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IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews
IAAPA is here again, which means it is high time to see the new arcade games that will be hitting the scene in 2025. The sheer size of the show and its amount of exhibitors is a little overwhelming, but hopefully this preview and guide will help you navigate the news. If you’re new »
Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024
Things have been a little bit quiet for the blog lately, but I’ve been super busy. Big nod to Ted for helping out on many stories and drafts during this time. In the meantime, I’ve been to two gaming expos in the past few weeks, California Extreme & the Utah Retro GameXpo. With those »
Location Watch Dec. 2021: New Arcades Open Their Doors Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts that highlight brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors. Covering different parts of the world, I strive to highlight as many as I can, but there are locations that get overlooked at times, as I just don’t hear about them. If you recently »
Master List Of Unreleased Arcade Games
There are many video game developments that never saw the light of day. The reasons for them going unreleased are varied – perhaps a concept just wasn’t working out, the hardware wasn’t up to the task, it tested poorly, the budget ran out, etc. Whether or not the games were released, teams of developers »
JAEPO 2015 Begins: The Latest On Arcades In Japan (Part 1)
The biggest Japanese arcade trade show of the year is upon us once again, here is a collection of the various announcements and happenings from the JAEPO 2015 event in Tokyo. (Update: Part 2 is here) Bandai Namco Harada looking thrilled as he dons a Pikachu suit. They have announced that Pokkén Tournament will »
Coming in November: The Kong Off 3
Since the release of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, one event has come along to really capitalize on the resurgent interest behind Nintendo’s original arcade classic Donkey Kong and competitive classic gaming. That event known as the Kong Off provided a venue where the top Donkey Kong players in the world »
First pictures of X-Men Pinball with Wolverine and Magneto LE models
As expected, it wouldn’t be long before Stern Pinball would unveil what the upcoming X-MEN Pinball machine would look like, so here they are. As with previous Stern units, they have a Pro model which is intended primarily for arcades. Limited Editions exist as Wolverine and Magneto. Pictures are as Stern shared from their »
The making of a homebrew pinball machine + new iPhone pinball app
While homebrew video games are a dime a dozen these days, homebrew pinball machines are quite rare as there are more people out there willing to make their own video game than their own pinball game. Making a fun and playable pinball machine is not an easy endeavor – I am not claiming that »
A History of Star Trek at the arcades
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 a fan of Star Trek – I was five years old when Star Trek: the Next Generation came around and »
Movie review- Tilt: The Battle To Save Pinball
[www.tilt-movie.com] [Tilt Preview Trailer] It had been a long time since I had played a pinball machine until recently, which coincides perfectly with the film I am about to review. It is easy to forget what pinball feels like if you ignore it for a while. Unfortunately too many people fell into that category »
