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EAG 2022 Wrap-Up [UPDATED!]
I was going to cover the EAG 2022 show for a Newsbytes, but I really couldn’t find much else to talk about for that post, so I figure it’s better to separate that out
Read More »Want To Make An Arcade Game? Check Out The #NoticeMe Game Jam & The Arcade Jam Contests
When a video game becomes a proper arcade game (being put into a cabinet that can take payment of some kind to play it), we give it a highlight on this site, regardless it
Read More »Sega’s VR Agent Now In Production
While Sega has often experimented with new technologies in the arcade, Virtual Reality has not really been one of them. They did test out a VR concept in the 90s called TecWar/NetMerc, but the
Read More »New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)
It’s been a pretty quiet week for arcades (although I was going to do something on a cool pinball coffee table project before that got picked up by mainstream sources…I’ll highlight it at the
Read More »Sega Unveils Their Take On Video Arcade Basketball, Allstars Basketball
The modern arcade has been full of games that blur the line between a video arcade game and something else – that is particularly true of the genre I call “videmption”, and I think
Read More »Next In Videmption From Sega: Jumanji
Next month will be rather busy for Sega Amusements – they began shipping their latest light-gun game Mission: Impossible Arcade DX last month, then next they will begin shipping a few titles including VR
Read More »GENDA-Owned Sega Arcades To Change Name To GiGO In Japan
Today, it was revealed that Genda completed their purchase of Sega’s amusement operations division, purchasing the remaining 15% of shares. As a part of that, they changed the name of their company to GENDA
Read More »Newsbytes: RIP Lyman Sheats; Park Avenue 2022; NeoXperience; New Games For PlayChoice-10 & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from the world of arcades & pinball, run on the weekends. As a note, I am working on a new Location Watch post and continue to
Read More »The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This
Read More »Newsbytes: Arcade 1up Pro, Funhouse 2.0 & Some Other Assorted Arcade News
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where we take a quick look at bits of arcade & pinball news from around the world. It’s been a little while since I’ve done one of these as
Read More »Sega Launches Mission: Impossible Arcade DX in North America & Europe
Let’s start of 2022 with a bang – we have our first game release of the year to report on, and some updates on a few other games. As the headline mentions, Sega Amusements
Read More »Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!
Ending the year with a new guest post for the site, industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the tempestuous history of Gameworks – when Hollywood came to arcades. He sent
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