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Wizard of Oz Pinball Hits The Proverbial Yellow Brick Road of Shipping
It’s been a long time coming – the first post I ran about Jersey Jack’s Wizard of Oz Pinball machine was back in January 2011 and the day has finally arrived that the machines are shipping out en mass to customers. They have a lot of orders to fill so it will probably take »
From the DEAL 2013 Show in Dubai
The DEAL show has once again come and gone and thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report, here’s a look at what was there. It usually appears to be similar in size to Amusement Expo here in the States although the manufacturers that appear are not exactly the same, with a much stronger »
VR Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod
VR is finding its way back into the news more and more this year. We have had a little discussion about the Oculus Rift device which has been praised by numerous game developers. A little under a year ago we ran a story about the unveiling of a new VR amusement game called “Sci-Shoota” »
Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK
This past weekend was the grand opening of a new arcade in London. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report / DNA Association was there and he snapped numerous pictures and wrote up this article for us to share, along with plenty of pictures. First the article, then the pics: Kevin Williams: The amusement scene »
The Duck Hunt Pinball Machine by Skit-B Pinball
Link via Well since it’s become pinball week for news, we may as well keep it going! I was discussing pinball with someone yesterday and in the rundown of the available or upcoming machines, I remembered Skit-B Pinball and their Predator pinball machine. It’s been a while since I have heard anything from Skit-B »
Next From Stern Pinball: Metallica Pinball
UPDATE: Shots and details on the cabinets here. Remember way back in the year of 2009, when we ran a story about a fan-made Metallica pinball machine? No? Well here’s the post as a refresher. Apaprently all fans had to do was wait four years to get what they wanted. Stern released this video »
Hurray Weekend: Speedy’s Repair Services, Arcades at GDC2013, Chuck E Cheese App + More
I’m not sure that there will be any important news to come along this weekend as Easter arrives (some places are already closed for the ‘Good Friday’ portion of it all), so perhaps this will tide us over. Of course if you haven’t yet, pick up my book about arcades to read over the »
Amusement Expo 2013 Report #3 – Wrapping Up The Show In Pictures
Here’s the last report for Amusement Expo 2013. If you missed the previous reports which contained the videos, you can read them here: Report #1 / Report #2. This report will cover everything else, in just pictures. For a few of them, there won’t be any surprises. But there are some items that were »
Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go
It’s another year and thus another Spring amusement trade show has come and gone. The Amusement Expo 2013 was held from March 20th-22nd in Las Vegas, NV and with that we were there to check out some of the new stuff that game manufacturers had on hand that was not seen at other recent »
Expos This Week: Amusement Expo and Midwest Gaming Classic 2013
Well Spring is finally here this after what seemed like an eternal Winter but so are some arcade events that take advantage of the season change. The first show to start is the Amusement Expo, which in the past may have been known by other names like the AMOA or AAMA Expo. With those »
UNIS’s After Dark Officially Released in USA; UNIS Amusement Expo Line-up
First seen at IAAPA 2012, Universal Space had a new video game light-gun game to show off called After Dark. It’s a co-op shooter that follows in the vein of buddy shooters like Let’s Go Jungle or Deadstorm Pirates. I had the wrong impression that it was available at IAAPA but it turns out »
Videos of Saint Fun’s Fast Beat Battle Rider
(Thanks to Sloan Wang for the tip!) Not long ago we ran a story about a game being tested out in Taiwan by the name of Fast Beat Battle Rider. To sum it up, it’s an arcade motorcycle racing game that falls on the technical side of the spectrum, i.e. more like an InitialD »
