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The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This
Read More »The Museum Of Pinball To Auction Off Their Machines This September
This news had already spread out around the internet, but I just got a press release about it, so with that, we can discuss what’s going on in a little more official detail. The
Read More »Source Code For Several Williams/Midway Arcade Titles Pop-up Online
This might be something that I normally leave for a Newsbytes, but given how absurdly slow arcade news has been this month, I think it’s fine to stretch things out with certain items –
Read More »Newsbytes: MT5 Qualifers; Super Nintendo World; EU Arcade Raid & Much More
Well, it’s February, and it seems like arcade news is picking up to a point where there’s enough to discuss. I probably won’t be able to do a new Location Watch for a while,
Read More »ICE Releases Centipede Chaos Standup
First seen at IAAPA 2019, locations who would like to get their hands on a more compact version of the arcade exclusive reboot of Play Mechanix & ICE’s Centipede Chaos can now do so.
Read More »Newsbytes: Pac-Man 40th; CarnEvil 21st & Other Milestones
Welcome to this rushed edition of Newsbytes, a collection of quick arcade-related news pieces that I try and post on Saturday. That didn’t work out thanks to a load of work that I had
Read More »Book Review: NBA Jam by Reyan Ali/Boss Fight Books
While I cannot recall the first time I heard about Midway’s NBA Jam, I can remember when I came across one for the first time. I was a fresh teenager and the part of
Read More »Newsbytes: Ms. Pac-Man In Court; Mario & Sonic Tokyo 2020 Arcade; & More
Sorry about the slow week again…I do have a big update on an indie game that we covered recently, but am waiting for one last piece of important info before going to wire on
Read More »Book Review: Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat And Other Coin-op Classics Invaded The Living Room by David Craddock
It has been a while since we did a book review on the site, as books about the subject of arcades are not exactly plentiful. That changed slightly this weekend after David L. Craddock
Read More »Location Watch: The Game Preserve #2 (TX); The Game Show (IL); Laffy Happy Arcade (TX); The Pinball Arcade Museum (FL) & More
It’s time to get everyone up to speed on the latest arcade & amusement locations to have opened their doors out there. If you are involved with a location that opened recently or is
Read More »Coca-Cola & Stranger Things Join Forces For A Free UK Pop-Up Arcade On July 11th
[Thanks to Coca-Cola UK for providing the PR & images] Arcades and pop culture blend together more often than we can count, with arcades being a perfect driver for nostalgia in any given piece
Read More »Taking A Closer Look: Gimmick! exAct☆MIX
It’s Friday, so I’ve declared that as the day that we take a look at an upcoming arcade title for the soon-to-launch Exa system. I have confirmed that systems are in production right now,
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