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New Arcades: Tilt Studio (AZ); Flynn’s Retrocade (UT); High Scores #2 (CA)
While I just posted about some new arcades opening their doors out there, we’ve got more to discuss as the arcade growth trend continues! New Tilt Studio Opens In Tempe, AZ – This is
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Stern Pinball To Throw A 30th Anniversary Bash This October
In this business, everyone knows the name Stern Pinball. They were the only company to keep the art of designing new pinball machines alive through the ’00’s and they are still considered top dog
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Newsbytes: Mario & Sonic Cabinets Actually At The Rio Olympics; New Densha De Go! Releases; Arcade Movie Spoofs
It’s been a time for travel and vacations so things have been kind of slow around here lately. That doesn’t mean that news has stopped though, let’s look at what is going on in
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New Arcades: Hub Zero (Dubai); Frolics (Toronto); Dave & Busters (Various)
It’s time for some news on fresh arcade locations that are open out there, let’s start with a couple on the international circuit: Hub Zero (Dubai) – We mentioned this one a few months
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Happy 8-6 Day! Honoring the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 Toyota Corolla from Initial D
Happy 8-6 day! August 6th is known as 8-6 day (Hachiroku) in Japan (and anywhere else you wish to celebrate), a day that honors the 1986 Toyota Corolla. Today is also the 30th anniversary
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Zombie Snatcher finally rolling out to Dave & Busters locations nationwide
\ The long-awaited redemption game, Zombie Snatcher manufactured by ICE as a partnership with Toccata gaming will be rolling out to Dave & Busters locations everywhere very soon. If the game is not yet
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Rockets, Robots and Ray Guns Exhibit at the Strong National Museum of Play
In addition to the pinball exhibit I recently wrote about, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY has another fun exhibit going on this summer. The exhibit is called Rockets, Robots and
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A Look At The New Pinball Playfields Exhibit At The Strong National Museum of Play
Recently I had the chance to visit a new Pinball exhibit at the Strong National Museum of Play called Pinball Playfields. Opened in Late Feburary of 2016 this exhibit is a permanent exhibit
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Japanese Racing Game Updates: Initial D Zero; MaxiTune 5DX; Real Drive
There has been plenty of excitement over the upcoming return of Cruis’n to the arcade scene here in the States but over in Japan, they are keeping their racing scene plenty strong. Let’s take
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Color Pinball: RollerCoaster Tycoon; Cirqus Voltaire; Terminator 3
One great thing I have noticed about the pinball side of the amusement business is the amount of R&D spent by different companies in the business of “modding” pinball machines. There are quite a
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