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Raw Thrills & Microsoft Join Forces To Bring Halo Fireteam Raven To Arcades In 2018
Yes you read that headline right. Seventeen years after the first-person shooter Halo rocked the gaming world on the original Xbox, the popular IP is finally headed to arcades, courtesy of Play Mechanix and
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Stern Unveils Iron Maiden Premium Models
With Pro models of Stern Pinball’s Iron Maiden already out and about on location, it was only a matter of time until the company pulled the curtain back on the Premium model of the
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Adrenaline’s Rampage Headed To The Wide Arcade Market In June
Happy Monday readers (if there is such a thing). We’ve got a quick piece of news to share with you today about the new Rampage arcade game. As you might recall, Dave & Busters
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Newsbytes: Redline Rampage; Cosmotrons Map Contest; NEO GEO Mini; Factory Video Updates; Pinball
It was a quiet week on the site as I was busy, busy, busy working on a game conversion of a Need For Speed Underground to a Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers and troubleshooting that.
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Unboxing & Reviewing The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018) Arcade Game
Doing an”unbox” of an arcade game is not exactly done with frequency but when the opportunity arises, I do try and film it. This week was a very rare event for me at the
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Tomy Waterfuls Ring Toss Redemption Game by ICE and Toccata Gaming International Updates
I previously reported on a new redemption game made by ICE called Tomy Waterfuls Ring Toss, based off the water-based toy game from the 1970’s and 1980’s. This game is currently located at Dave
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Volumetric Displays From Voxon Photonics Now Commercially Available
While the focus of the blog here is on arcade news and opinion, it’s not just about new releases and locations. The technology that can be adapted for out-of-home entertainment/amusement is just as interesting
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gets A Sales Trailer
The arcade side of the business is a little bit different from what you find for home consoles and those differences lead to an alternative way of handling marketing. The basic layout of the
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RIP Heighway Pinball
Last week we heard a ‘rumbling’ that UK based pinball manufacturer Heighway Pinball was filing for bankruptcy. Now, that has been confirmed as a public notice regarding the liquidation of the company’s assets will
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Newsbytes: LvL Up Opens (CA); Shrek & Baywatch Pins Get Color; Classic Game News & More
Welcome to another weekend and with that, a collection of news from around the arcade world. Here’s what we’ve got for you today: LvL Up Opens For Business (Campbell, CA) While I was saving
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