I missed this
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ExA-Arcadia News: Paul Jacobs Joins The Company; DoDonPachi SDJ & Vritra Hexa Orders Open
We’ve got some exA news for you today, starting with a personnel announcement. Paul Jacobs is very well known in the industry, having worked for numerous amusement companies over the years including Data East,
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Newsbytes: Laser Quest Closure; Sega News; Racing Jam SDX & Pinball
Welcome to another thrilling edition of Newsbytes, a collection of news items from the arcade and pinball world. This one has a little bit more commentary than normal, just due to the nature of
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Location Watch:Tokyo Video Gamers (JP); The Mineshaft (WI); Play Arcade (MA); Powerhouse Pinball (BC); Bishop Cidercade (TX) & More
Here’s a kind of post that we haven’t seen in a loooong while, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure if there would be another “Location Watch” post for the rest of the year.
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The AAMA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Gets Underway
We’re in the age of non-physical, totally virtual tradeshow events – whether or not that will continue on into 2021 remains to be seen, but it’s the reality for most events right now. Normally
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Newsbytes: Scarlet Dawn Attraction; E-Amuse Returns; AR Racing & More
It’s the first weekend of September, and that means that it’s time for another edition of Newsbytes. This is where I curate arcade & pinball news from around the interwebs into one post. Right
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The IAAPA 2020 Physical Event Has Been Canceled
When the IAAPA organization announced that they would be holding their physical trade show event in Orlando this November, there was plenty of skepticism that it would actually take place. While many vendors did
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Newsbytes: New Avengers Pinball; Strania EX Release; ShowUp Event & More
Welcome to the last edition of Newsbytes – for August 2020. 😛 This is a weekend post that brings together some news from around the arcade & pinball world that is usually brief enough
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Home Arcade Updates: Neo Geo MVSX; Legends Ultimate; Arcade 1up
I haven’t spent too much time on discussing the mini-arcades that have exploded onto the home scene, apart from some mentions on Newsbytes, but enough news has come along this week for several competing
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Newsbytes: Exa Game LocTest Footage; Mario Kart Ride; Aladdin Pinball; Major Havoc End & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend collection of quick news from around the arcade/pinball world. Since major arcade news has been historically slow this year, we’re seeing more Newsbytes posts than usual, but at least
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Newsbytes: Save The Arcades Update; Sega Astro City Mini; Strania EX & More
This week has been a little busier than the “usual” for arcade news lately – no idea if that is indicative of anything, but I’m not complaining. Here are your Newsbytes for the weekend:
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