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A History of Star Trek at the arcades

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 7

With important dates, new movies and a TV show coming along based on Star Trek, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the history of Trek in arcades. I’ve long been

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The 2009 Texas Pinball Festival

The 2009 Texas Pinball Festival

Shaggy March 11, 2009 1

(Thanks to Jonathan Leung for the tip) We’ve got another coin-op machine event to mention here, this time revolving around pinball. The Texas Pinball Festival will take place on March 13th-15th in Grapevine, TX.

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Pics of "24" pinball now online

Pics of "24" pinball now online

Shaggy February 25, 2009 5

[Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip] Stern’s latest pinball game, “24” is soon going to hit the streets and with it, Pinball News has got their hands on a prototype of the game

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Jack Bauer comes to pinball with "24"

Jack Bauer comes to pinball with "24"

Shaggy February 5, 2009 2

The hit show 24 now has a pinball game to compliment the action-packed thriller that features counter-terrorist Jack Bauer in his quest to defend his country from evil doers and we have a cabinet

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Big Pinball tournament coming to Gameworks in Ohio next month

Big Pinball tournament coming to Gameworks in Ohio next month

Shaggy January 29, 2009 0

Back in November we posted about Gameworks beginning to hold some large tournaments at different locations and with one tournament under their belt in December, one is being planned for February at the Gameworks

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Pinball and the Sea-side arcade are alive and well in Bournemouth

Pinball and the Sea-side arcade are alive and well in Bournemouth

Twisted Supreme January 20, 2009 1

For those of you who are into your pinball, you are probably more than aware of a great site called Pinball News. One of thier writers was fortunate enough to be able to go and check out the

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A good Pat Lawlor (pinball designer) Interview

A good Pat Lawlor (pinball designer) Interview

Shaggy January 15, 2009 2

Pat Lawlor has been interviewed by Gamasutra and it’s a pretty good interview where he discusses the modern pinball market along with some talk on his old pins like The Addams Family, Funhouse, Family

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News on Pinball Events in the UK for 2009

News on Pinball Events in the UK for 2009

Shaggy December 7, 2008 0

[Thanks to Nick of ThePinballBlog for the information] If you are a pinball fan and you live in the UK then next year you’ll have a great time thanks to several events that will see some

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CSI Pinball in action

CSI Pinball in action

Shaggy November 27, 2008 0

I got a chance to play and film Stern’s new CSI pinball game today and overall I like the game – I wasn’t sure what to expect since I had never really watched the

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New images from Stern's CSI Pinball

New images from Stern's CSI Pinball

Shaggy November 14, 2008 1

[Thanks to IcePagoda for the tip] Pinball News has the first images of the new CSI pinball machine by Stern and after looking at them I have to say that I am far more

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Stern releases CSI pinball image; also faces downsizing

Stern releases CSI pinball image; also faces downsizing

Shaggy November 2, 2008 9

We’ve known about the next game to come along in Stern’s line-up of pins for sometime now and finally we have a prototype image of the cabinet. While at first I personally wondered how

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Celebrity Pinball Tournament & Arcade Show 2008

Celebrity Pinball Tournament & Arcade Show 2008

Shaggy September 6, 2008 0

There are fundraisers which use expensive dinners to bring people in and then there are fundraisers which use games! This is the latter and not just any games are involved in this fundraiser for

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