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Newsbytes: James Games Arcade Closes; 2020 Pinball GOTY; Mini R360 & More

Newsbytes: James Games Arcade Closes; 2020 Pinball GOTY; Mini R360 & More

April 3, 2021, No Comments on Newsbytes: James Games Arcade Closes; 2020 Pinball GOTY; Mini R360 & More

This is Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball that I run every weekend. Once again there isn’t a ton for this edition of the post James Games Arcade Closes After 43 Years In Operation (Thanks to everyone that sent this to me this week.) There has »

Newsbytes: New Bomberman; VR Troubles; Talking Survival and More

Newsbytes: New Bomberman; VR Troubles; Talking Survival and More

July 5, 2020, 1 Comment on Newsbytes: New Bomberman; VR Troubles; Talking Survival and More

Welcome to the latest edition of Newsbytes, a weekend post that curates some quick news from the wonderful world of arcade and pinball gaming. I meant to have this published yesterday, but all of the 4th of July festivities had me sidetracked. Not much to update on my arcade trivia game this week, running »

Location Watch: New Arcades in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho, Louisiana, Texas, Oregon & Ireland

Location Watch: New Arcades in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho, Louisiana, Texas, Oregon & Ireland

February 15, 2020, No Comments on Location Watch: New Arcades in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho, Louisiana, Texas, Oregon & Ireland

It’s been a little while since we did a locations post, and I did a catch-up Newsbytes yesterday, so let’s get back on track by seeing who is new out there. Due to the time, this post is a little longer than usual, so I’m going to list them all out here at the »

New Arcades Open In CA, FL, IA, ID, KY, MN, MO, NM, TX, WI, & The UK

New Arcades Open In CA, FL, IA, ID, KY, MN, MO, NM, TX, WI, & The UK

May 20, 2019, 2 Comments on New Arcades Open In CA, FL, IA, ID, KY, MN, MO, NM, TX, WI, & The UK

I’ve got a bit of catching up to do on the latest locations that have opened up their doors out there, covering more than a month’s worth of openings since our last such post. Because there are so many, I decided not to mention the location names in the headline, as it just becomes »

New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

December 28, 2018, 2 Comments on New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

Welcome to the last new arcade locations post of 2018. This year has been marked by strong growth in the amusement sector, thanks to favorable economic circumstances and a great pool of games to choose from spanning the course of almost five decades. Here are links to several of the “new locations” posts that »

IAAPA 2018 Wrap-up #5: Video ‘N Videmption From Wahlap, Coast To Coast, Sega, Triotech & More

IAAPA 2018 Wrap-up #5: Video ‘N Videmption From Wahlap, Coast To Coast, Sega, Triotech & More

December 15, 2018, No Comments on IAAPA 2018 Wrap-up #5: Video ‘N Videmption From Wahlap, Coast To Coast, Sega, Triotech & More

About a month since IAAPA 2018 ended, and we’re finally approaching the end of the news. If you’ve been following Arcade Heroes on YouTube or Bitchute, then you have seen these videos already, but I’m offering a little more information in the text below to essentially review the games based on what I played. »

New Arcade Locations: Tiltz (NY); Nat’l Video Game Museum (UK); The Retro (TN); The Pizza Ranch (NE); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

New Arcade Locations: Tiltz (NY); Nat’l Video Game Museum (UK); The Retro (TN); The Pizza Ranch (NE); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

December 6, 2018, No Comments on New Arcade Locations: Tiltz (NY); Nat’l Video Game Museum (UK); The Retro (TN); The Pizza Ranch (NE); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

Welcome to December, and with that, it’s time to get you up-to-speed with various new arcade locations that have opened their doors for business. Many of these were supposed to be talked about last month, but IAAPA tends to cause a slow down in regards of posting 😉 Tiltz Now Open In Brooklyn, NY »

Location Watch: Spare Time (SC); Arcadia (NZ); Plaza Lanes (IN); Scene75 (PA & OH), Prince Arcades (IL) & More

Location Watch: Spare Time (SC); Arcadia (NZ); Plaza Lanes (IN); Scene75 (PA & OH), Prince Arcades (IL) & More

August 13, 2018, 6 Comments on Location Watch: Spare Time (SC); Arcadia (NZ); Plaza Lanes (IN); Scene75 (PA & OH), Prince Arcades (IL) & More

It’s time for another arcade location round-up, as I have scoured the web for news of new venues opening their doors to provide amusement entertainments to enjoy. Almost all of these locations have opened their doors already, but I only came across the news recently. If you know of a new arcade opening up »

Happy 30th Birthday to Sega’s After Burner! 1987-2017

Happy 30th Birthday to Sega’s After Burner! 1987-2017

July 1, 2017, 5 Comments on Happy 30th Birthday to Sega’s After Burner! 1987-2017

Happy 30th Birthday to Sega’s After Burner. According to the artwork on the side of the cockpit today July 2nd 2017 marks 30 years of After Burner. After Burner is one of Sega’s most famous arcade titles, it has also had many console versions including a recent 3D adaptation that is available on the »

Master List Of Unreleased Arcade Games

March 22, 2017, Comments Off on Master List Of Unreleased Arcade Games

There are many video game developments that never saw the light of day. The reasons for them going unreleased are varied – perhaps a concept just wasn’t working out, the hardware wasn’t up to the task, it tested poorly, the budget ran out, etc. Whether or not the games were released, teams of developers »

Video Arcade Games Turning 30 In 2017

Video Arcade Games Turning 30 In 2017

January 19, 2017, 1 Comment on Video Arcade Games Turning 30 In 2017

Continuing upon our reflections of games past, we jump forward from 1977 to 1987. A major difference you will notice between the two lists is the explosive influence of Japanese game makers had. This started with the success of Space Invaders, then Pac-man, followed by American developers stumbling in 1983-84. Many companies took advantage »

Bar/Arcade Watch: Coin-Op SF (CA); Akihabara Arcade & Bar (CO); Two Plumbers (MO)

Bar/Arcade Watch: Coin-Op SF (CA); Akihabara Arcade & Bar (CO); Two Plumbers (MO)

December 13, 2016, No Comments on Bar/Arcade Watch: Coin-Op SF (CA); Akihabara Arcade & Bar (CO); Two Plumbers (MO)

Hot on the heels of our recent post about new arcades are a few other locations that were almost overlooked. Thanks to you the readers for sending these in. As it works out, each one of these is a bar/arcade. Let’s start in California and move our way East… Coin-Op SF Opening Soon in »