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Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll exA Edition Now Shipping Worldwide

Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll exA Edition Now Shipping Worldwide

arcadehero February 10, 2022 1

It’s been a few months – October last – since exA-Arcadia released a new title to their platform, but the dry spell has ended as they have begun shipping their first game of 2022,

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Guest Post: Arcade Carpets

Guest Post: Arcade Carpets

arcadehero February 9, 2022 2

It’s time for another guest post and this time from a fresh name. “James UK” recently discovered the blog, where he wanted to share some thoughts on a couple of things that he enjoys

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Newsbytes: King Kong VR Chapter 3; Winner Winner App; New Arcade Books; Super Hoop Pinball & More

Newsbytes: King Kong VR Chapter 3; Winner Winner App; New Arcade Books; Super Hoop Pinball & More

arcadehero February 5, 2022 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news items from around the Arcade & Pinball world for your reading enjoyment. King Kong of Skull Island Adds A 3rd Chapter Operators who have a King Kong

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Two New Arcade Games From Coastal: Ice Walker & Zombie Land

Two New Arcade Games From Coastal: Ice Walker & Zombie Land

arcadehero February 4, 2022 0

After a bit of a hiatus, it seems that videmption games are swinging back into action on the market, as mentioned yesterday with Sega’s Jumanji and now a couple more titles from Coastal Amusements.

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Sega Unveils Their Take On Video Arcade Basketball, Allstars Basketball

Sega Unveils Their Take On Video Arcade Basketball, Allstars Basketball

arcadehero February 3, 2022 0

The modern arcade has been full of games that blur the line between a video arcade game and something else – that is particularly true of the genre I call “videmption”, and I think

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Next In Videmption From Sega: Jumanji

Next In Videmption From Sega: Jumanji

arcadehero February 3, 2022 0

Next month will be rather busy for Sega Amusements – they began shipping their latest light-gun game Mission: Impossible Arcade DX last month, then next they will begin shipping a few titles including VR

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Unboxing SpaceWarp 66

Unboxing SpaceWarp 66

arcadehero January 31, 2022 0

My second acquisition of the year is now complete, as I recently purchased a SpaceWarp 66 from Touch Magix (purchased through one of the distributors I often use). Here’s the video; If you missed

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GENDA-Owned Sega Arcades To Change Name To GiGO In Japan

GENDA-Owned Sega Arcades To Change Name To GiGO In Japan

arcadehero January 28, 2022 3

Today, it was revealed that Genda completed their purchase of Sega’s amusement operations division, purchasing the remaining 15% of shares. As a part of that, they changed the name of their company to GENDA

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Location Watch January 2022: New Arcades In FL, CA, VT, IA, TX, Canada, The UK, India & Australia

Location Watch January 2022: New Arcades In FL, CA, VT, IA, TX, Canada, The UK, India & Australia

arcadehero January 27, 2022 2

Welcome to the first Location Watch of 2022. This is an on-going series of posts which highlight new locations that have opened their doors recently (or semi-recently), curated from news around the ‘net. Granted,

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The Lyman Sheats Tribute Post

The Lyman Sheats Tribute Post

arcadehero January 24, 2022 0

It was suggested that I do a post just for Lyman Sheats and I have to agree – so let’s use this space to express your condolences for the passing of a master pinball

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Newsbytes: RIP Lyman Sheats; Park Avenue 2022; NeoXperience; New Games For PlayChoice-10 & Much More

Newsbytes: RIP Lyman Sheats; Park Avenue 2022; NeoXperience; New Games For PlayChoice-10 & Much More

arcadehero January 22, 2022 1

Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from the world of arcades & pinball, run on the weekends. As a note, I am working on a new Location Watch post and continue to

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Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

arcadehero January 21, 2022 0

Way back in February of last year, I ran a story about an interesting new game that had launched over in the UK/EU via a distributor called UDC; The name of the game was

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