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EAG 2022 Wrap-Up
I was going to cover the EAG 2022 show for a Newsbytes, but I really couldn’t find much else to talk about for that post, so I figure it’s better to separate that out and give the show it’s own focus for the follow-up. This will also allow me to pack-in more info. As »
Trailer & Details For Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity
Most new pinball machines seem to follow a distinct reveal pattern: Get a quick tease, then a full video trailer+photos, then production comes along a short time later. For the latest pinball machine that was revealed the other day, we’re on phase 2 of that process. Here’s the official trailer for Weird Al’s Museum »
Pinball Designer & Legend Barry Oursler Passes Away At 70
Sad news hit the wires today that we’ve lost another legend in pinball, this time it is Barry Oursler. He had been battling cancer for the past 9 years; He was 70. Barry started his pinball career in 1978 by working for Williams, where he designed Phoenix, and he continued to design games up »
Pinball News: Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Announced (P3); Cactus Canyon Remake Now Shipping
We’ve got two items for you on pinball today, one of which is a nice surprise. Let’s start with that one. Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Coming Soon While I have covered the P3 Multimorphic Pinball platform before, I honestly have not kept up on it like I probably should. It’s a hybrid »
Sega’s VR Agent Now In Production
While Sega has often experimented with new technologies in the arcade, Virtual Reality has not really been one of them. They did test out a VR concept in the 90s called TecWar/NetMerc, but the wider release of that outside flagship Sega locations was shelved, due in part to production issues with the Model 1 »
Newsbytes: Playable Pinball Coffee Table; Cleveland Gaming Classic ’22; NeoTRIS; ValoArena & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where I curate news from around the world of arcades & pinball for your weekend reading pleasure. Let’s start with something pinball: The Playable Pinball Coffee Table By Build XYZ Building your own pinball machine is a daunting challenge but rebuilding one into a coffee table isn’t anything to »
New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)
It’s been a pretty quiet week for arcades (although I was going to do something on a cool pinball coffee table project before that got picked up by mainstream sources…I’ll highlight it at the top of the next Newsbytes), and then suddenly we get a bunch of news all at once. We’ve got four »
Newsbytes: King Kong VR Chapter 3; Winner Winner App; New Arcade Books; Super Hoop Pinball & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news items from around the Arcade & Pinball world for your reading enjoyment. King Kong of Skull Island Adds A 3rd Chapter Operators who have a King Kong VR machine from Raw Thrills will be happy to hear that there is a free update available for the game, »
Next In Videmption From Sega: Jumanji
Next month will be rather busy for Sega Amusements – they began shipping their latest light-gun game Mission: Impossible Arcade DX last month, then next they will begin shipping a few titles including VR Agent, ATV Slam SD, and the videmption game Men In Black. Soon joining these titles is another new videmption piece, »
Newsbytes: RIP Lyman Sheats; Park Avenue 2022; NeoXperience; New Games For PlayChoice-10 & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from the world of arcades & pinball, run on the weekends. As a note, I am working on a new Location Watch post and continue to work on the Games of 2021 video, among other things. Lyman F. Sheats Passes Away At 55 I hate to »
Bandai Namco Amusements Launches Maximum Tune 5DX+ In North America
It’s unusual for us to have a specific release date for arcade games here in the West – often times games will just ship without public notice until they just appear on location. Fortunately for today’s quick story, the manufacturer announced in advance when they would have their latest effort out. Since that day »
The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This time I’m going to cover major games that are turning 25 (1997), 40 (1982) and 50 (1972), since we can »
