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Wizard of Oz Pinball Hits The Proverbial Yellow Brick Road of Shipping

Wizard of Oz Pinball Hits The Proverbial Yellow Brick Road of Shipping

arcadehero April 29, 2013 2

It’s been a long time coming – the first post I ran about Jersey Jack’s Wizard of Oz Pinball machine was back in January 2011 and the day has finally arrived that the machines

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The Sonic Athletics Exergame Arcade Machine At The Tokyo Sega Joypolis

The Sonic Athletics Exergame Arcade Machine At The Tokyo Sega Joypolis

arcadehero April 26, 2013 1

Sega’s Tokyo Joypolis venue already has plenty of unique and interesting games and starting yesterday, a new multiplayer title is launching there that will appeal to Sonic and exergaming fans alike. Called Sonic Athletics,

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Heighway Pinball’s Full Throttle Pinball Prototype At German Pinball Open

Heighway Pinball’s Full Throttle Pinball Prototype At German Pinball Open

arcadehero April 22, 2013 0

Newsfeed 1313, link sent via News from the pinball sector continues to heat up and today we have more information on a new upstart based in the UK that is bringing a non-licensed table

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VR Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod

VR Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod

arcadehero April 17, 2013 1

VR is finding its way back into the news more and more this year. We have had a little discussion about the Oculus Rift device which has been praised by numerous game developers. A

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The Swarm By GlobalVR

The Swarm By GlobalVR

arcadehero April 15, 2013 1

The Swarm by Buka & GlobalVR Released: February 2013 Players: 1-2 simultaneous Type: Mounted Light Gun Shooter Rating: Yellow for Animated Violence or Red for Life-Like Violence (operator selectable) Arcade Exclusive? : YES SYNOPSIS:

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The Latest on Skit-B’s Predator Pinball

The Latest on Skit-B’s Predator Pinball

arcadehero April 13, 2013 0

This week was a little unusual for news on the site – there wasn’t any video arcade news to speak of really, it was all about pinball. With that in mind I figure why

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Metallica Pinball Cabinet, Feature and Models Unveiled

Metallica Pinball Cabinet, Feature and Models Unveiled

arcadehero April 11, 2013 0

Well that didn’t take long. We had the “teaser” video of Stern’s upcoming Metallica pinball machine just the other day and now we have a look at the cabinet and the variations on the

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Hardcore Gamers: What Do You Want To See In Arcades These Days?

Hardcore Gamers: What Do You Want To See In Arcades These Days?

arcadehero April 4, 2013 35

It wasn’t long ago we ran a little thought experiment on some potential idea for arcades and while this isn’t directly related to that, it is similar. At the recent Amusement Expo 2013 event,

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Eurogamer Looks At The Arcades Of The Future

Eurogamer Looks At The Arcades Of The Future

arcadehero April 3, 2013 5

Predicting the future is tricky business, as any of the doomsday predictors of 2012 might tell you. Sure the idea of a sister planet crashing into Earth was doomsday internet hit gold but it

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Amusement Expo 2013 Report #3 – Wrapping Up The Show In Pictures

Amusement Expo 2013 Report #3 – Wrapping Up The Show In Pictures

arcadehero March 27, 2013 2

Here’s the last report for Amusement Expo 2013. If you missed the previous reports which contained the videos, you can read them here: Report #1 / Report #2. This report will cover everything else,

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Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go

Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go

arcadehero March 23, 2013 4

It’s another year and thus another Spring amusement trade show has come and gone. The Amusement Expo 2013 was held from March 20th-22nd in Las Vegas, NV and with that we were there to

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GlobalVR Releases The Swarm Conversion Kits

GlobalVR Releases The Swarm Conversion Kits

arcadehero March 20, 2013 3

It wasn’t long ago that GlobalVR’s newest light-gun shooter, The Swarm was released as a dedicated game and here comes news that they have conversion kits available for it too. The game is mostly

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