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Over-The-Hill – Pac-Man Turns 40 Today
Back during the “Console Wars” of the ’80s & ’90s, big game consoles were known for their “mascots,” a game with a protagonist that served as the face of a particular console and brand.
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Arcade Flyers Worth Admiring
I just realized that I haven’t had a post run for a few days on the blog, and while there isn’t much news that isn’t related to The Thing Which Shall Not Be Named,
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With a new year and decade upon us, it’s time to alert everyone to some important anniversaries that will be coming along this year. We won’t cover every game celebrating a birthday in 2020,
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Newsbytes: Pac-Man 40th; CarnEvil 21st & Other Milestones
Welcome to this rushed edition of Newsbytes, a collection of quick arcade-related news pieces that I try and post on Saturday. That didn’t work out thanks to a load of work that I had
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Newsbytes: Ms. Pac-Man In Court; Mario & Sonic Tokyo 2020 Arcade; & More
Sorry about the slow week again…I do have a big update on an indie game that we covered recently, but am waiting for one last piece of important info before going to wire on
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Newsbytes: Dancerush & DDR A20 update; CAX2019; Moon-Themed Games
It’s time for another Newsbytes, where the pieces of news are quick, but all related to arcades. Dancerush Stardom Lands At Dave & Busters in San Diego I saw a lot of chatter on
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Bandai Namco Revives Arcade Classics As LBE-VR Titles At New Location in Japan
I mentioned in the last post that we’d have another Location Based Entertainment Virtual Reality (LBE-VR for those that don’t want to spout that mouthful every time) piece to discuss today, and here we
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Newsbytes: 2019 Releases; D&B Unveils Dragonfrost VR; Arcade/Christmas Parody & More
Welcome to the holiday weekend! Today’s newsbytes was a little bit delayed, in part due to WordPress completely revamping how posts work. As usual when a website makes fundamental changes to how creating posts
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Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Chill Offers Licensed Multi-gaming For Man Caves
Last month (cutting it close here ;P ), Bandai Namco pulled back the curtain on a follow-up to their Pac-Man’s Arcade Party classic multi-game system. The new version, Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash, offered 31 games
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Japanese Arcade News: Summer Location Tests & Releases
As we find ourselves nice and comfy in the middle of the Summer, it’s time to take a look over in Japan as to what their arcade business has been up to lately. Location
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Bandai Namco Debuts Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash At Bowl Expo ’18
If you’ve been around the arcade business for the past couple of decades, then you likely are familiar with Bandai Namco’s re-issues of select classic arcade games in a proper arcade cabinet format. These
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JAEPO 2018 Part I – New Arcade Games Coming From Japan
Welcome to the first of various JAEPO 2018 threads. These may be a bit of a hodge podge of content, most of what I am seeing from the show coming via Twitter as Japanese
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