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Bonus Saturday: BBC/Sega Amusement park; Astro City Phone; Sonic facts

Bonus Saturday: BBC/Sega Amusement park; Astro City Phone; Sonic facts

Shaggy June 25, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1062-1064 via The news has been a little weird lately – we get a few days of nothing and then all of the sudden several items all at once. First bit of interesting

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Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

Shaggy June 24, 2011 4

  Newsfeed 1060 via In Japan, Sega has been holding a “private” show today and we have a small idea of what is coming out of there but it isn’t much to go over

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With economies under stress, are consumers spending on entertainment?

With economies under stress, are consumers spending on entertainment?

Shaggy June 21, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1059 via It feels like forever now that economies around the world are in a state of recession/depression, with stagnant growth and worried consumers all around. It’s not the case in every country

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TRON Legacy Pinball Game Features Video

TRON Legacy Pinball Game Features Video

Shaggy June 21, 2011 1

Stern Pinball has released a video demonstrating all of the features to be found in their latest title, TRON Legacy Pinball. As we can see, the video game scoop shot is an important target

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

Shaggy June 21, 2011 1

What do you do with a popular game? You “sequelize” it of course. It’s no different for video games than books or movies since people enjoy the original so much. Yesterday we saw that

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More details on Wizard of Oz Pinball

More details on Wizard of Oz Pinball

Shaggy June 20, 2011 1

The time is fast approaching that Stern Pinball will have a serious competitor to deal with and enticing details on the first game by Jersey Jack Pinball continue to trickle out showing just how

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Monday Variety Post: Reflect Beat goes Lime; Retro mini-cabs, New Arcade Book

Monday Variety Post: Reflect Beat goes Lime; Retro mini-cabs, New Arcade Book

Shaggy June 20, 2011 2

“It’s all of your favorite hits with more variety”, variety being the radio code word for “you are going to hate most of the schlock we play with a few decent songs you actually

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Alterface’s 5Di Gamebox Attraction

Alterface’s 5Di Gamebox Attraction

Shaggy June 18, 2011 1

Anyone who has been to the IAAPA Expo every November knows that there are an awful lot of products to see and there’s no way to experience them all. This past November I recall

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Gaming law struck down in Kansas

Gaming law struck down in Kansas

Shaggy June 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to Jordan Fredrick for the tip) Way back in April 2010, word came along that the US state of Kansas adopted a new law banning “gray machines”, gaming devices like coin pushers that

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The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

Shaggy June 17, 2011 2

I’m not really up to speed on advancements in light-switch technology but everything I’ve seen at the hardware store shows that it hasn’t really changed much since it hasn’t really needed to. That’s ok

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TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer

TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer

Shaggy June 16, 2011 1

One of the most popular news items we’ve had on the site recently would have to be Stern Pinball’s TRON Legacy Pinball. The TRON franchise has an interwoven relationship with arcades but since Discs

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The few arcade games of E3 2011

The few arcade games of E3 2011

Shaggy June 16, 2011 1

(Thanks to Igo for the tip!) While this isn’t exactly what I was talking about recently, E3 did have a small selection of some great classic arcade games to play, as shown by ClassicGameRoom.

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