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IAAPA 2017: Pinball & Baseball; Namco; Mannequin Challenge
With IAAPA 2017 now in the past, I hope to catch up on news of everything that was there but it is a somewhat daunting task as so many ‘different’ games were on hand. Different in this sense is to say that we’re not comparing racers & light-gun games with each other but there »
Newsbytes: IAAPA 2017 “Pre-Game” Edition
It is the last Saturday before the IAAPA 2017 trade show, a huge event that takes place in Orlando, FL annually at this time of year. So for this week’s Newsbytes, we will focus on that. Also a Happy Veterans Day to those who have served in the military. I have several family members »
IAAPA 2017: Hit The Slopes In Raw Thrills’ New X Games Snow Boarder
Raw Thrills is no stranger to winter-themed games. They previously released Winter X Games Snocross (2012) and developed Super Alpine Racer for Bandai Namco. Now they are jumping back onto the slopes with the licensed X Games Snow Boarder. The sport of snowboarding has never been well-represented in the arcade business. I think you »
Newsbytes: Big Buck Championships 2017; Super Chexx Pro; Polybius; VLOG #9 (TMNT)
It’s the last weekend of October so let’s get our Newsbytes on: Big Buck World Championships 2017 As I write this, the Big Buck World Championship has been underway since yesterday, where the Ladies Tourney winner has already been crowned. At the moment, the general competition is taking place. If you want to see »
Sega Outlines Their IAAPA 2017 Booth Offerings
IAAPA 2017 is approaching fast and with that, news releases are starting to unveil what else we can expect to find there. Today, Sega laid out their IAAPA plans so let’s jump into it with one quick caveat – the end of the press release has this paragraph: Sega has another major game to »
Next Up For Airframe: Rashlander
When information started coming out about Griffin Aerotech’s Skycurser scrolling shooter arcade game, we quickly learned that it was being designed to be created not just as a dedicated game but also as an upgradable conversion kit. Conversion kits are uncommon to find these days so it was a surprising development. Called Airframe, it »
On Test: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
UPDATE: We have added some corrections to the story courtesy of Raw Thrills. Each one is clearly marked. No sooner did we break the news that Raw Thrills is going to launch a new version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to arcades than we have a reader coming across said game on test! I’ll be »
Newsbytes: Replicade; How A Home Port Damaged Sega; Sky Skipper UK; Magix Floor; Arcades Direct & More
10 Print “Hello World and welcome to another Newsbytes” 20 Goto 10 Let’s get rolling on other news items from the wonderful world of arcades. The Replicade Mini Centipede Arcade Machine (Thanks to everyone who sent this in) If you have ever wanted to play Atari’s classic arcade shooter Centipede but with only two »
Atari PONG Table Project Picked Up By UNIS For Worldwide Distribution
We’re quickly approaching the biggest trade show event for the amusement/arcade industry (IAAPA 2017) and with that, news of upcoming products that we can expect to find at the show is beginning to trickle out. Remember The Atari PONG Table? Earlier this year, we reported that the independently made Atari PONG table was looking »
When It Hits The Fan Produced as a Coin-Op Arcade Game
While we expect to start hearing more about new developments from major manufacturers this month in the run-up to IAAPA, you can’t rule out concepts from indie developers making their way to us either. Such is the case with a recently released game for PCs – and arcades – called When It Hits The »
Newsbytes: Nutting Associates History; Big Buck; Pac-Man Battle Casino; Daytona; Skycurser; & More
Welcome to another weekend – the last for September 2017. As a reminder, a new arcade game did launch this week, Golden Tee 2018. Next week should see an up-tick in posts from the site thanks to the AAMA Gala then IAAPA in November. We should have several new games to talk about soon »
Mortal Kombat II+ Now In Public Beta
It’s time to break the lull in arcade news with something that’s from the wonderful world of classic arcade games. We don’t hear about hacks of old arcade software very often, apart from oddities you might come across in some 562-in-1 board you buy from China. I also believe there are many other hacks »
