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AAMA Gala News: Maximum Tune 5; Pac-Man Smash Slim Line
It is that time of year for the AAMA (American Amusement Machine Association) Gala and with that some news on upcoming video arcade pieces. The selection is usually limited when compared to larger events like Amusement Expo or IAAPA. Because there are some newsworthy pieces this year, we will divide them up into different »
New Arcades: Barcadium (BC, Canada); Big Play (Biloxi, MS)
What better way to jumpstart some arcade news than to have more stories on brand new arcade venues opening their doors? Barcadium Opens In Cumberland, BC Starting with a new location in Canada, this bar/arcade concept is appealing to an older client base who recently lost their games from the ferries that carried them. »
Looking Back At The Cruis’n Arcade series
This was an incredibly slow week for news, enough that I’m not really finding anything to throw together for your typical weekend Newsbytes. So instead of that, let’s do an article instead. We know that the Cruis’n name is set to return to the arcade scene by the end of this year. To prepare »
New Arcade Alert: Fremont Arcade (Las Vegas, NV); Arcade Closure: Arcade Street (Paris, France)
We’ve got some good news and some bad news regarding arcades with this post. Let’s get to the good news first: Fremont Arcade Now Open In Las Vegas, NV (Thanks to Michael L. for the tip) – While it isn’t difficult to find entertainment in Las Vegas, getting some arcade goodness into your trip can »
Newsbytes: Rare Star Trek Card; Election Booths 2016; Killer Queen; Sega
This week has been quite a busy one for myself – I feel like I’ve been run over by a semi but I’m in the home stretch. Part of that has been taking games to the Salt Lake Comic Con 2016 event. It competes with the San Diego and New York Comic Cons in »
Newsbytes: Aliens Pinball; MaxiTune 5 US; Round1 Opens In Concord,CA; CEC Drops Tokens
Welcome to the ‘dog days’ of Summer as August is on its way out and September is at our doors. This week was very slow for news up until the other day. If you didn’t read our article about forgotten arcade mascots, check it out here! Arcade news generally begins to pick up as »
Lesser Known Arcade ‘Mascots’ (Atari, Exidy, Random)
Frogger. Q*Bert. Ryu. Pac-Man. Mario. Mention any one of these names in a conversation about video games to a random person on the street and they will instantly know what you are talking about. But what about Winky? Commander Champion? Krooz’r? Pengo? Captain Carnage? Trog? Chances are you’d get a confused look, unless that »
Newsbytes: Domino’s Pizza Pinball; Star Wars Color Pinball; Pac-Dog
I’m not sure why but in my area it was back to school week for most districts. Seems a bit early for that as the schools also got out the 2nd week of June (Out of school is my busy season but that is not the case for every arcade). This Weekend’s News Spooky »
New Arcades: Tilt Studio (AZ); Flynn’s Retrocade (UT); High Scores #2 (CA)
While I just posted about some new arcades opening their doors out there, we’ve got more to discuss as the arcade growth trend continues! New Tilt Studio Opens In Tempe, AZ – This is a new FEC that opened in the former location of a GameWorks and is a part of the Tilt Studio »
Newsbytes: Mario & Sonic Cabinets Actually At The Rio Olympics; New Densha De Go! Releases; Arcade Movie Spoofs
It’s been a time for travel and vacations so things have been kind of slow around here lately. That doesn’t mean that news has stopped though, let’s look at what is going on in the world of arcades. Mario & Sonic At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition Shows Up For The Real »
New Arcades: Hub Zero (Dubai); Frolics (Toronto); Dave & Busters (Various)
It’s time for some news on fresh arcade locations that are open out there, let’s start with a couple on the international circuit: Hub Zero (Dubai) – We mentioned this one a few months ago when a press release was sent out to announce the development of another theme park/arcade facility in the attraction »
Japanese Racing Game Updates: Initial D Zero; MaxiTune 5DX; Real Drive
There has been plenty of excitement over the upcoming return of Cruis’n to the arcade scene here in the States but over in Japan, they are keeping their racing scene plenty strong. Let’s take a look at some of the news that should excite racing fans: Initial D Zero Location Tests After going with »
