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Newsbag: Videmption, Pinball, New Locations and More
In North America, our winter nightmare has come to a close with Spring finally here. For the arcade business, in my particular situation, that has seen the typical slowdown that occurs when people can go out and do activities they were not able to do for the past several months. For news, I suddenly »
Big Buck HD Wild Unveiled
UPDATE: Fixed the official trailer link at the bottom of the post During the Big Buck HD 2014 World Championship online stream, they showed off a promotion for an update that would be made available to online arcade units in 2015. Since December, I have had the opportunity to participate in the location tests »
Next For NEOGEO MVS Arcade Machines: Kraut Buster
After releasing Razion to the NeoGeo MVS last year, NGDEVTEAM has been hard at work on their next release. While most of their MVS roster has been about scrolling shoot ’em ups, they occasionally have strayed from that precise genre, such as with 2012’s Turrican-like Gunlord. That next release is coming in Winter 2015 »
16-Bit Bar + Arcade Aiming To Open Their 3rd Location This Spring
[Thanks to George Arbogast Jr. for the tip] Expansion is generally going to be a positive thing in business and the 16-bit Bar + Arcade that first opened in Ohio back in 2013 certainly has their eyes on that goal. The first location opened in Columbus, OH, followed last year by an opening in »
Newsbag: Magic Girl DevBlog; Mini Cabs; Flyer Video
It’s that time of week again, time to check out some of the quick stories for our Newsbag feature, covering those stories that are too short or I found myself without the time to cover in excruciating detail… Big Buck HD Wild Countdown – Thanks to Federico for pointing this out – BigbuckHD.com now »
Sega Begins Shipping Showdown Special Attraction
About a month ago we reported that the standard version of Sega’s latest video arcade driving title Showdown began shipping and today I received a press release from Sega Amusements stating that both versions are now available for venues to get their hands on. We first heard about Showdown last year and among the initial »
Q&A On Jurassic Park Arcade With Eugene Jarvis
The name Eugene Jarvis is well-known in video gaming circles although more than once I have surprised someone by mentioning that he is not only still in the industry but he is also still involved in the creation of those video arcade games everyone thought died off years ago. Around the time that Midway and »
Arcade Commercials & Promos Of The Past
It has been a sloooow week for arcade news, thanks to the vacuum any trade show leaves in its wake. So here’s an arcade interest related article. One thing the arcade industry has not exactly been good at in modern times is marketing itself. Reliance on word-of-mouth and viral advertising hasn’t changed much, it »
Newsbag: Dave Corriveau Passing; Stinger Report; Amusement Expo
Well it is not every newsbag that it lands on a holiday. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Bonus: It is also the birthday of Ken Masters from Street Fighter II, who would be 50 years old today if he were real. 😛 With JAEPO soaking up most of the headlines, today’s newsbag is going to »
New Locations: Pinstack Now Open in West Plano, TX; Tapcade Coming To Kansas City, MO
Here is some news on two new locations opening up in the Midwestern USA, so let’s jump to it. Pinstack (West Plano, TX) – If you are in or near West Plano, TX then there is a good chance you have heard about this already since the size of the facility and range of »
Coming Soon To JAMMA-based Arcades: Skycurser
Before you ask, no this is not an old story from 1992. Lately the trend towards big name, big cost games has been gaining steam but so has the occasional indie arcade game development. We’ve covered games by NG Dev Team which have been designed for NeoGeo MVS cabinets or Killer Queen Arcade and »
Stern WWE WrestleMania Pinball Behind-The-Scenes & Launch Parties
Stern’s latest pinball table, WWE WrestleMania Pinball is upon us and with that a ramp up on the marketing for the game. First off, this new behind-the-scenes video, which dabbles a little bit with the making of portions but for the most part it explains how to play it along with the unique features »
