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Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2021; ZOMBEEZ & Spooky Smashers; Rhythm Game News & More

Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2021; ZOMBEEZ & Spooky Smashers; Rhythm Game News & More

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Welcome to Newsbytes, a blog post that curates various bits ‘n bytes of news from around the wonderful world of arcade & pinball games. Pinball Expo 2021 By all accounts I’ve heard, it sounds

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Sega Releases Details On Men In Black For Arcades

Sega Releases Details On Men In Black For Arcades

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I can remember going to see Men In Black in the theaters back when the film launched in the 1990s, and it became a movie that I think rewatched several times over the years.

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Cosmotrons Now Available As A Kit Purchase For Commercial Or Home Use

Cosmotrons Now Available As A Kit Purchase For Commercial Or Home Use

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It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned the indie game Cosmotrons on the blog, but today there’s some news about it to share with you. Having launched in 2018, Cosmotrons takes the idea of

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Sega Amusements Reveals Standard Versions Of ATV Slam, Mission: Impossible And More On VR Agent

Sega Amusements Reveals Standard Versions Of ATV Slam, Mission: Impossible And More On VR Agent

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While I discussed some of Sega Amusements’ revelations for IAAPA 2021 in a post last week, today Sega posted a surprise that we’ll dig into here. Now, where I got my information on Sega’s

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Newsbytes: Limitless VR; Surfin Surfari; Sega Japan Game Updates & More

Newsbytes: Limitless VR; Surfin Surfari; Sega Japan Game Updates & More

arcadehero October 24, 2021 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of quick news items from around the amusement world. There’s a good chance we’ll have more ‘big’ stories coming up as we get closer to IAAPA, so stay tuned!

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IAAPA 2021: Men In Black, Jumanji & VR Agent To Debut At Sega’s Booth

IAAPA 2021: Men In Black, Jumanji & VR Agent To Debut At Sega’s Booth

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IAAPA is a little under a month away, and that means we’re starting to receive some news on the latest games that will debut at the world’s largest tradeshow for amusements & arcades. Our

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The Video Arcade Industry Turns 50 As We Mark The Launch Of Computer Space

The Video Arcade Industry Turns 50 As We Mark The Launch Of Computer Space

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50 years ago today, things would change forever in interactive entertainment – not just for the coin-op amusement industry, but for video games as a whole. While a day in September is for some

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Newsbytes: Insider Connected Is Live; Zoltar Promo; Atari Stuff; Space Out & More

Newsbytes: Insider Connected Is Live; Zoltar Promo; Atari Stuff; Space Out & More

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Welcome to Newsbytes, a post of curated, but brief, arcade/pinball news from around the world. Stern’s Insider Connected Is Now Live As the headline says, you can now make an account with Stern Pinball’s

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Bandai Namco Amusements Preps Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR For Winter Release

Bandai Namco Amusements Preps Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR For Winter Release

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H/T To Kamen-Rider Ex-Aid for the tip News has been rather quiet when it comes to Bandai Namco Amusements, but today an update to the beloved, and arcade exclusive, racing series Wangan Midnight Maximum

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Big Buck World Championship XIV Is Now Underway

Big Buck World Championship XIV Is Now Underway

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October has just started and as we enter into the final quarter of the year, a big arcade tournament is now underway with the 14th Big Buck World Championship. Qualifiers were held on all

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Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica Headed To The exA-Arcadia

Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica Headed To The exA-Arcadia

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We’ve got yet another exA-Arcadia announcement to start the week off, with this one certainly coming with a big impact for arcades in Japan. For us Westerners, I imagine that most interest will be

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Cotton Rock ‘N Roll Headed To Arcades Worldwide Via exA-Arcadia

Cotton Rock ‘N Roll Headed To Arcades Worldwide Via exA-Arcadia

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For the past while, I’ve been seeing things posted about a new game in the Cotton series that would be going to Japanese arcades via Sega’s APM3 digital distribution network. Called Cotton Rock ‘N

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