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Newsbytes: exA-Arcadia First Year; Scorbit Adds Jersey Jack; RAZA Pinball; Arcade Sidekick & More

Newsbytes: exA-Arcadia First Year; Scorbit Adds Jersey Jack; RAZA Pinball; Arcade Sidekick & More

Shaggy November 28, 2020 4

Welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes, although the past couple of weeks have been a tad slow on news like this to discuss, so I skipped it last week. It’s also “Small Business

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The Current Home Arcade Landscape

The Current Home Arcade Landscape

Shaggy November 26, 2020 1

Rushing towards Black Friday and the holidays, and we see a perfusion of retro-mini arcade cabinets hitting the shelves. Friend-of-the-site, and trend specialist Kevin Williams looks at a selection of the releases hoping to

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Super Battle Princess Madelyn Released To Arcades; Bonus Vritra Hexa Unboxing

Super Battle Princess Madelyn Released To Arcades; Bonus Vritra Hexa Unboxing

Shaggy November 24, 2020 0

I skipped doing a Newsbytes this past weekend as there really wasn’t enough to talk about from last week. This is against the norm, since that week is normally IAAPA week, which gives us

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UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America

UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America

Shaggy November 19, 2020 0

This would have been a week full of new game announcements and videos were taken at IAAPA 2020. Since that was canceled, I wasn’t really expecting anything to discuss such games right now (although

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Kevin Williams: The SEGA Situation

Kevin Williams: The SEGA Situation

Shaggy November 16, 2020 0

Let’s start the week with an opinion piece, where site friend and industry specialist Kevin Williams weighs in on what’s been happening with SEGA over in Japan. Take it away, Kevin: Opinion Piece: The

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Newsbytes: Fight of Gods AE Released; Switch ‘N’ Shoot Mini; Round1 RU; Responding To Cheddar

Newsbytes: Fight of Gods AE Released; Switch ‘N’ Shoot Mini; Round1 RU; Responding To Cheddar

Shaggy November 15, 2020 5

Welcome to Newsbytes, a “quick” spattering of arcade news for your weekend, that often ends up with more commentary than warrants a “quick” post 😛 There hasn’t been a lot of arcade news this

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Location Watch: Gate Ninety World & Brussels Pinball Museum (Belgium); Pinball Garage (OH); 2Fast4U (Aus); Tokens Arcade (PA); Arcade Galactic #2 (UT)

Location Watch: Gate Ninety World & Brussels Pinball Museum (Belgium); Pinball Garage (OH); 2Fast4U (Aus); Tokens Arcade (PA); Arcade Galactic #2 (UT)

Shaggy November 11, 2020 0

Welcome to the latest edition of LOCATION WATCH, a post that highlights locations that are opening their doors out there. It’s been a little rare for us to post these this year, and unfortunately

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Newsbytes: Making TMNT Pin; Spitfire Revealed; OutRun 1up & More

Newsbytes: Making TMNT Pin; Spitfire Revealed; OutRun 1up & More

Shaggy November 7, 2020 0

It’s been yet another crazy week, but regardless your political persuasion, arcades are still there to provide for some escapism. It does seem that a lot of people are still talking about the Sega

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What Is Happening With The Sale Of Sega’s Arcade Business In Japan?

What Is Happening With The Sale Of Sega’s Arcade Business In Japan?

Shaggy November 4, 2020 3

This story was exploding over the internet this morning, and unfortunately, I’ve been seeing a lot of comments on this that are incorrect or spreading the false idea that arcades are done in Japan

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ExA-Arcadia Releases Vritra Hexa

ExA-Arcadia Releases Vritra Hexa

Shaggy November 3, 2020 0

I don’t know if posting about a new game release will be seen right now in the States, since everyone’s focused on Election Mania, but in case you want to read about something other

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Halloween Newsbytes: StepManiaX Update; ExA-Arcadia Update; Arcade History; & More

Halloween Newsbytes: StepManiaX Update; ExA-Arcadia Update; Arcade History; & More

Shaggy October 31, 2020 0

Welcome to this weekend’s edition of Newsbytes, where we cover some quick arcade news from the week. Happy Halloween! It’s Halloween, and there is no shortage of games with a Halloween themed arcade games

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Bandai Namco Unveils New Cabinet For Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield II

Bandai Namco Unveils New Cabinet For Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield II

Shaggy October 28, 2020 4

I’m a sucker for mech games, and I think it’s unfortunate that we’ve had almost nothing in the genre in Western arcades. There was Mechwarrior 4 for Tsunami Tsumo cabinets, but that was about

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