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New VRCade Experience Testing At Dave & Busters in Milpitas, CA
(Thanks to Michael Louie for the tip & photos) A little over a year ago, we reported that Dave & Busters was investigating VR technology for use in their facilities. That particular setup came
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Newsbytes: Rob Zombie Pinball; Jurassic Park; Grand Master 2015; NTG#47
Here is a later Newsbytes post, I’ve been busy editing a podcast so that it fits into a file size that the site will allow without destroying the quality but so far no luck.
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The Grand Master 2015 Arcade Testing In The US June 13th-14th
(Thanks to Abe Navarro for the tip) About a month ago, news came along that a new entry into the famous Tetris: The Grand Master would be finding its way to the arcade scene
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Sega Turns 55 – Let’s Remember Their Electromechanical Games
It is anniversary season – combine Summer with a year ending in 5 and that seems to do the trick. Today is an anniversary for a company very important to the arcade industry, as indicated in
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Mario In Arcades Through The Years
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the popular Super Mario Bros. video game launching on Nintendo’s first home console in the US, the NES. Nintendo recently launched this page to celebrate 30 years
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New Locations: Round 1 Santa Ana, Nightowl Toronto; Emporium San Fransisco
Busy day for some arcade news, all of the sudden. Thanks to Michael Louie for the tips on all of these news items, all involving new locations. Round1USA Opens In Santa Ana, CA –
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Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35
Today marks the 35th anniversary of a legend in video gaming, particularly in arcades. That would be the arcade release of Namco’s Pac-Man to Japanese arcades. There is a big celebration going on at
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Newsbytes: Magic Girl Pin; Tempest 2000; Chocovader; NTG#44
It’s been another slow news week and today’s bundle of news reflects that as I had to really scrub the internet just for small news items. In the mean time if you haven’t listened
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Raw Thrills Starts An Offensive Against Arcade Pirates
Since the beginning of the video arcade industry, popular games and their creators have had to deal with the piracy dilemma. If a game sells well then someone will try and copy it exactly
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Newsbytes: From Kung Fury To Color Metallica and Skycurser
Happy May everyone. Here’s hoping it will bring us some more awesome arcade news – for April the most popular post was definitely the news on the Kung Fu Master 2 discovery. For what I
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Andamiro Goes On A Video Posting Spree for Pump It Up PRIME 2015
If you want to know how Andamiro’s hot new dancing arcade game works, they have finally uploaded several videos to Youtube to demonstrate some of the new features for Pump It Up Prime 2015. While
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Kung Fu Master 2 Arcade Prototype Discovered
I recently ran a poll asking which genres you would like to see return to the arcade. While it wasn’t voted on by thousands (or even hundreds) the #1 genre you the readers would
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