GTI Asia China Expo 2025 Day 1: New Arcade Games Debut In China
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Newsbytes: Japan Amusement Expo; VEX HyperDash; Multimorphic Ships Portal Pinball; More
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A Pinball Machine of Astronomical Proportions: Galactic Dimension
[Thanks to Niklas Roy for the info!] We’ve covered unique pinball machines on AH a few times, most recently with this post about an 8-player pinball machine and some others. Today comes word of
Read More »Sega Turns 55 – Let’s Remember Their Electromechanical Games
It is anniversary season – combine Summer with a year ending in 5 and that seems to do the trick. Today is an anniversary for a company very important to the arcade industry, as indicated in
Read More »Mario In Arcades Through The Years
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the popular Super Mario Bros. video game launching on Nintendo’s first home console in the US, the NES. Nintendo recently launched this page to celebrate 30 years
Read More »Star Wars Battle Pod Gets A Special Home Release
(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) I meant to get to this yesterday but was occupied with working on the latest podcast(which we also forgot to mention on the podcast…whoops). Here’s the headline:
Read More »And Now A Video Of The New Stern Pinball Factory
The other day we ran an article about the new Heighway Pinball UK factory and their current production. Back over in the USA, the largest and best-known pinball maker in the world, recently moved
Read More »Heighway Pinball’s Factory Fired Up To Produce New Pinball Games
(Thanks to Scott Flear for the tip) Stern factory visits are well-known, having become a tourist draw into Chicago for a number of years. There haven’t been many pinball factories to be found around
Read More »Newsbytes: Polybius Doc; Walking Dead Update; Heighway Pinball Update
In the US many are out and about thanks to it being Memorial Day weekend, which is (or at least should be) one of the more solemn holidays. For most it also marks the
Read More »Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35
Today marks the 35th anniversary of a legend in video gaming, particularly in arcades. That would be the arcade release of Namco’s Pac-Man to Japanese arcades. There is a big celebration going on at
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