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Gameroom Junkies Podcast & an EVE Offline Arcade Machine (UPDATED)

Gameroom Junkies Podcast & an EVE Offline Arcade Machine (UPDATED)

arcadehero April 25, 2013 2

Just a couple of items to talk about this evening. They don’t really have much to do with each other and I almost broke them up into different posts but I’m a little pressed

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Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

arcadehero April 23, 2013 3

Time for another blending of news items together into one post. It does a body good, every once in a while at least. About a year and a half ago an arcade opened up

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Heighway Pinball’s Full Throttle Pinball Prototype At German Pinball Open

Heighway Pinball’s Full Throttle Pinball Prototype At German Pinball Open

arcadehero April 22, 2013 0

Newsfeed 1313, link sent via News from the pinball sector continues to heat up and today we have more information on a new upstart based in the UK that is bringing a non-licensed table

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More Buildings Turned Into Giant Arcade Games

More Buildings Turned Into Giant Arcade Games

arcadehero April 19, 2013 0

Last week I caught a glimpse of a project down in the megalopolis, São Paulo Brazil that involved setting up a building there as an arcade game. It had “Paulista Invaders” setup on it

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VR Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod

VR Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod

arcadehero April 17, 2013 1

VR is finding its way back into the news more and more this year. We have had a little discussion about the Oculus Rift device which has been praised by numerous game developers. A

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Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

arcadehero April 15, 2013 7

This past weekend was the grand opening of a new arcade in London. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report / DNA Association was there and he snapped numerous pictures and wrote up this article

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The Swarm By GlobalVR

The Swarm By GlobalVR

arcadehero April 15, 2013 1

The Swarm by Buka & GlobalVR Released: February 2013 Players: 1-2 simultaneous Type: Mounted Light Gun Shooter Rating: Yellow for Animated Violence or Red for Life-Like Violence (operator selectable) Arcade Exclusive? : YES SYNOPSIS:

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The Latest on Skit-B’s Predator Pinball

The Latest on Skit-B’s Predator Pinball

arcadehero April 13, 2013 0

This week was a little unusual for news on the site – there wasn’t any video arcade news to speak of really, it was all about pinball. With that in mind I figure why

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Metallica Pinball Cabinet, Feature and Models Unveiled

Metallica Pinball Cabinet, Feature and Models Unveiled

arcadehero April 11, 2013 0

Well that didn’t take long. We had the “teaser” video of Stern’s upcoming Metallica pinball machine just the other day and now we have a look at the cabinet and the variations on the

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The Duck Hunt Pinball Machine by Skit-B Pinball

The Duck Hunt Pinball Machine by Skit-B Pinball

arcadehero April 11, 2013 1

Link via Well since it’s become pinball week for news, we may as well keep it going! I was discussing pinball with someone yesterday and in the rundown of the available or upcoming machines,

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PAPA Circuit Finals Begin Tomorrow (Pinball)

PAPA Circuit Finals Begin Tomorrow (Pinball)

arcadehero April 10, 2013 1

(Thanks to Bowen Kerins for the tip) Well I guess the news for this week is going to be all pinball, all the time. Nothing wrong with that of course, it’s interesting in fact

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Next From Stern Pinball: Metallica Pinball

Next From Stern Pinball: Metallica Pinball

arcadehero April 9, 2013 3

UPDATE: Shots and details on the cabinets here. Remember way back in the year of 2009, when we ran a story about a fan-made Metallica pinball machine? No? Well here’s the post as a

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