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Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35

Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35

Shaggy May 22, 2015 13

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

Video Tuesday: New Pixels Trailer; Say What You Want Pinball Vid; KISS Pinball Footage

Shaggy May 19, 2015 1

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

The Pinball Lounge Open In Oviedo, FL; Tappers Arcade Bar Coming to Indianapolis, IN

Shaggy May 18, 2015 0

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

Newsbytes: Magic Girl Pin; Tempest 2000; Chocovader

Shaggy May 16, 2015 1

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

Raw Thrills Starts An Offensive Against Arcade Pirates

Shaggy May 13, 2015 9

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

Newsbytes: Yoshimitsu; GTI Asia Taipei 2015; Wahlap

Shaggy May 9, 2015 1

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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KISS Pinball Is Stern’s Summer Pinball Title

KISS Pinball Is Stern’s Summer Pinball Title

Shaggy May 5, 2015 1

The cat is out of the bag for the next pinball table from Stern Pinball, the long rumored KISS. Here is the teaser trailer from Stern: From that teaser we learn that they will

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Enjoy 30 Minutes of AOU/AM Show Footage from 1991 & ’92

Enjoy 30 Minutes of AOU/AM Show Footage from 1991 & ’92

Shaggy May 4, 2015 2

These days we all expect to see footage of arcade games from trade shows or venues since cameras are found everywhere. But that wasn’t the case from the earlier days of arcade gaming when

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Kung Fu Master 2 Arcade Prototype Discovered

Kung Fu Master 2 Arcade Prototype Discovered

Shaggy April 28, 2015 7

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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Crossbeats REV Arcade Coming To The US?

Crossbeats REV Arcade Coming To The US?

Shaggy April 28, 2015 1

Former Dance Dance Revolution designer Naoki Maeda celebrated his birthday yesterday and took the opportunity to thank his fans on Facebook while sharing this nugget about his latest arcade project for Capcom, Crossbeats. REV

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Big Buck Game Wardens Now Out And About Promoting Big Buck HD

Big Buck Game Wardens Now Out And About Promoting Big Buck HD

Shaggy April 27, 2015 1

As you’ve seen, news has been pretty slow the past week but as we head into the last week of April, we finally have something. Arcade developer Play Mechanix has launched a new program

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Newsbytes: Star Wars; Arcade Vehicle Crash; Pinball; Missile Command

Newsbytes: Star Wars; Arcade Vehicle Crash; Pinball; Missile Command

Shaggy April 18, 2015 4

Welcome to my last minute collection of arcade news for this weekend. Star Wars Battle Pod at the Star Wars Celebration – this week has been loaded with plenty of Star Wars news and

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