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Newsbytes: Super Nintendo World; Genesis Crest; Once Upon Atari & More
This past week was probably the busiest arcade news cycle that we’ve seen since March, but that doesn’t prevent us from having another Newsbytes, a curation of quick arcade news items from around the world. Let’s hop to it! Super Nintendo World In case you missed the special Nintendo Direct yesterday, here you go. »
Newsbytes: Raw Thrills Showcase; Led Zeppelin Pinball; InitialD; Dead Zone VR & More
Another weekend, another Newsbytes. These posts are here to collect some quick news from around the arcade & pinball worlds, made for some light weekend reading, although they’re usually video-heavy, so they are probably more about watching 😛 Let’s start with an important announcement! I will be doing a Raw Thrills Showcase on YouTube »
Newsbytes: Super Nintendo World; Mario Kart & SMX Updates; Bust-A-Move Frenzy & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of quick/short news items from around the world of arcades, made for the weekend. People Are Hyped For Super Nintendo World Starting this Newsbytes with a “Well, duuuuh!” item, the hype is real, as it looks downright amazing. Hopefully, things will have diminished enough by next summer that travel »
DODONPACHI TRUE DEATH EXA LABEL Now Available For Arcades
Bullet hell shooter and CAVE fans rejoice, as one of the most recognizable names in the genre has made a return to coin-op with the release of DODONPACHI TRUE DEATH EXA LABEL on the exA-Arcadia platform. There is also a special Limited Edition version of the EXA board that comes with the game and »
Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release
Meant to launch this past Spring, the documentary by Joshua Tsui about the glory days of Midway and their arcade developments (mainly during the 1990s) is now seeing a limited release through “Alamo On-Demand & Virtual Theaters.“ I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but I’m certainly very interested in it. It »
Newsbytes: exA-Arcadia First Year; Scorbit Adds Jersey Jack; RAZA Pinball; Arcade Sidekick & More
Welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes, although the past couple of weeks have been a tad slow on news like this to discuss, so I skipped it last week. It’s also “Small Business Saturday,” a day to focus on the small businesses which still employ millions of people. Not all arcades are open »
The Current Home Arcade Landscape
Rushing towards Black Friday and the holidays, and we see a perfusion of retro-mini arcade cabinets hitting the shelves. Friend-of-the-site, and trend specialist Kevin Williams looks at a selection of the releases hoping to feed off their arcade legacy and find a place at home. Being old enough to remember the first flush of »
Location Watch: Gate Ninety World & Brussels Pinball Museum (Belgium); Pinball Garage (OH); 2Fast4U (Aus); Tokens Arcade (PA); Arcade Galactic #2 (UT)
Welcome to the latest edition of LOCATION WATCH, a post that highlights locations that are opening their doors out there. It’s been a little rare for us to post these this year, and unfortunately there have been a lot of permanent closures lately. With lockdowns taking place in some regions again, looks like there »
What Is Happening With The Sale Of Sega’s Arcade Business In Japan?
This story was exploding over the internet this morning, and unfortunately, I’ve been seeing a lot of comments on this that are incorrect or spreading the false idea that arcades are done in Japan and that Sega’s done with arcades as a whole. So let’s set the story straight as best we can! For »
ExA-Arcadia Releases Vritra Hexa
I don’t know if posting about a new game release will be seen right now in the States, since everyone’s focused on Election Mania, but in case you want to read about something other than that for a moment, I’ve got the thing for you. Another game is now available for exA-Arcadia coin-op game »
Halloween Newsbytes: StepManiaX Update; ExA-Arcadia Update; Arcade History; & More
Welcome to this weekend’s edition of Newsbytes, where we cover some quick arcade news from the week. Happy Halloween! It’s Halloween, and there is no shortage of games with a Halloween themed arcade games that have graced the scene over the years. I recently got my hands on two of them, both by Sega. »
VRSenal Launches Vader Immortal Lightsaber Dojo VR At Dave & Busters
There have been a lot of companies jumping into the VR pool over the past several years, and while some we only heard about once, others were able to thrive. One of those latter companies is VRSenal, which initially launched with its own licensed hardware adaptation of the popular Beat Saber game. The first »
