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Unkle Munkey’s Coin Club Now Open in Edwardsville, IL

Unkle Munkey’s Coin Club Now Open in Edwardsville, IL

July 21, 2014, No Comments on Unkle Munkey’s Coin Club Now Open in Edwardsville, IL

Illinois continues to be the land of the new arcade location, why that is precisely I am not sure, but it is surprising that so many arcade venues have opened their doors their over the past few years. Some of that might be due to it being the hub of new developments for the »

Newsbytes: America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D 8

Newsbytes: America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D 8

July 19, 2014, 3 Comments on Newsbytes: America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D 8

Well this week has been a slow one for news, I’ve been busy otherwise. One thing I took care of this week was checking out a spot at the Salt Lake Comic Con. Myself and another local arcade, Atomic Arcade will be providing some arcade goodness for the convention in September. While a Comic »

Skit-B Pinball Reveals Experts of Dangerous Pinball Fea. Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman

Skit-B Pinball Reveals Experts of Dangerous Pinball Fea. Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman

July 14, 2014, 1 Comment on Skit-B Pinball Reveals Experts of Dangerous Pinball Fea. Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman

UPDATE: I have received a reply from Kevin Kulek of Skit-B Pinball. I asked about what has been going on with Predator and it looks like it has been a parts challenge. With that finally getting set aside, they hope that things continue to move along smoothly so the game can finally get a »

Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; EVO 2014; R-Kaid Unit

Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; EVO 2014; R-Kaid Unit

July 12, 2014, 1 Comment on Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; EVO 2014; R-Kaid Unit

Another weekend, another weekend post. I have a couple of things in the works coming soon – first that video I promised a month ago will be posted this next week. I was trying to get some footage of some unannounced new games but that hasn’t worked out like I had hoped so I »

A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

July 10, 2014, 1 Comment on A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

It is somewhat rare to see a story about a new Electro-Mechanical (EM) arcade machine since those were long ago replaced by video arcade games but much like pinball, I think that the right concept has a chance to draw attention and earnings in an arcade venue since it would be unlike anything you »

Coastal Amusements Releases Temple Run 2 Arcade & SharpShooter

Coastal Amusements Releases Temple Run 2 Arcade & SharpShooter

July 10, 2014, No Comments on Coastal Amusements Releases Temple Run 2 Arcade & SharpShooter

Just because you see and play some games at a trade show does not mean that those games are available right away, although in the arcade industry, it generally means they are very close. Such was the case of two video games seen at the recent Amusement Expo 2014 event in Las Vegas, NV, »

Bandai Namco Releases A Trailer For Lost Land Adventure

Bandai Namco Releases A Trailer For Lost Land Adventure

July 2, 2014, 5 Comments on Bandai Namco Releases A Trailer For Lost Land Adventure

Not long ago, Bandai Namco Amusements Japan began testing a new light-gun game in Japan by the name of Lost Land Adventure. As you can see from that post, the most obvious difference would be the usage of Namco’s dome screen technology that they used with the Gundam pods and more recently Mach Storm »

Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test

Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test

June 28, 2014, 2 Comments on Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test

It’s hard to believe we are pretty much at July already. Speaking of the date, yesterday was Atari’s anniversary which I think we could consider National Video Arcade Day. So Happy Belated Video Arcade Day everyone 😉 I have mentioned several times a video that I wanted to have up for E3 week. That »

Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb

Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb

June 21, 2014, No Comments on Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb

Welcome to another Newsbytes rounding up a couple of interesting pieces of arcade news. Neither of these concern fresh product on the market but should be cool to read about… Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted – It might be hard to believe, but Blue Laws banning certain types of games still exist out there. Today »

Jersey Jack Pinball Unveils Playfield Art For The Hobbit Pinball

Jersey Jack Pinball Unveils Playfield Art For The Hobbit Pinball

June 12, 2014, No Comments on Jersey Jack Pinball Unveils Playfield Art For The Hobbit Pinball

With E3 week we usually don’t get a lot of arcade news but Jersey Jack Pinball has something for us – a look at the artwork which will grace the playfield on their upcoming The Hobbit Pinball game. This finally gives us a proper idea of how the game will play, check it out: »