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LOADING SOHO Gaming Cafe Added To The MADD Bar In London

LOADING SOHO Gaming Cafe Added To The MADD Bar In London

May 2, 2013, No Comments on LOADING SOHO Gaming Cafe Added To The MADD Bar In London

UPDATE: In case anyone was wondering where this cafe gets their games from, they are being supplied by Bespoke Arcades. you can visit their website here! Just received the following information about a new amusement location that is open in London, UK. This is an upgrade to an existing juice bar actually and is »

Exclusive: Pac-Man Battle Royale Tournament Upgrade Prototype Review

Exclusive: Pac-Man Battle Royale Tournament Upgrade Prototype Review

May 1, 2013, 4 Comments on Exclusive: Pac-Man Battle Royale Tournament Upgrade Prototype Review

About a year after Namco released their popular Pac-Man Battle Royale to arcades, there was word out and about that they were testing an upgraded version of the game. There was no pictures or video of the upgrade and it almost seemed like it was a rumor but as it turned out, they really »

Wizard of Oz Pinball Hits The Proverbial Yellow Brick Road of Shipping

Wizard of Oz Pinball Hits The Proverbial Yellow Brick Road of Shipping

April 29, 2013, 2 Comments on 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

From the DEAL 2013 Show in Dubai

April 28, 2013, 9 Comments on 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 Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod

April 17, 2013, 1 Comment on 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

Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

April 15, 2013, 7 Comments on 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

The Duck Hunt Pinball Machine by Skit-B Pinball

April 11, 2013, 1 Comment on 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

Next From Stern Pinball: Metallica Pinball

April 9, 2013, 2 Comments on 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

Hurray Weekend: Speedy’s Repair Services, Arcades at GDC2013, Chuck E Cheese App + More

March 29, 2013, 2 Comments on 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

Amusement Expo 2013 Report #3 – Wrapping Up The Show In Pictures

March 27, 2013, 2 Comments on 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

Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go

March 23, 2013, 4 Comments on 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

Expos This Week: Amusement Expo and Midwest Gaming Classic 2013

March 18, 2013, No Comments on 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 »