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Newsbag: Videmption, Pinball, New Locations and More
In North America, our winter nightmare has come to a close with Spring finally here. For the arcade business, in my particular situation, that has seen the typical slowdown that occurs when people can go out and do activities they were not able to do for the past several months. For news, I suddenly »
Stern’s Latest Pin Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons Is Now Available
Stern has sent out a press release today announcing the “immediate availability” of their newest table, the tongue-in-cheek Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons. That theme has rustled the feathers of some out there in social media, to which I am guessing they never have seen a pinball machine from the 70s and prior, which »
Trailer For The Arcade Game Related PIXELS
The other day I mentioned TRON 3 as being in pre-production but well before that hits theaters, a new film involving arcade video games and characters will be coming to silver screens across the world. Called PIXELS, this is a movie directed by Chris Columbus and it stars names like Adam Sandler, Kevin James »
Dave & Busters Coming To Fresno; Warzone Bar+Arcade Opens in Liège, Belgium
Let’s start the week off with some great location news! Dave & Busters Coming To Fresno, CA – If you look on Facebook, there are a number of “Bring Dave & Busters to ‘such-and-such’ cities” pages. They seem to be the way people are going about petitions these days. Among those was one seeking »
NEON FM Innovates With New Smartphone-to-Arcade Crossplay
While I’ve heard the sentiment before that smartphones would mean the final doom for the arcade industry (just like services like Xbox 360 Live was supposed to mean the same thing), that dire prediction has not been the case. If anything, we’ve received more videmption content that has earned pretty well on locations. But »
Newsbag: Magic Girl DevBlog; Mini Cabs; Flyer Video
It’s that time of week again, time to check out some of the quick stories for our Newsbag feature, covering those stories that are too short or I found myself without the time to cover in excruciating detail… Big Buck HD Wild Countdown – Thanks to Federico for pointing this out – BigbuckHD.com now »
Flyer Fever Offers A New Archive Of High Quality Arcade Flyers
I really enjoy arcade flyers, in part because they have served as the perfect media for many stories ran here on Arcade Heroes. Some have great artwork which makes them fascinating, others went for the humorous angle, usually providing more comedy than the games themselves. In recent years, many flyers haven’t been cheesy or »
Newsbag: Abari; Midway 90s Doc; Steve Bristow
Welcome to the last day of February. Depending upon where you are, perhaps March will improve weather wise. Either way, where arcades are usually an indoor activity, you can enjoy them at any time of the year 😉 Abari, New Bar/Arcade Coming To Charlotte, NC – A play on the word ‘Atari’, a new »
Sega Begins Shipping Showdown Special Attraction
About a month ago we reported that the standard version of Sega’s latest video arcade driving title Showdown began shipping and today I received a press release from Sega Amusements stating that both versions are now available for venues to get their hands on. We first heard about Showdown last year and among the initial »
BBC News Checks Out The Largest Pinball Collection in Europe
This news tip was sent in by: News about big pinball collections is becoming more frequent these days and as more places go crazy with offering huge selections, it is easier to come across a herd of pins. For people in Hungary, particularly Budapest, now they can get their pinball fix by visiting the »
Newsbag: Soundfighter; Level 257; Truxton
I’m feeling a little under-the-weather today so this will be a newsbag that probably could have used a little more time in the oven. I hope you all have a great weekend and next week stay tuned for an interview with Eugene Jarvis about Jurassic Park Arcade. Soundfighter – This was uploaded this past »
Heighway Pinball Unveils Alien Pinball Whitewood
In the pinball business, the “whitewood” is a way of saying that the game is in a prototype/alpha build state. These are done with every game so that adjustments can be made on the play before ending up with the art and lighting package. If a game is going to ‘feel right’ in a »
