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Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo

Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo

April 2, 2016, No Comments on Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo

For this weekends newsbytes it was so heavy on the videos that I figured to call this Videobytes instead. I hope you are all having a good start to your April! Cruisn’ – It’s Out There: Now that the Spring arcade trade show is over, I’ve begun hearing the rumblings that Raw Thrills is »

Arcade April Fools Jokes 2016

Arcade April Fools Jokes 2016

April 1, 2016, 1 Comment on Arcade April Fools Jokes 2016

Today is a day that not everyone enjoys but I just take it as: you know what’s coming so just have some fun with it. There have been a few April Fools jokes to find out there, including our own VR Show pictured below but here are a few others to check out: Stern Hello Kitty »

Konami Launches Dance Dance Revolution A In Japan

Konami Launches Dance Dance Revolution A In Japan

March 30, 2016, 1 Comment on Konami Launches Dance Dance Revolution A In Japan

The latest version of Konami’s legendary arcade series Dance Dance Revolution has launched in Japan, known as Dance Dance Revolution A. The new version offers more songs and some other aesthetic changes to the most recent DDR 2015 release. This image from the official website compiles the additions into a nice compact visual: For »

Bandai Namco Opening VR Zone Project i Can In Tokyo This April

Bandai Namco Opening VR Zone Project i Can In Tokyo This April

March 28, 2016, 2 Comments on Bandai Namco Opening VR Zone Project i Can In Tokyo This April

There have been “whispers” about more out-of-home amusement VR projects coming their way although it hasn’t entirely been clear who is working on what. With today’s news we can remove Bandai Namco Amusements off of the wonder list as they have announced a new VR development in Japan that opens for a limited time »

Newsbytes: Major Havoc Repro Cabs; POTC Pinball Color; Pump It Up & Skycurser Updates

Newsbytes: Major Havoc Repro Cabs; POTC Pinball Color; Pump It Up & Skycurser Updates

March 26, 2016, 5 Comments on Newsbytes: Major Havoc Repro Cabs; POTC Pinball Color; Pump It Up & Skycurser Updates

While we haven’t had a Newsbytes in a little while, but as long as there are quick/short stories, there will be newsbytes 😛 The arcade where I’m at is also much slower than usual today, must be where most people have gone out of town for Easter and/or Spring Break… and the local Comic »

More Bar Arcades: Recbar (KY); Harrogate’s Lounge (TN)

More Bar Arcades: Recbar (KY); Harrogate’s Lounge (TN)

March 25, 2016, 2 Comments on More Bar Arcades: Recbar (KY); Harrogate’s Lounge (TN)

Hot on the heels of our story yesterday on four new places to play arcades comes two more locations – the more the merrier 🙂 These two locations are bars with arcades, which continues the strong growth trend in this part of the business. Recbar To Open In Louisville, KY On April 15th – »

Location Watch: Tappers Arcade Bar; Secret Headquarters; Game Vault; McDonalds I-Drive

Location Watch: Tappers Arcade Bar; Secret Headquarters; Game Vault; McDonalds I-Drive

March 24, 2016, No Comments on Location Watch: Tappers Arcade Bar; Secret Headquarters; Game Vault; McDonalds I-Drive

(Thanks to Michael Louie for the tips) News on new arcade locations has been a little slow lately but that doesn’t mean that things aren’t happening ‘behind the scenes’, so to speak. We’ve got four locations to talk about today so let’s jump into it: UPDATE: Just published a story about two more locations, »

War of Currents Arcade Lets Tesla and Edison Duke It Out, Delivers Shocks

War of Currents Arcade Lets Tesla and Edison Duke It Out, Delivers Shocks

March 22, 2016, 1 Comment on War of Currents Arcade Lets Tesla and Edison Duke It Out, Delivers Shocks

(Thanks to Gary Riggins for the tip) I had meant to post this on Saturday as a part of the Newsbytes post but became sidetracked with other necessary work…so let’s use this as an interesting way to start the day. War of Currents Arcade Shown At SXSW –  Long, long ago, back when this »

Amusement Expo 2016: The Wrap Up

Amusement Expo 2016: The Wrap Up

March 19, 2016, No Comments on Amusement Expo 2016: The Wrap Up

Amusement Expo 2016 has come and gone and as we find with any trade show, we come away with some videos of new games. If you live in the Western USA and didn’t get a chance to visit IAAPA the previous November, then this is a good event to attend. If you went to »

Pre-Amusement Expo Thoughts + China Goes All-In For VR Amusements

Pre-Amusement Expo Thoughts + China Goes All-In For VR Amusements

March 15, 2016, No Comments on Pre-Amusement Expo Thoughts + China Goes All-In For VR Amusements

Amusement Expo 2016 Tomorrow starts the next trade show for the arcade/amusement industry, Amusement Expo 2016 in Las Vegas. I’ll be there to see what new games the sector has to offer along with re-visiting some titles played at IAAPA. As such I will be updating the AH Youtube channel accordingly through the end »

Newsbytes: BOSA Awards; Video Whac-A-Mole; Coleco; Galloping Ghost Goes 500

Newsbytes: BOSA Awards; Video Whac-A-Mole; Coleco; Galloping Ghost Goes 500

March 12, 2016, No Comments on Newsbytes: BOSA Awards; Video Whac-A-Mole; Coleco; Galloping Ghost Goes 500

It’s the last weekend before the next trade show for the US arcade industry, the Amusement Expo International 2016 show. I’ll be there to check out the latest and greatest, including the new Ghostbusters pinball. I’ve heard that distributors have already sold out of LE units, I’m always surprised by what people will drop »

Catching Up On The Colorization of Pinball Machines Via ColorDMD

Catching Up On The Colorization of Pinball Machines Via ColorDMD

March 7, 2016, 3 Comments on Catching Up On The Colorization of Pinball Machines Via ColorDMD

It has been a while since we last talked about Color DMD, a company that specializes in providing color content replacements for old monochromatic pinball displays. The last time we mentioned a game they had colorized, it was South Park. Since then, they have released several other games so let’s catch up and show »