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Newsbytes: Sega Week w/ Segabits; Wizard of Oz Pinball Shows Science; RecBar Opens;

Newsbytes: Sega Week w/ Segabits; Wizard of Oz Pinball Shows Science; RecBar Opens;

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We’ll be skipping the Name That Game for this week as time has been short but here is some cool news to chew over for the rest of the weekend: Segabits.com & Galloping Ghost

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Bandai Namco Opens VR Zone Project iCan In Japan For Six Months

Bandai Namco Opens VR Zone Project iCan In Japan For Six Months

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(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) It was reported a short time ago that Bandai Namco was launching a new but temporary VR-arcade style facility in Japan by the name of VR ZONE

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Stern Pinball Teases “Magnaslings” In Ghostbusters Pinball; Auto-Start Feature Coming Soon

Stern Pinball Teases “Magnaslings” In Ghostbusters Pinball; Auto-Start Feature Coming Soon

arcadehero April 15, 2016 1

Isn’t competition great? For years, the pinball scene had no competition going on and it showed by there being no new innovations in the games. Now that the field is competitive, we’re seeing the

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New Trailer Teases Horror and Adventure for Upcoming The Spectre Files Deathstalker Arcade

New Trailer Teases Horror and Adventure for Upcoming The Spectre Files Deathstalker Arcade

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We recently mentioned the new arcade developments from Game Refuge and Galloping Ghost Productions, which were first shown publicly at the Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event. Among the new titles is a project that

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New Arcades: Dave & Busters (NY & TX); Great Escape Social Eats & Crafts (IA); Coin-Op Game Room 3 (CA); HubZero (Dubai)

New Arcades: Dave & Busters (NY & TX); Great Escape Social Eats & Crafts (IA); Coin-Op Game Room 3 (CA); HubZero (Dubai)

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Any day is a good day for new venue news. Here are the new places to look at: Two Grand Openings For Dave & Busters Locations (NY & TX): I thought that we had

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Japan: Pokémon Ga-Olé Coming This Summer

Japan: Pokémon Ga-Olé Coming This Summer

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Among games that tend to get released in Japan are the card vending ‘kid-tainment’ games. Once in a blue moon, you might come across one in the US (not sure what kind of spread

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Pinball Hall Of Fame Owner Looking For An Apprentice

Pinball Hall Of Fame Owner Looking For An Apprentice

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We’ve spoken about the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV a few times on the site before (starting with this one the same month that this website began) although this story today

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Unknown NEO GEO MVS Fighting Game Discovered & Dumped (UPDATED)

Unknown NEO GEO MVS Fighting Game Discovered & Dumped (UPDATED)

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UPDATE: The game was tentatively titled Dragon’s Heaven and it would have featured an extensive story shared through text. It used elements of Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer for the code base, hence the reason why

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Newsbytes: DDR ACE; Arcade Expo 3.0; Argus; NTG#80

Newsbytes: DDR ACE; Arcade Expo 3.0; Argus; NTG#80

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It has been a busy weekend so far! Hopefully any of you that owns arcade locations out there are seeing good business or if you are a gamer, that you find some arcade goodness

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New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

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The Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event (MGC 2016) is well under way in Wisconsin today and with that, some news on new arcade titles that smaller developers are showing off. Game Refuge and Galloping

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Arcade MTL Opens In Montreal, Canada

Arcade MTL Opens In Montreal, Canada

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(Thanks to Michel Descoteaux for the tip) Back in January while reporting on a number of new locations, it was mentioned that a new bar/arcade concept was working on overcoming some hurdles to open up

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Games Turning 40,20, 30 and 10 in 2016

Games Turning 40,20, 30 and 10 in 2016

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With each year that passes, we take a look at games celebrating a certain anniversary via a post. This year however, I decided to go the video route and make these long videos covering

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