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New Pinball Manufacturer

New Pinball Manufacturer

Twisted Supreme September 1, 2007 1

  Retro Pinball LLC is a new coin operated pinball manufacturer. The company was formed in March of 2007, and is owned by four partners; Herb Silvers, Gene Goodman, Reinhard Bangerter, and Mike Patz. The

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D1GP Website

D1GP Website

Shaggy September 1, 2007 0

[Via The Stinger Report] Stinger points out a website for the new Taito racer, D1GP. It’s all in Japanese but there are a couple of interesting things you can see. One this game uses

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20 Difficult games by Gamasutra – a few arcades mentioned

20 Difficult games by Gamasutra – a few arcades mentioned

Shaggy August 31, 2007 0

  [Via Joystiq] Arcade games are supposed to be hard. That is just something we all understand, accept and like as arcade gamers. They test your skills, endurance and will-power but hard games also don’t

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Pac Man Carpet

Pac Man Carpet

Shaggy August 31, 2007 2

  [Via The Stinger Report] Here is something that would be great for a game room – carpet with a Pac Man maze design weaved into it. It seriously would be a good contender

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Stern Still Going Strong

Stern Still Going Strong

Twisted Supreme August 30, 2007 0

The New York Times published a story that profiled small, entrepreneurial companies that are/have made changes to adapt to changing times and markets.  One of these companies was the one and only Stern Pinball, read

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An Epiphany, an End, and a Beginning.

An Epiphany, an End, and a Beginning.

Twisted Supreme August 30, 2007 0

Sad news in the arcade website world. Retro Blast has come to an end. Kevin Steele, the creator of the site has called it a day so he can put all his efforts in

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Arcade's £1.8 million extension given all clear

Arcade's £1.8 million extension given all clear

Twisted Supreme August 30, 2007 0

Good to see the local councils are supporting the cause. [via ATE Online] KW Reader and Sons has been granted planning permission by South Tyneside Council for a £1.8 million, 16,000sq ft expansion at

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Shaggy's Weekly Review: Super Bikes by Raw Thrills

Shaggy's Weekly Review: Super Bikes by Raw Thrills

Shaggy August 30, 2007 0

Time is hard to find these days so I find myself remembering to do a review but with little time to write a new one up. Fortunately I have this one that I had

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DDR Cosplay Fun

DDR Cosplay Fun

Twisted Supreme August 29, 2007 1

Now if only I lived in Rothschild, I could dig out one of my DDR costumes! [via Barcade] Livewire Fun Center in Rothschild, WI is having a few DDR events worth mentioning this upcoming

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BeatmaniaIIDX15 DJ Troopers Dated

BeatmaniaIIDX15 DJ Troopers Dated

Twisted Supreme August 29, 2007 0

The only time I ever see these machines are at shows, and even then I won’t dare play them because I end up looking completely useless next to the pro players that they always have on the Konami

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'Joust' coming to the big screen and comic books

'Joust' coming to the big screen and comic books

Shaggy August 28, 2007 0

[Via Gamedaily BIZ] Not long ago I was reading about upcoming movies for 2008 and the rest of 2007 on imdb and I noticed a disturbing trend of video game based movies that are

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Raw Thrills issues service update for machines due to potential hazard

Raw Thrills issues service update for machines due to potential hazard

Shaggy August 28, 2007 0

[Via Coinoptoday.com] Fresh on the heels of the recent recall in Japan of Atlus’ Arm Spirit comes an announcement from Raw Thrills about a “service update” for their Fast and Furious, Super Bikes and

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