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Newsbytes: Minecraft Unboxing; 4:3 Arcade LCDs; SNK Millenium; KeyMaster Legal Woes & More

Newsbytes: Minecraft Unboxing; 4:3 Arcade LCDs; SNK Millenium; KeyMaster Legal Woes & More

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Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the arcade & pinball world and serves them up to you on a digital platter. We’re in the post trade show news lull

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Pre-Orders Now Live For Rival Megagun XE (exA-Arcadia)

Pre-Orders Now Live For Rival Megagun XE (exA-Arcadia)

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Fans of shoot ’em ups and particularly versus play can rejoice, as a fun new title that fits both of those categories is now available to pre-order for exA-Arcadia systems. Called Rival Megagun XE,

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Amusement Expo 2021 Round-up

Amusement Expo 2021 Round-up

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Amusement Expo 2021 is officially over, so with the dust settled, let’s take this opportunity to wrap it all up in a tidy blog post. I may do a Vlog about it too, if

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Spooky Pinball Announces Two New Games: Halloween & Ultraman: Kaiju Rumble!

Spooky Pinball Announces Two New Games: Halloween & Ultraman: Kaiju Rumble!

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Boutique pinball maker Spooky Pinball is about to be extremely busy, as they’ve taken the unusual (well, down right unheard of in pinball land) move to announce not one but two brand new games.

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Wahlap Selects Sega Amusements To Carry Jet Blaster In North America & Europe

Wahlap Selects Sega Amusements To Carry Jet Blaster In North America & Europe

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While I’m still working on the Amusement Expo 2021 wrap-up post (hope to be finished today), another piece of news just hit the wires to discuss and it involves Sega Amusements. While they did

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ExA-Arcadia Makes Their Official US Debut At Amusement Expo 2021

ExA-Arcadia Makes Their Official US Debut At Amusement Expo 2021

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I’ve been talking about the company and its games for years, and this week, exA-Arcadia finally was able to make their official introduction to the North American industry as they appeared at Amusement Expo

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Sega Posts 3 Direct Captures Of Mission: Impossible Arcade

Sega Posts 3 Direct Captures Of Mission: Impossible Arcade

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Amusement Expo 2021 has come and gone, and I’ve been busy working on videos but also posting details to social media about some of the news there. I am working on a post to

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Newsbytes: Black Emperor Launch; Bowl Expo News; Andamiro USA Goes To Texas; Playing Cruis’n Blast & More

Newsbytes: Black Emperor Launch; Bowl Expo News; Andamiro USA Goes To Texas; Playing Cruis’n Blast & More

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Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekly or bi-weekly curation of news from around the world of arcades & pinball. Stay tuned to YouTube on Monday/Tuesday as I will be posting an Amusement Expo 2021 preview,

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June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

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Welcome to part 2 of our June Location Watch. If you missed Part #1, click here. This was broken up as there were so many locations opening their doors for the first time that

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Benchmark Games & Boxblaster Join Forces To Create A VR Redemption Game, VR X-perience

Benchmark Games & Boxblaster Join Forces To Create A VR Redemption Game, VR X-perience

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Long-time readers of the site might recall a story from a few years ago, back when VR was just starting to dip its toe into the arcade industry again (the gurus called it “LBE

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June 2021 Location Watch #1 : Several New Arcade Venues Open Their Doors Around The World

June 2021 Location Watch #1 : Several New Arcade Venues Open Their Doors Around The World

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It’s only been a month since our last Arcade Location Watch, but so many locations have opened their doors that I need to split this into at least two parts – possibly a 3rd

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Touch Magix Launching The SpaceWarp 66 Mega Model At Bowl Expo ’21

Touch Magix Launching The SpaceWarp 66 Mega Model At Bowl Expo ’21

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It’s Bowl Expo week, and due to circumstances this year, that means it’s going to see the debut of some new titles. That generally isn’t the case for this particular expo, although it has

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