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Sega Offers Up More Details On Transformers Shadows Rising; Releases In May
UPDATE: Thanks to commentor Danthrax for pointing out that the PR mentions that this is releasing in May. I missed that as I decided to speed read through the beginning part as opposed to taking a careful reading of it all. Apologies for the screw up! Last week I got the chance to get »
Sega Outlines Their IAAPA 2017 Booth Offerings
IAAPA 2017 is approaching fast and with that, news releases are starting to unveil what else we can expect to find there. Today, Sega laid out their IAAPA plans so let’s jump into it with one quick caveat – the end of the press release has this paragraph: Sega has another major game to »
Newsbytes: Replicade; How A Home Port Damaged Sega; Sky Skipper UK; Magix Floor; Arcades Direct & More
10 Print “Hello World and welcome to another Newsbytes” 20 Goto 10 Let’s get rolling on other news items from the wonderful world of arcades. The Replicade Mini Centipede Arcade Machine (Thanks to everyone who sent this in) If you have ever wanted to play Atari’s classic arcade shooter Centipede but with only two »
Newsbytes: Heighway Pinball Shake-up; Firepower Pin Upgrade; Holy Grail; The Simpsons + More
Happy weekend to you all out there. With that comes another Newsbytes, our collection of arcade news from around the world. Andrew Heighway Leaves Heighway Pinball Let’s start with the biggest news first – something that could warrant it’s own post given the magnitude of what is going on. We have been following the »
New Locations: Cidercade (TX); Ready Player One Bar (MI); Token (Ireland); Round1USA (IL)
When we started the month of March, we did so with various posts covering new arcade amusement locations that are opening their doors out there. So it is fitting as we reach the end of the month that we bring the same spotlight to even more venues that are jumping into the business. There »
The History Of Sonic The Hedgehog At The Arcade
It is June 23rd and that marks a milestone in video gaming as one of the most popular game mascots turns 25 years old. That would be Sega’s speedy blue fuzzball, Sonic The Hedgehog. To celebrate the anniversary, let’s take a look at the various appearances of the beloved character in the arcade space »
Newsbytes: 2015 Ottawa Pinball Show; Teen Makes His Own Arcade Game; Pac-Man Fever; Heart of Gaming; NTG#52
Happy weekend arcade fans! This weekend’s newsbytes are brought to you by the number 5,000, because that sounds like a good number to sponsor something. A new podcast will be posted later today so stay tuned for that if you are interested. Also, I have mentioned this out there so may as well here »
Amusement Expo 2014 Part 2 – Now With Pictures!
Hot on the heels of Part 1 comes some pictures from the trade show floor thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. I didn’t focus on taking pics but video instead while Kevin covered this portion and caught a couple of things I missed. A lot of people at the show asked me »
IGS Releases New Trailer For Monster Eye
Taiwanese developer IGS is busy working on a new enclosed light-gun cabinet (or a theater cabinet if you prefer) called Monster Eye and today they released a new trailer showing direct footage from the game in action. Note that there is English voice acting in the video and on the Youtube page they have »
Sega Love In October Replay Magazine With Details On Transformers & Plants Vs. Zombies
Among the upcoming products that Sega has coming to arcades, we’ve covered two recently that have gained some attention – Transformers: Human Alliance and Plants Vs. Zombies The Last Stand. We’ve seen a little about Transformers already but Plants Vs. Zombies only had a teaser flyer to unveil that it was coming. Well if »
Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is what they had to say: “It’s our birthday!! 60 years ago today, in 1953, TAITO (then the Taito Trading Company) »
Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 2)
When I did the research for Midway’s unreleased arcade prototypes of the past, I had a feeling that there should have been more. Perhaps that is a tainted view as a company like Atari is pretty well documented in that regard, however the reality is that many game companies of the past don’t seem »
