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Play Mechanix & ICE Team Up For Angry Birds Arcade – D&B Exclusive Through Labor Day
During the recent Reddit AMA with Dave & Busters Senior VP Kevin Bacchus, he mentioned a couple of times that they would have a new game on test “soon” that was also his current favorite, a spot ahead on his personal favorites scale of Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod. We now know what game »
Now Fully Operational In Japan: Luigi Mansion Arcade & Crossbeats REV. Arcade
Japanese arcade games have been grabbing the headlines a lot lately and while this post just solidifies that, we don’t have to worry in the West – Summer typically has very few Western game announcements, which are saved for later in the year. Sometimes we get a couple in August but most everything hits »
Midweek Bump: Maximum Tune 5 DX; Variant Schwanzer; CAX2015 Videos
I have a few items worth discussing that I don’t want to hold over until Saturday so here’s a mid-week multi-item post. 😉 Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX Coming Winter 2015 – Nothing confirmed for the West at this point but Japan will be getting a DX version of the game at least. »
Newsbytes: CAX 2015; D&B AMA; Exidy Founder Passes Away; Insert Coin Doc; NTG#51
I don’t know what it is about Friday evenings at times that suddenly a bunch of news is dumped but we’ll take it! I hope that everyone has a safe and fun weekend. CAX 2015 Under Way – If you find yourself anywhere near near Santa Clara, CA this weekend and you are reading »
Details on Mario And Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition
As mentioned yesterday, Sega Japan announced some public location tests for a new sports arcade game, Mario & Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. This mouthful of a title is based upon the crossover games that have involved famous mascots from Nintendo and Sega coming together to compete in Olympic style »
Newsbytes: Super Arcade; Cytus Arcade; ColorDMD; Insert Coins LV Closes; NTG#50
Let’s jump into this mid-July weekend with some news shall we? Super Arcade Petition – Just a reminder that there is still time to sign the petition to the City of Azusa, CA regarding the Super Arcade situation there. Doc Mack of Galloping Ghost Arcade is flying down there to add his voice to »
Star Wars Battle Pod Unboxing
It was recently mentioned on an Arcade Heroes podcast that I was going to be getting my hands on a Star Wars Battle Pod. As with many of these new big games, it wasn’t something necessarily planned from the get-go (especially due to the very high price tag) but things worked out in a »
Newsbytes: AH Podcast#4 w/ Spooky Pinball Interview; KISS Pinball Doc; PIXELS; NTG#49
The last weekend of June is already upon us and with that, your collection of arcade and pinball news for the weekend! Arcade Heroes Podcast #4 – Click the player below for a listen on the latest Arcade Heroes podcast. Thanks to winning some games at auction last Saturday, this week turned out to »
Capcom Launches New Trailers For Luigi Mansion Arcade And Cytus Omega
The time is fast arriving where Japanese gamers will get their hands on a couple of new arcade titles from Capcom and as such, the marketing has begun. Capcom has been fairly dormant on the arcade scene in Japan (and practically non-existent for it else where) until this year, where aside from Street Fighter they »
Newsbytes: Rob Zombie Pinball; Jurassic Park; Grand Master 2015; NTG#47
Here is a later Newsbytes post, I’ve been busy editing a podcast so that it fits into a file size that the site will allow without destroying the quality but so far no luck. Between that and the video review I posted this week, there has been a lot of editing to do. Most »
Newsbytes: Allied Tank Review; NW Pinball & Arcade Show; FTW Chicago Opens; NTG# 46
Schools out for the Summer – at least everywhere around me. This means that it becomes busier in my case, which is great. Hopefully it is like that everywhere that an arcade can be found. This coming Monday is also important for my arcade business as it will mark 7 years since I opened »
Sega Turns 55 – Let’s Remember Their Electromechanical Games
It is anniversary season – combine Summer with a year ending in 5 and that seems to do the trick. Today is an anniversary for a company very important to the arcade industry, as indicated in part by the amount of time they have been around – Sega at 55 years. Here is the image shared »
