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Dave & Busters Officially Rolls Out Tomb Raider Arcade

Dave & Busters Officially Rolls Out Tomb Raider Arcade

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Mentioned the other day on the blog, certain undisclosed Dave & Busters locations began to receive Tomb Raider arcade machines. Designed by Adrenaline Amusements, the game cabinet was based upon the recently launched Rabbids

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ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018

ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018

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Conversion kits were the bread & butter of the arcade industry around 1984 when operators already had more cabinets than they really wanted to deal with. With the introduction of the JAMMA wiring standard

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Rabbids Hollywood Released As Tomb Raider Comes To Dave & Busters

Rabbids Hollywood Released As Tomb Raider Comes To Dave & Busters

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UPDATE: Dave & Busters officially rolls out Tomb Raider Arcade. Click here for details. Last year right before IAAPA 2017, we found out that Canadian based game maker Adrenaline Amusements was working on not

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JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More

JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More

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It’s trade show week and that means that we’ve got JAEPO 2018, the big Japanese arcade expo, approaching fast. Fortunately, many Japanese companies like to create special webpages that tout the games that will

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Newsbytes: Billy Mitchell & Nolan Bushnell Controversies

Newsbytes: Billy Mitchell & Nolan Bushnell Controversies

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Well the end of this week turned into a weird roller coaster of news for arcade stuff. As the two main items ended up soaking up all my time, that’s all we’ll be discussing.

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Bandai Namco Resurrecting The Shoot Away Series With Shoot Away Pro

Bandai Namco Resurrecting The Shoot Away Series With Shoot Away Pro

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After a fairly mellow 2017, the Japanese arcade industry seems to have awoken from their slumber as we’re just getting hit with news left and right. Not complaining, just observing. 😉 Shoot Away –

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Square Enix To Preview The Starwing Paradox At JAEPO 2018

Square Enix To Preview The Starwing Paradox At JAEPO 2018

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It’s February and that means about a week from now, we will begin to find out about some of the hot new games that are going to be coming to the Japanese market and

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EAG 2018: Racecraft & Zombie Land

EAG 2018: Racecraft & Zombie Land

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As we approach JAEPO with anticipation, here are a couple of videos taken at the London-based EAG show to enjoy. Captured by our friends at Arcade Belgium, they also posted other EAG videos to

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New Arcade Locations Part #2 – Coming In 2018

New Arcade Locations Part #2 – Coming In 2018

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As mentioned in yesterday’s post about new arcade locations, there are many new venues going through the process of opening their doors out there. Some are taking more time than others but I’m impressed

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New Arcades: Neon Retro Arcade #2 (CA); Appalachian Pinball Museum (NC); The Arcade (KS); Keg & Coin (FL); Pinz (MA);  State Of Mind (CA); The Game Works (OR)

New Arcades: Neon Retro Arcade #2 (CA); Appalachian Pinball Museum (NC); The Arcade (KS); Keg & Coin (FL); Pinz (MA); State Of Mind (CA); The Game Works (OR)

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It has been a little more than a month since we had our last look at new arcade businesses opening their doors out there in the world and as it so happens, I’m going

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Namco Bringing Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 To JAEPO 2018

Namco Bringing Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 To JAEPO 2018

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It’s been a week since Bandai Namco first teased the next installment of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune for arcades and with the day arriving, we have a few details to chew on. First, here’s

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Spooky Pinball To Debut Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle At The Texas Pinball Festival

Spooky Pinball To Debut Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle At The Texas Pinball Festival

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If you are a fan of Spooky Pinball and their “boutique” (and limited release) table designs, then their next game will soon be available to play. Announced as a part of a 16 second

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