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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 »
Newsbytes: Domino’s Pizza Pinball; Star Wars Color Pinball; Pac-Dog
I’m not sure why but in my area it was back to school week for most districts. Seems a bit early for that as the schools also got out the 2nd week of June (Out of school is my busy season but that is not the case for every arcade). This Weekend’s News Spooky »
Golden Tee 2017 Arcade Lets You Play As Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton
With each new year, Incredible Technologies adds more content to their Golden Tee arcade game including courses, modes and more. With the US in the middle of another heated Presidential contest, the update is letting GT players go as their preferred candidate, either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. The character models are »
Newsbytes: Mario & Sonic Cabinets Actually At The Rio Olympics; New Densha De Go! Releases; Arcade Movie Spoofs
It’s been a time for travel and vacations so things have been kind of slow around here lately. That doesn’t mean that news has stopped though, let’s look at what is going on in the world of arcades. Mario & Sonic At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition Shows Up For The Real »
New Arcades: Hub Zero (Dubai); Frolics (Toronto); Dave & Busters (Various)
It’s time for some news on fresh arcade locations that are open out there, let’s start with a couple on the international circuit: Hub Zero (Dubai) – We mentioned this one a few months ago when a press release was sent out to announce the development of another theme park/arcade facility in the attraction »
Happy 8-6 Day! Honoring the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 Toyota Corolla from Initial D
Happy 8-6 day! August 6th is known as 8-6 day (Hachiroku) in Japan (and anywhere else you wish to celebrate), a day that honors the 1986 Toyota Corolla. Today is also the 30th anniversary of the 86 Corolla making it extra special. The 86 is famous of course for being the main car that »
A Look At The New Pinball Playfields Exhibit At The Strong National Museum of Play
Recently I had the chance to visit a new Pinball exhibit at the Strong National Museum of Play called Pinball Playfields. Opened in Late Feburary of 2016 this exhibit is a permanent exhibit at the museum and is sponsored in part by Stern Pinball. The exhibit features a wide range of pinball artifacts, »
Japanese Racing Game Updates: Initial D Zero; MaxiTune 5DX; Real Drive
There has been plenty of excitement over the upcoming return of Cruis’n to the arcade scene here in the States but over in Japan, they are keeping their racing scene plenty strong. Let’s take a look at some of the news that should excite racing fans: Initial D Zero Location Tests After going with »
The Walking Dead Coming To Arcades In 2017
New games are always in the works for video arcades, it’s just a matter of time before we find out what is next. The current arcade industry has fully embraced the idea of licensing popular media to bring to market. The latest revelation is sure to be popular – AMC’s The Walking Dead is »
Lost Arcade Title KenJu (Atomiswave)
Back in 2005, Sammy was still promoting their Dreamcast based arcade hardware Atomiswave, hoping that it could pick up enough development to become the next Neo Geo MVS. We’ve highlighted some titles that were developed but never released for the Atomiswave before. Today, thanks to arcade prototype collector extraordinaire ShouTime, the focus is falling »
