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GridSnaps PodCast #31 – Discussing TMNT, Exa-Arcadia And A New Arcade Almanac

GridSnaps PodCast #31 – Discussing TMNT, Exa-Arcadia And A New Arcade Almanac

July 5, 2018, No Comments on GridSnaps PodCast #31 – Discussing TMNT, Exa-Arcadia And A New Arcade Almanac

Things have been a little slow on AH lately – in part due to the standard Summertime lull in news but also where I have been very busy in writing up a new work about arcades. As opposed to The Arcade Experience, this one is very media heavy, with backgrounds on each page, screenshots »

Bowl Expo 2018 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

Bowl Expo 2018 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

June 23, 2018, 1 Comment on Bowl Expo 2018 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

This week was Bowl Expo 2018, and as I had mentioned on the previous post, I wasn’t planning on attending until a last minute change took place. Granted, with Las Vegas being as close as it is by plane, it’s not much of a journey. Although waiting until the last minute to get a »

Transformers Shadows Rising Launching In July; Appearing At Bowl Expo 2018

Transformers Shadows Rising Launching In July; Appearing At Bowl Expo 2018

June 19, 2018, 1 Comment on Transformers Shadows Rising Launching In July; Appearing At Bowl Expo 2018

This week marks a new amusement event, one that I’ve often heard of but never attended called the International Bowl Expo. I hadn’t planned on going but something worked out yesterday that means I’ll be there tomorrow and Thursday to check it out. To promote their Bowl Expo booth, Sega Amusements issued a press »

Leaked To The Public: WWE Superstar Rumble Card Redemption By Andamiro USA

Leaked To The Public: WWE Superstar Rumble Card Redemption By Andamiro USA

June 5, 2018, No Comments on Leaked To The Public: WWE Superstar Rumble Card Redemption By Andamiro USA

While our focus usually isn’t placed on redemption games, they aren’t banned from being discussed here. Recently Sara has covered titles from ICE such as Wham-o Blast or the videmption Tomy Waterfuls Ring Toss; we also tend to cover a few redemption titles around trade shows. Today we have received some information on the »

Sega Confirms House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn For A Western Release

Sega Confirms House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn For A Western Release

May 31, 2018, 1 Comment on Sega Confirms House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn For A Western Release

I got up this morning to find Sega Amusements going on a little social media blitz. The same image and similar message were shared on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and through their e-mail.  Here’s the tweet since those embed easiest: Horror has never looked or felt this real… This is terror like you have never »

Sega Releases Target Bravo: Operation GHOST Upright Models

Sega Releases Target Bravo: Operation GHOST Upright Models

May 28, 2018, 2 Comments on Sega Releases Target Bravo: Operation GHOST Upright Models

At IAAPA 2017, one of the new video game pieces to be found on the show floor was an upright version of Sega’s Target Bravo: Operation GHOST. When Operation GHOST was first launched in 2011 it was created as an upright model; when the Target Bravo update came along, that was only available in »

Newsbytes: RIP Ted Dabney & Bradley Chawgo; Kraut Buster; Video Updates; Arcadrone & More

Newsbytes: RIP Ted Dabney & Bradley Chawgo; Kraut Buster; Video Updates; Arcadrone & More

May 26, 2018, No Comments on Newsbytes: RIP Ted Dabney & Bradley Chawgo; Kraut Buster; Video Updates; Arcadrone & More

Welcome to our latest round-up of arcade related headlines. Atari Co-Founder & Game Designer Ted Dabney Passes Away Unfortunately we have some bad news to start off today’s Newsbytes with. Ted Dabney passed away from terminal cancer this morning. He was 80 years old. When people talk about the original Atari, they usually discuss »

Available In June: Tipsy Raccoons

Available In June: Tipsy Raccoons

May 23, 2018, 2 Comments on Available In June: Tipsy Raccoons

Way back in January you might recall a story we ran about an up-and-coming independent developer by the name of Glitchbit and their first release: Tipsy Raccoons. The game has made appearances at arcade locations for testing as well as at a couple of trade shows in Vegas (one of which I was at »

Volumetric Displays From Voxon Photonics Now Commercially Available

Volumetric Displays From Voxon Photonics Now Commercially Available

May 4, 2018, 2 Comments on Volumetric Displays From Voxon Photonics Now Commercially Available

While the focus of the blog here is on arcade news and opinion, it’s not just about new releases and locations. The technology that can be adapted for out-of-home entertainment/amusement is just as interesting to note since our format of gaming can often make use of the new and/or the odd to create new »

RIP Heighway Pinball

RIP Heighway Pinball

April 30, 2018, No Comments on RIP Heighway Pinball

Last week we heard a ‘rumbling’ that UK based pinball manufacturer Heighway Pinball was filing for bankruptcy. Now, that has been confirmed as a public notice regarding the liquidation of the company’s assets will be taking place this Friday and news that Heighway Pinball staff was let go last week. If you want an »