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Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

February 5, 2019, 2 Comments on Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

Way back in 2013, I wrote up a couple of articles that detailed the history of unreleased arcade games that were in the works at one time by Midway. Similar posts had been created for Atari and Taito, so Midway was just as deserving of that attention. In researching the 2nd unreleased prototypes post, »

JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

January 29, 2019, 1 Comment on JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

Another arcade trade show has come and gone, but this one has really stirred things up thanks to the Exa-Arcadia platform, guaranteeing a larger amount of content for arcades to enjoy. As a lot of the news was covered in the first JAEPO post, I’ll only be including items here that are new, such »

JAEPO 2019: Konami, Sega, Taito, Bandai Namco & More

JAEPO 2019: Konami, Sega, Taito, Bandai Namco & More

January 25, 2019, 3 Comments on JAEPO 2019: Konami, Sega, Taito, Bandai Namco & More

The Japan Amusement Expo 2019 (JAEPO 2019) has begun, and with it comes a flurry of arcade news. I have already posted a thread dedicated to the many announcements that will be coming about from the exA-Arcadia platform; this one is focusing on the initial set of news coming out of the big developers »

JAEPO 2019: The Exa-Arcadia Thread

JAEPO 2019: The Exa-Arcadia Thread

January 24, 2019, 7 Comments on JAEPO 2019: The Exa-Arcadia Thread

The Japanese Amusement Expo (JAEPO) has begun, and with it the world gets to see what Japanese game makers are cooking up for locations there. Most of the time, announcements and games are not officially destined for a Western release – this is a trade show primarily aimed at Japanese arcade operators. But things »

Shipping & Release Updates: Pump It Up XX; ATV Slam; PIU-XX; Fantasy Soccer; Atari PONG Table Coin-op & More

Shipping & Release Updates: Pump It Up XX; ATV Slam; PIU-XX; Fantasy Soccer; Atari PONG Table Coin-op & More

January 23, 2019, No Comments on Shipping & Release Updates: Pump It Up XX; ATV Slam; PIU-XX; Fantasy Soccer; Atari PONG Table Coin-op & More

With so many new arcade products having been announced over the past few months, it feels prudent to get everyone up to speed on what’s shipping. This also helps us get something in while other news has slowed to a crawl and I haven’t had the time to cook up a feature or opinion »

EAG 2019: The Latest Arcade Games Come To London

EAG 2019: The Latest Arcade Games Come To London

January 17, 2019, 2 Comments on EAG 2019: The Latest Arcade Games Come To London

It’s the middle of January, which not only means that it’s cold outside for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, but that our friends across the pond are throwing a big amusement trade show. Known as EAG, we’ve covered this show as it has evolved over the years, from ATEI to what it »

Newsbytes: High Score Girl; Dark Presence Footage; Ralph Coppola Passing; Arcade History & More

Newsbytes: High Score Girl; Dark Presence Footage; Ralph Coppola Passing; Arcade History & More

January 5, 2019, No Comments on Newsbytes: High Score Girl; Dark Presence Footage; Ralph Coppola Passing; Arcade History & More

Welcome to the year’s first Newsbytes, a collection of arcade news from around the web from the past week (or two..or three..in today’s case). I do have a story on Halo: Fireteam Raven 2-player that was going to be published on Thursday…then Friday…now I’ll aim for Monday. Sidetracking happens 😛 High Score Girl Making »

Launching This Month: Pump It Up XX – 20th Anniversary Edition

Launching This Month: Pump It Up XX – 20th Anniversary Edition

January 3, 2019, 1 Comment on Launching This Month: Pump It Up XX – 20th Anniversary Edition

2019 is starting off with strong for the arcade business, as we have a couple of new games to discuss that should be available for arcade/amusement venues to add to their collections. For this post, we’ll be focusing on Andamiro’s next big video release, Pump It Up XX. Fans of Pump It Up (PIU) »

The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review

The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review

December 31, 2018, 1 Comment on The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review

2019 is upon us, which means that it is time to take a look back at the arcade, pinball and other amusement news of 2018.  The State Of The Industry 2018 2018 has been a great year for arcades, to the point that long-time industry figures are saying that they’ve “never seen it as »

New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

December 28, 2018, 2 Comments on New Arcades 2018: Japan Update; Babylon Park (Israel); Save Point (MD); Starcade (NJ); Prince Arcades (IL); & More

Welcome to the last new arcade locations post of 2018. This year has been marked by strong growth in the amusement sector, thanks to favorable economic circumstances and a great pool of games to choose from spanning the course of almost five decades. Here are links to several of the “new locations” posts that »