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IAAPA 2016 Day 1: Impressions on Daytona 3, Cruis’n Blast, The Walking Dead, Maximum Tune 5 & More
Hello fellow arcaders! The biggest week in arcade gaming is upon us at IAAPA 2016, and I have been able to spend some hands-on time with several of the new games there! Let’s get to it: IAAPA 2016 First Game Impressions Click on any IAAPA 2016 image below to see a larger size! The »
New Videmption Game From Raw Thrills: Choppy Wood
(Thanks to anon for the tip) Leaks are everywhere these days and not just of the political email kind. We recently unveiled a location test for Space Invaders Frenzy by Raw Thrills and today we have another to discuss – Choppy Wood. The Choppy Wood Game Cabinet (Click for the full size) I initially »
Newsbytes: Aliens Pinball; MaxiTune 5 US; Round1 Opens In Concord,CA; CEC Drops Tokens
Welcome to the ‘dog days’ of Summer as August is on its way out and September is at our doors. This week was very slow for news up until the other day. If you didn’t read our article about forgotten arcade mascots, check it out here! Arcade news generally begins to pick up as »
Three New VR Arcade Locations: Immersion Arcade & Ivirtex (IL); VR Junkies (UT)
News tip via Now that HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are out there, a few businesses are quickly jumping onto the bandwagon. So far everyone is going for the HTC solution as Oculus shot themselves in the foot early on with their refusal to allow commercial locations to use the hardware. Via Chicago Inno »
Arcade April Fools Jokes 2016
Today is a day that not everyone enjoys but I just take it as: you know what’s coming so just have some fun with it. There have been a few April Fools jokes to find out there, including our own VR Show pictured below but here are a few others to check out: Stern Hello Kitty »
Ask Arcade Heroes: How Come All These New Arcade Games Aren’t On Home Consoles?
Not long ago, a question popped up on our Facebook page asking a question that I have read often on the interwebs: why not sega and others make them on the pc and consoles? – GM Alonzo I.E., where are the home console ports of modern arcade titles? Just about every manufacturer social media page »
The Unreleased Arcade Concepts Of Amazement Machines
Prototype and unreleased concepts have always been fascinating to me, particular in the video game arena. There are a plethora of reasons as to why a product might not ever make it out of the door. For all of the work that go into these games, it is a real shame if we never heard »
FUN IS Mobile App Announced To Drive Customer Interest To Amusement Locations
The modern arcade industry is in an interesting spot – while retail spots face a lot of challenges up against the digital store juggernauts, arcades still require on-spot visitation. The gaming trends have also trended strongly towards pocket devices which can be used at home or on the go and a majority of development »
Name That Game: New Racing Game Edition
(Thanks to Jdevy for the tip) While the site has been quiet this week, I have been super busy thanks to setting up arcade games for the Salt Lake Comic Con and suffering from some exhaustion related “Comic Crud” thanks to that (before the event has even started 😛 ). Thanks to an eagle eyed »
Location News: Button Mash Coming To Los Angeles, CA; Dave & Busters Continues Growth
Got some quick items for new arcade locations out there to discuss so let’s start with… Button Mash Coming To Echo Park Los Angeles – If you are in the LA area then another bar/arcade is soon opening their doors by the name of Button Mash. They have a minimalist design on the interior »
Article: Running An Arcade in 2015
(Thanks to everyone that sent this in) I don’t have a lot that I think I can add to this article entitled “Running An Arcade in 2015” over at Polygon.com – just that it fairly covers the venues as a small window into what it is like to operate an arcade in this day »
Newsbytes: ImmersiON-VRelia, GameOn Berlin, Pinball
Happy weekend everyone, here is some news for you to use: ImmersiON VRelia – Since Oculus Rift came onto the scene and re-ignited interest in Virtual Reality, we have seen demos and heard talk of the technology getting some real use in the arcade/amusement/attraction/out-of-home entertainment industry. So far there have been tests and experiments, »
