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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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Newsbytes: New Barcade; Silver Ball Planet; TRON 3
Welcome to the last weekend of May 2015. It is out-of-school/graduation time for many, hope everyone has a fun and safe time. It’s also the perfect time to visit some arcades if you have
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Newsbytes: Polybius Doc; Walking Dead Update; Heighway Pinball Update
In the US many are out and about thanks to it being Memorial Day weekend, which is (or at least should be) one of the more solemn holidays. For most it also marks the
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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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Video Tuesday: New Pixels Trailer; Say What You Want Pinball Vid; KISS Pinball Footage
Ok so the words ‘video’ and ‘Tuesday’ don’t rhyme but let’s not keep that from sharing some news. New Pixels Trailer – Skip if you want to avoid a few spoilers, like many near
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The Pinball Lounge Open In Oviedo, FL; Tappers Arcade Bar Coming to Indianapolis, IN
Welcome to Monday everyone, let’s start the week out with some new arcade location news! The Pinball Lounge – First, a location that just opened their doors this past weekend near amusement park central
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Newsbytes: Magic Girl Pin; Tempest 2000; Chocovader
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: Yoshimitsu; GTI Asia Taipei 2015; Wahlap
Good weekend everyone and to the mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day tomorrow. My mom is not a gamer by any means but she put up with my little obsession, among other things that
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